Tonight Meg's team faced Northwood in the sectional opener. They hadn't played Northwood all year, but I knew from the articles I had read that they were a team that we could compete with. Their doubles teams were weaker than their singles and Meg had been playing well at #2 singles. Once we arrived, however, I realized that it would be a tall order. One of the Bruins' varsity players returned to the injured list and Bethany had to replace her with a JV teammate. Northwood also changed its singles line up, so Meg was no longer playing their number two. Instead she faced an opponent that had spent the majority of the year at number one with a winning record. Meg's team played their best, but in the end found themselves on the losing side of a 4-1 score. Meg was disappointed, but realized that she had had a fantastic debut season at Bethany. She had finished 14-1 in the regular season and had helped the girls to a 10-5 record overall. Tonight's disappointment was the only one in which the girls lost more than three courts as all of the other losses were 2-3. The girls had nothing to hang their heads about. I was happy to hear that they were already planning their end of the year pizza party at their coach's house.
After Meg's match Doug, my parents and I headed to Bethany for Cam's end of the year band concert. We were impressed with how well they sounded. Everyone's favorite including Cam's was the "Snakes" song which included a great deal of improvisation. As an added bonus this evening the band joined the orchestra for their closing sound. It was the first time that we had heard them play with the strings and they sounded fantastic. Cam already signed up to be in the band again next year and we couldn't be happier about that. Their concerts just keep getting better and better with age.
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