We were pleased when Seneca and Raven were asked to participate on the Lower Elwha Tribe’s teams at an inter-tribal basketball tournament. Held annually, seven tribes sent teams and the play took place at Squaxin Island near Shelton, over the weekend.
Raven was one of the taller boys in his division and did well especially on defense. He has been playing JV basketball for Stevens Middle School, so was in practice.
It was Seneca though, who amazed us. Lower Elwha is a small tribe and they had only six kids to send, two girls. And since the rules say that there must be two girls on the floor at all times, she played the entire tournament.
They lost the first game in a good fight and Ted and I weren’t there for the second day’s games. However they won both of those games so we went back for the finals. We were pleased to see how much the team had improved after having played a few games together. And Seneca had become a little fighter, with a very strong defense. They won the first game and then went on to play the very team they had played the first round.
They led from the beginning with Seneca getting rebound after rebound and passing the ball to the boys who were better shooters.
And so the Lower Elwha’s won the championship for their age group.
And to top it off, Seneca was given the “All Star” award, given to only one girl and one boy player.
We are grateful to the Lower Elwha Tribe for making this opportunity possible and we are very proud of Seneca. And Raven too!!
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