おめでとう！！

The Taiyu girls' table tennis team is officially the 2nd best team in all of Akita!!! I'm so excited and proud! My little ちびs did great! This means that they will be advancing to the 東北大会 (Tohoku tournament), I'm guessing in early August. I think this is the first time I've seen the whole team advance so far. It might have happened 3 years ago when Megumi (now at Omagari) was on the team, but I didn't really understand what was happening then. Congratulations and good luck girls!!
Side bar, 明桜 will be Akita's representatives at Koshien this year. I pretty surprised when I saw the result. When I first saw the top 4 teams, I thought that 本荘would win again. From what I could make out, it looks like 明桜had a 2nd year ace pitcher. Hopefully, I'll be able to catch some Koshien games on the internet.

中学校全県大会始めます！

Finally, it's started! Don't know why I'm so excited...But here are some results!

Girls table tennis, Taiyu is first in block D, with 3 wins straight.
Track and Field: Omonogawa tied for 4th in boys' high jump and girls 3rd in long jump
Basketball: Omonogawa boys SQEAKED by Odate Ichi 54-52 (wish I could have seen that game!), but then lost their 2nd game to Igawa 52-47. The girls didn't make it this year, but it looks like Hiraka has a strong team again this year.
Judo: Girl's didn't do so well, dropping straight sets, and I guess the boys are tomorrow!