Here is an OLD picture of when Shelby was in 5th grade. This is the first tournament that this group of girls won first place in and was in Nashwauk. I remember the girls beating Nashwauk and another team handily and stunned Chisholm. They of course were crying after they lost to Bigfork, but our girls have had their share of tears also!! Especially at that young age. I plan on going through a ton of pictures amd posting many showing how these girls have progressed as a team since this little tournament that started it all. There are three girls in the picture that are not playing now. The girls in the picture are:
Top Row: Anne Boessel and Bridget Ferrier (each not playing anymore)
Middle: Coach Rob Powell (Megan's dad), Katie Lawrence (not playing), Annalise Klamm, Ashley Koppelmann and Adriana Ivanovic
Bottom: Megan Powell, Shelby Goble & Brittany Hoyt
I remember leaving this tournament feeling very proud of the girls and actually amazed at how well they played at that age. Also the fact that this was a 5th grade tournament and most of the girls were in 4th grade except for Shelby and Anne. Anne only played in a few tournaments and decided basketball wasn't for her. Because Shelby was the only girl in her grade that played ball this team always had to play at her grade so the majority of the team was playing up in every tournament that they entered. After this tournament a few parents got together and decided to form a little traveling team so they could enter tournaments over the spring and into the summer. They played for three years on this team. Many fun times were had by the girls and their parents over the next few years......more to come later....
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