Labor Day Weekend

Dear Diary,
      This past weekend was Labor Day weekend and with that we obviously received Labor Day (Monday) off from school.  Friday night really kicked things off with the first Herder football game, which took place in Red Lodge.  Our boys were expected to some real damage to this team and start the season off with a victory, as Red Lodge's football team last year fell short of what some may call "exceptional," (they sucked).  As to many's surprise the Rams turned out to be shockingly good, giving our boys a real good whooping.  The end score was 31-14, the Herders only scored in the fourth quarter when our opponents put in their second string.  But what is defeat?  Playing a better team and getting beat is just a better practice for later in the season.  The night wasn't a total loss though, I ended up laughing until I almost peed my pants with a friend while we were eating candy cigarettes from the amazing candy shop in Red Lodge.  Apparently I'm terrible at pretending to smoke, although I guess that's a good thing. 
     The next day tour volleyball team also made the trek to Red Lodge.  The past couple years Red Lodge has had a superb volleyball program, earning them second place in Class B State last year. We knew they were good, but we arrive scared.  To our shock, and everyone else's, we came out with a win in the first game.  Although they ended up winning the match in four games, we can really build strongly off our loss.  Highlight of the game had to have been when Haley Sargent received a spike right to the face from Tess Helerud (Red Lodge's best hitter) and it knocked her straight to the floor.  We actually kept the ball in play and returned it over the net, which is awesome.  I believe she received a dig for that in the stat book.   
    Sunday was pretty uneventful. I went to work mowing and weed eating up the boulder, and managed to sleep the remainder of the day away when I returned home. 
    On Labor Day the JV and Varsity had an optional volleyball scrimmage.  Of course I would go, I couldn't miss the opportunity to scrimmage with the coaches and have the chance to spike the ball at and block our assistant coach, Dale Wood.  The scrimmage encompassed many great and embarrassing moments.  Including when I missed a dig and out of shear frustration, I attempted to spike the ball off the bounce to get it to the other side of the net and to relieve some angry.  But, I totally whiffed and ended up on the floor in laughter.  Over all this weekend was both productive and restful.
    Until next time.....