Had a great time Friday next at the girls playoff basketball game. The game was at Lincoln High School in downtown Portland. The winner would advance to the final 8 and get to play at the Chiles Center at the University of Portland. So anyways, it was a big game.

Here is the article that was in the paper about it, then I'll bore you with my details:

http://www.oregonlive.com/prepgirlsbasketball/.../sports/1109509007307170.xml

Tualatin, not known for our fan support, brought truckloads of fans to the game. I was really surprised at the turnout, especially from the students. Anywho, we had a lot of people in the gym and I think Lincoln was surprised because they all had trouble parking (we came early because we're stupid little suburban kids and don't know our way around the scary city).

We jumped out to an early 11-2 lead and it looked like perhaps the game was all but over. Well, then we started to go cold, not able to hit any shots and they had this one big girl who absolutly dominated us inside. By halftime it was 30-25 Lincoln. Some of the chants between the student sections during this time:

"You are losing!" - Them, at us for booing their cheerleaders (we were down three)
"It's all over!" -Us, jokingly of course
"Just like football!"- Them... very clever. They eliminated us from the playoffs in football last fall.

All the good chants were in the 2nd half. Although one kid on their side got thrown out for flipping us off and another for yelling bad words at the ref.

Both student sections were very loud and it was amazing that so many people turned out for this game. Anywho, to start the 2nd half we continued to suck and they continued to roll. "The Beast," as she was named, continued to pour points in for Lincoln. They were up by 17 with a minute and a half to go in the quarter. We FINALLY started to hit some shots, and cut it to ten by the start of the 4th.

You could feel something in the air, like Tualatin had a comeback in them. And guess what, they did. They stormed back, nailing threes and creating a bunch of turnovers with their full court press. Lincoln looked exhausted and frustrated, while we were getting layups and open jumpers. We came all the way back to take the lead (big explosion from the crowd on that shot) only to have them take it back.

Anyways, it was tied and Holly, from our team, was fouled. She goes to the line to shoot her freethrows...

"Hoooooollllllllllllllyyyyyy.... Hollllllyyyyyy" they chant.

Swish.

"Holly! Holly! Holly!" -Us

Swish.

She turns around and gives a "hahaha, nice" look to us.

We continue to trade buckets, but this time it is about 95 degrees in the gym and we are all sweating but nobody cares. We, obviously, stood all game and towards the end where jumping up and down and yelling. It takes a lot out of you, I'm telling ya, especially when it's like a suana in there.

Oh, and one timeout during this comeback where Lincoln could tell they were fucked, we chanted "Why so quiet?" to which... they were quiet.

"Tualatin took the lead for good, 60-57, on Holly Mengis' three-point basket with 1:37 left."

-From the article

What that fails to mention is the roof almost exploded from the top of the building when that shot went down. From there we rolled to a 65-59 victory... coming back from 17 down in only 9 minutes of play.

Okay, so I kinda freaked out a little bit in this post. It was just really fun because of the amazing comeback. It made winning the game so much more fun... although during the 2nd and 3rd quarters I was very pissed and thinking we were going to lose.

Some pictures: