Day Two

The weather in Missouri is quite different than Oregon. We arrived to temperatures of three degrees Fahrenheit, below zero with the wind chill. Since then it has been warmer, but icy. There was a lovely ice storm that coated all of our rental vans with a thick layer. The wonderful people at Budget did not provide us with ice scrapers even though it's winter and ice is common in Missouri. Hooray, for scraping ice off of twelve-passenger vans with credit cards/I.D's. 

The dining hall a few blocks from the Handball facility is magnificent. The food is mediocre, but the dining hall itself is something to see. So that's one really positive thing about Missouri. 

Boxers played 24 matches today; of those 24, Boxers won 10 which is really good for a small team. The day began with a series of losses, some of which were the same scores on the same court-- we decided court 1 is cursed. Boxer winners for today (marked W/Games, due to multiple games by some players):  Kira (1/1), Jenny (1/1), Aaron (1/1),  Jon (1/2), Casey (1/2), Lee (1/1), Reese (1/1), Jared (1/2), Hali (1/2), Patrick (1/2). Most of the men played two matches today so a big chunk of our women will play two tomorrow. We are finishing pool play and will work into our brackets tomorrow, for those who aren't there already. I will post our brackets and standings once we have them... most likely tomorrow night.

It was a great day of handball and it's only going to get better. 

Go Boxers!