Captain's Post 3

Aloha everyone!
It is 10 pm on our last night in Hawaii and I think it is safe to say that nobody is ready to leave. This has been an amazing experience for everyone involved, despite the many ups and downs. There was definitely some fighting and some crazy stuff going on, but it's all part of becoming an ohana and we know we are stronger for it. Our team has come such a long way since we all first got together last fall. We obviously had some difficult times and disappointment on the field, but we pushed through it and grew a lot as a team.

Life is not going to be the same after this trip. Some of us were talking in our room last night about how we don't think we are going to be able to function without each other. Every single person on this team has become a part of one another and we share so many memories and good times.

Today was our last full day and we had a blast. About half of the team went snorkeling this morning at Hanauma Bay and it was incredible. We saw so many beautiful fish and coral and everyone who went had so much fun. We had lunch at an awesome salad and hamburger place and then returned to the fields one last time to pick up our sportsmanship awards. We got nice shiny medals and some other cool gizmos from the sponsors.

We then came back to our hotel and rested for a while and then went out to our last team dinner. Jordan gave us each individual gifts which were both funny and meaningful and a few of the girls were even crying. Then us two captains talked for a while and said something about every girl (and adam). We ended with a huge group hug and a lot of tears.

Everyone on the team deserves to be so proud of themselves because we have all come so far. We will never forget the Shooting Stars.

We out.
Sarah and Sara