Ouch!

The new coach is holding Friday practices, which is something new this season.  I got a text from Courtney at the end of practice letting me know that she had sprained her ankle.  She didn't tell me how bad it was sprained.  I asked her if she needed me to come and get her or if she could drive her car.  She told me that Sammie would bring her home and then asked for the crutches to be ready when she got home.  Oh no!

You can't see the swelling too easily on this picture but it's her right foot (the top one) that is sprained.  The trainer said it is a "high ankle sprain" and would take 3-5 weeks to heal from.  So she is out for a few games.

The trainer will work with her each day during the week to try and get her back to playing as fast as he can.  We had to ice it on and off all evening and for the entire weekend.  Poor Courtney.  She doesn't do well with being hurt or inactive.  This is going to be interesting.

First Region 10 game

The Utah High School Athletic Association revised the regions for the 2021-2023 sport seasons. So, instead of being in Region 9, Snow Canyon is now in Region 10.  They added in the Utah Arts Academy (formerly Tuacahn High School) and they took out Canyon View High School.  I don't think that Utah Arts Academy will be having any sports but they are on the list.  Cedar is the only school that isn't in the St George area so, besides Cedar, the away games are just across town.

Realignment Information

The girls had their first game on August 19th against Desert Hills High.  It was an away game but they are just across town so it wasn't a big deal.  Grandma and Grandpa Pack came to see Courtney play and we loved that they came to watch!

Courtney is a JV starter as a forward.  It took until Junior year but she is finally taller than the girl she is guarding! ;) It was a tough game.  SCHS lost but they played hard and it was only their first region game.

Jersey

Courtney loves Buster Posey and so we got her a jersey for her birthday.  It was coming from the LA area and, for some reason, it took FOREVER to get to us.  It finally got here and Courtney was thrilled! She couldn't wait to try it on.

I think she likes it. (Again, I love how expressive she is when she gets gifts.)

The hat is the final touch.  

Now it's time to go to a Giants game! We wish!

Team Night

Every Wednesday night the girls have team night.  Moms volunteer to host the dinner and help with the food.  This year, the team is a lot larger than it has ever been.  I thought there were a lot of girls to feed last year but this year is crazy!  The moms usually post pictures of the girls, otherwise, I don't see anything although Courtney takes pics.

Courtney is on the right in the blue striped shirt.

Courtney is 2nd from the left.

As you can see, it was taco salad and Courtney just has salad on her plate.  She is hilarious because she loves salads but doesn't like a lot of things on them that make the salad good.  Oh well, at least she is eating something green, right?

SCHS team pictures

Team pictures were at Tonaquint Park.  The coach let them out of practice a little early so the girls could go home and primp. Courtney took Sammie with her so they would be together.  They are the cutest of best friends!

Courtney naturally tips her head to the side.  When she had her driver's license picture, the woman kept telling her to tip her head the other way so it would be straight up.  The woman said that all the teenage girls do it. ;)

She looks so grown up without her braces and with her sun bleached blonde hair from summer soccer.

Courtney was thrilled she was able to be on the back row!!  She is the 5th from the right.  The JV coaches are on the left (the woman was Courtney's very first club coach when she played for Galaxy) and the Varsity coach is on the right.  

Courtney and Sammie always take a friend pic and it always turns out cute.

I photoshopped her hair so there weren't flyaways.  It turned out well.

The junior soccer players. Courtney is 3rd from the left.  

Smoky sun

There are fires in Nevada and California so we have been getting smoke.  That means that the sun is red when it rises in the morning.  This picture doesn't show the smoke as being bad, but it shows the red sun.

First day of SCHS

College doesn't start for another week but Courtney started her classes at Snow Canyon High School.  She only has Financial Literacy and Seminary on B days at SCHS so she didn't have to go on the real first day.  I wanted a picture before she left.  

We went to the usual spot to take a picture but Courtney was distracted by a baby lizard.  She had to pause to check it out.

Cute Junior!