Friday night Eric went downhill skiing for the 1st time and, of course, loved it.  He had been invited by his buddy Jack.  He needed to take a lesson and stay on the easy slopes. so he didn’t do much skiing with Jack.

Saturday morning HP Gold played two basketball games in the Rome League; v.s. Oneida and v.s. Oriskany, winning both games.

Saturday evening we went to play volleyball in Remsen, unremarkable except for the fact that we were playing on women’s height nets and I took a ball to the glasses and forehead by blocking above the net.  The glasses gave me a patterned cut across both eye lids and forehead, rendering me looking like a face-tatooed StarTrek character.

Sunday morning HP Gold played a team from Utica at the Jewish Community Center.  It was challenge for the boys as they had not played ‘stealing off the dribble’ and it took a while to adjust.  Some boys wilted under the pressure, but Luke relished it.  Eric played well, scoring 8 points.  At one point he made 3 consecutive shots.  I was pleased that he used a little pump fake on two of his shots – making one of them.

Below: Luke, Marquis, Eric (with the ball), Caleb and Trevor.