Late Friday

The Cowley volleyball team had a nice time a the Olive Garden in Scottsdale. The place is at a strange intersection and the team had a bit of a problem finding it, but once they got there, everyone had a good time.

The team is set to play at 3 p.m. Saturday for fifth place. They will be playing Central Illinois.

The team should arrive in Arkansas City about 4:30 p.m. or so on Sunday. It would be nice if there were some people there to welcome them home.
They will be flying into Tulsa at about 1:30.

Everyone was upset of course about losing on Thursday night. They realize they let the game slip away, and that they lost to a team they should have beaten. But thats why they play the games. You never know what will happen.
Anyway, they decided to pull themselves together and had a good game on Friday, winning in three straight. It was a hard fought match even though Cowley won all three games.
At this level everyone is good.

Some people were trying to get in a little sight seeing and fun between volleyball games.
There is a good contingent of parents at the tournament. Curtis Shanklin, father of sophomore Courtney Shanklin, was trying to get someone to go play golf on Saturday. Not sure whether he was successful or not.

The Shanklin's are an interesting story. Both of her parents are in the army. Courtney has lived in nine states. Her father was in Iraq last year, and this year her mother, Colleen, is in Iraq. Curtis has been video taping all the games. He puts them on a DVD and mails them to Colleen who gets to watch them about a week later in Iraq.
Courtney said she still talks to her mom every day.
She usually tells her who won the game.