You win some, you lose some

After settling into our hotels and having a quick rest, Hoops Sagrado headed to the local gym for a match up against Suchi.

The "Young Guns" were first up and although they went up early it was a close game. On their very first game in Guatemala, the students were introduced to the creative foul-calling and score-keeping of our Guatemalan friends. Although the clock said the game was tied at the end, the Young Guns were really up by one at the end of regulation. There was five minutes of overtime and the Young Guns prevailed by one bucket.

While not everyone on the Young Guns was able to score a bucket, everyone got some playing time. We'll work on making sure that "everyone eats" at future games. 

Young Guns
Hoops Sagrado 54 vs. Suchi 52 (final score reflects scoreboard score, not actual score)
Alec: 6 points
Sanu: 15 points
Demani: 11 points
Malik: 5 points
Ronnie: 2 points
Carlton 4 points
Daniel: 8 points

The "Old Heads" played a tight game that had each team exchanging leads throughout the game. Sanu and Daniel made their debut playing for the Old Heads and were each able to get in the books with some points.

Unfortunately, despite having possession with 12 seconds to go and only down by two, the Old Heads weren't able to get their first win. That will just have to be against Xela on Thursday...which will be sweet to say the least.

Old Heads
Hoops Sagrado 56 vs. Suchi 57
Bryan: 12 points
Josh: 3 points
Mark: 17 points
Hitch: 7 points
Diggs: 5 points
Roppolo: 6 points
Sanu: 2 points
Daniel: 4 points

Following the games, everyone came back to the hotel for our first group meal in Guatemala and thankfully, everyone ate it. Always a big accomplishment.

We're off to Xela today to meet families and get settled into our home away from home for the next three weeks. We'll post again soon.