HUKILAU TOURNAMENT- SEASIDER CHALLENGE (BYU-PROVO VS. WRIGHT STATE) 12/5/08

Coach Judkins (standing) & those on the bench intently watching the game. It ended with BYU beating Wright State 56-50. Yeh! Coriann played 19 min. & had 5 pts., 5 rebounds & a steal.
                  Coriann shooting a foul shot.
          Coriann #23 practicing her 3 pt. shots before the game.

This is a 'cool' Hawaiian wall hanging which is in the Sports Arena on BYU-Hawaii Campus.

BYU & Wright State being introduced. The team members were each given a Hawaiian Lei.

Coriann making a foul shot.

BYU beat Wright State 56-50!

Basketball Trip to Nevada-Reno- Nov. 17-19, 2008

Nevada's Marissa Hammond & Marianne Lombardi after the game was over. It was fun to talk with them a little bit, since I had spent 3 yrs. chaperoning & following them around to tournaments, when Coriann was on the team with them.
Coriann is in the center of this pic. & Marissa #30 with the white headband, is on the left. Marianne Lombardi #32 on the right, also played on 'Sagebrush Hoops' with Coriann & Marissa. The team was from the Tri-Cities in WA & was coached by Mike Hodgins. BYU played very well & we beat Nevada 81-63. In 14 min. time, Coriann had 100% shooting overall with 11 points, 5 rebounds & an assist.  Two 3-point shots, were included in the mix. A great game for Coriann!
Jay & I left on Nov. 17th to make the long drive to Reno, Nevada from our home in WA. This pic. above shows Coriann guarding Marissa Hammond #30, who she used to play on the 'Sagebrush Hoops' elite team with, for three years.

Basketball Trip to Portland- Nov. 14-15, 2008

      The beautiful fall colors on the banks of the Columbia.
Crossing the 'Bridge of the Gods' over the Columbia River near Troutdale.
This one is of Multnomah Falls. It's quite a tourist attraction.
As Jay & I were driving home the next day, Nov. 15th, I took some scenery shots. Here is one with Mt. Hood in the background.
Our neighbors back in Basin City also drove the four plus hours to come and support Coriann in her game. Pictured are Coriann, Sharee & Hyrum Jones.
Coriann's Connell high school coaches came to support her. (pic.-Paul Garland, David (Dewey) Dixon, Coriann Wood, & Dan Colby).
Here is Coriann in her first real season game at Portland State, on Fri. Nov. 14th.  It was a game that we shouldn't have lost. The score was 64-73. It was so sad at the last seconds of the game, Haley Hall, our best point guard, tore her ACL on her left knee. She has already been out two seasons because of tearing it on her right knee twice. She had played such a great game. Everyone was so distraught about her being out for another season.