Ciera & Exodus Teams
Hello to all the ballers out there, welcome to week 7 of my diary
Monday - Today we spent the day at my cousin's house in MD.
Hung out by the pool all day. It was a great way to relax and spend time
with family.
Tuesday - I was so exhausted from the ride back home that I
skipped school today and slept until 1pm. When I woke up I unpacked all
my things and spent the rest of the day cleaning my room.
Wednesday - Today We had a good day at school. We worked on a
dance project during dance class. After school I went out for pizza with
some of my friends before my mom picked me up. We had basketball
practice so I was traveling with some teammates and their mom. We ended
up going to the wrong address and drove all the way to Brooklyn NY
instead of the Bronx. I was so upset because I was looking forward to
basketball practice. My friend's mom felt so bad about the mistake that
she took us all out to dinner and offered to pay for our training
session the following day. The day ended on a good note.
Thursday - Today we had an assembly at school which was a lot
of fun. After school my mom picked me up to go to training with my
teammates. We worked out really hard, but also had a lot of fun. After
workouts we went back to Rylie's house and had some really good Greek
food. I love going to Rylie's cause they always have different types of
food to eat and her family is really nice.
Friday - Usual day at school today. After school I went to my
one on one with Mark to work on my shot. I haven't gotten a chance to
work on it individually as much because of all the crazy traveling so it
was a bit off. I have to get back on my routine.
Saturday - Today we woke up early to drive to my first game of
the weekend. We played our first Rose Classic playoff game. We won the
first game and were able to advance. After the game we went to see the
16U EYBL team play. Rylie got to play in the game which was pretty
cool. We drove back to play our second game, which unfortunately we
lost. I was disappointed because we wanted to go to the chip. We went to
see the 17U EYBL team play their game, which they won. After the game
Thomas spoke to Rylie and me and told us he wanted us to play in the
semi finals tomorrow. Ry would play with the 16U team and I would play
with the 17U team. We were both so excited and nervous at the same
time.
Sunday - Today I woke up so nervous about the games. MY
thoughts were that I would probably sit on the bench and cheer the team
on and not play. The semi game was so exciting. The 17U team had a good
lead and I was able to get in the game. I made some shots but missed. I
went on a fast break and passed the ball to Dom and she passed it back
to me for a layup, I was so surprised that I missed the layup. It was so
fun to play with the older girls that I look up to and lear from them.
We ended up winning and played against the 16U EYBL team. Both exodus
programs played each other which was awesome. I had a better game the
2nd time around and even scored 5 points. Our 17U team won the game!
afterwards we all received a TON of gear from Nike and got to speak to a
former WNBA player. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
