Christmas time is here!

Hey everyone! Lexi here!

Well, winter break is well underway, and I am glad to say that all I will be thinking about for the next month is basketball.  I am so glad that finals are over, but that means that I only have one semester left....it's crazy how times flies.  But anyways, back to basketball...we have gotten some solid wins, getting better and better each game.  Our hard work this pre-season is really paying off.

We are also getting closer as a team...since we basically the only people on campus.  There are a lot of team dinners, practices, and of course....our team Christmas party tomorrow! I am ready for the annual skits and White Elephant gifts.  After the Christmas party, we go to Pennsylvania for our final game of 2013....we better be going out with a bang since we get a week at home this year.  It is going to be so much fun to see my family for that long!

Well, anyways, that's about all I've got for you!

Merry Christmas and AWWWW JACKETS!

Lexi Rohrbach #45

Hi guys its Sydney again, I know I haven't blogged in awhile, but I'm back! Well today we are playing one of our big rivals the MOUNT UNION purple raiders. The season has been going pretty well with our wining record of 9-2. With the past couple games and practices I believe we are prepared to get the win today! Over this past couple weeks are team is getting closer and closer in basketball and just as a family. With all the team dinners and Camp Cheerful trips we have taken, we are connecting so well. I couldn't ask for a better team. On Friday we are having a Christmas party with skits from the freshman and the upperclassmen. I know the upperclassmen probably have something big planned but I hope they don't underestimate us freshman because we have a creative side too. After this Mount Union game today we have one more vs. Waynesburg on Saturday then we have Christmas break. So before I end this I just want to wish everyone a safe trip home and happy holidays. Also if you haven't watched Pup and Steph's video please do it's worth it!

Until next time

Sydney

Baller's Wonderland

Happy Christmas break everybody! 

Love always, Steph and Pup

SEASON IS HERE!!! :)

Hey all! I am Mackenzie Colombo and I am a freshman this year at BW!  Well this past weekend we as a team had the opportunity to start our season off in Rochester, New York.  The trip over all was a lot of fun!  We did end up losing our season opener by 1 point against #10 in the nation Tufts Jumbos.  Jumbos is an elephant supposedly.  We played really hard and the effort was there but we did fall short.  Our second game however we got our first win of the year! Definitely not going to be our last!!! We beat Medaille by about 15 I believe.  Overall we played really hard and we know what we need to do to get better and I know we are going to have a great season!!  The bus ride home was very fun!  We played the iPod game and if you don't know what that is, its when someone puts headphones on, usually BEATS, and turns a song on really loud and just sings their heart out and everyone else can only hear the person's voice so you can imagine how entertaining that can be!!  I am really excited about this year.  I love our team and I think we are a very special team that is really close and trusts each other and that can and hopefully will do amazing things!  This week we play Case Western in our home opener on Tuesday at 6 so come and support if you can.  I love being a yellow jacket and part of this program and I am so excited for the rest of the season!
#21 Kenz  

Sam's first blog!!!

Hey guys, my name is Sam AKA Hammy AKA ZE PANZER and I'm a giant sophomore blogging for the first time!  ...  Whoopsie!  Anyway, as I'm typing this we are on the bus in Rochester, heading back to our hotel to shower before dinner!  Applebee's probably wouldn't want our stinky butts in the restaurant while people are eating.  (We probably are not the best smelling team in Ohio...).  We arrived here a few hours ago and headed directly to our practice in order to prepare for the game. Technically we were a little late, but the combination of our determination and amazing agility got us through the practice on time!  Waaaaay to go ladies!  I'm so excited to play our first actual game with my amazingly talented and hilarious team!  Let's kick some Tuft booty tomorrow ladies!!

GAME TIME BABY.

OUR FIRST GAME IS THIS WEEK! AND I'M TYPING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT OVER THE INTERNET! We kick off our first game this Friday at a tournament in Rochester, New York vs Tufts.  Tufts is a school in Massachusetts whose mascot is the "Jumbos".  So there you have it folks.  We shall be playing the Tufts Jumbos. Or the Jumbos of Tufts University.  What is a Jumbo you ask? Simple.  An elephant with tusks. Duh. Tufts Jumbo Tusks. Jumbo Tusks of Tufts.  Ok. I'm done.

So anyways, we leave Thursday morning for Rochester!  I think that of all the things we get to do, traveling to different places and staying in hotels with my teammates has got to be one of my favorite parts of basketball season!  The bus rides are just fun in general and then we get to eat a lot of food, and then we get to goof off in hotel rooms.  Its nice to not have to worry about anything but hanging out with your team and getting better at basketball.  As excited as I am about having a home tournament this year I'm also sad that there won't be anymore regular season overnight trips. I think I would still rather have the home tournament.  But back to my main point, I cannot wait until we finally get to play in our first game.  All of our hard work from bootcamp to this week's practices will hopefully start paying off.

And yeah, you have to know that the season isn't going to be all rainbows and sunshine, there is going to be some bumpy parts.  But I have total faith in  my teammates that we can do anything we want this year, and we can pull each other up from any bad time.

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
              -Ralph Waldo Emerson

#RiseAbove

Jessica Lairson

Rise Above

Hello All!

The season is just about here! I cannot tell you how excited I am to spend this season with these wonderful people.  Last night after practice we had team bonding, which was very long but amazing nonetheless.  Naturally we started off with a team dinner because what's a gathering without food!  Our team already has formed great relationships and we quickly became great friends and teammates in the short time we have spent with each other.  We strengthened our bonds even further when we shared our life heroes, hardships, and highlights.  You can guess in a room full of girls and three guys (Coach Bailey, Coach G, and Coach Blon) there was lots, and lots of crying and laughing.  We all poured our hearts out to each other which really strengthened our bonds and over the course of the season they will only get stronger.  We also played some blind fold dodge ball because there's not too many things more ridiculous than blind folded people throwing things at others.  Obviously my partner Gab and I dominated because we make such a great team.  We did a lot of activities which made for a long night but our team grew even stronger in the process.

Today we scrimmaged Tiffin and did very well.  We were all excited about getting on the court and playing other people than ourselves.  We still have a lot to work on, but we, as a team, strive to be better than yesterday.  This leads me to our team word for the season.  A quick shout-out goes to my girl Pup for coming up with the word, actually words but who's paying attention...  Coach asked us to think of a word that represents our team during team bonding and after hearing what everyone has overcome in their lives already and the many more events that we will encounter in our lives, rise above fit well.  We strive to rise above our opinions on the court, ourselves when we get down, our school work, and everyday obstacles we encounter. I think this word is just about perfect for our team.

I cannot wait for what this season has to offer all of us.  I don't think anyone understands how we feel about each other as teammates and coaches.  I think our chemistry and friendships are deadly for our opponents.  We push each other and pick each other up.  This team is full of great teammates and we have a lot going for us.  We just have to keep getting better than yesterday.

AWWWWWW JACKETS!

Erin Allen #14

     (Just a little something I made from a quote I found because I'm slightly obsessed with quotes..)

ALRIGHTTT

Hello from the crippled! So far, this season has definitely not been what I would have expected my freshmen year to be. Being injured may be one of the most challenging situations I have ever been put into. I miss playing so much and I really miss being out there with the girls. Coming into the season, I was so excited to experience all of my new "first's" like finishing my first preseason conditioning, playing in the first practice, and stepping onto the court as a yellow jacket for the first time. This injury has just really challenged my patience and strength to overcome this adversity. On a more positive note, I am only out 6-8 (crossing my fingers) weeks, and I still feel as if I am a part of this team. Plus, I may be biased, but I have the best coaches and teammates in the world! Numerous of the girls have given me rides to my classes or dinner, opened doors for me, the coaches are working with me to do whatevery they can to get me back as quickly as possible, and one of the most encouraging things was I got a text from almost every single girl on the team after my surgery. That shows true love right there! So, because of my new injury, I have been given a whole new role on the team. I may not be out there physically with the girls, but I hope to be the biggest fan they have sitting on the sidelines & I am doing everything I can to get healthy!! Other than that, school and everything has been going great! Now just looking forward to New York next weekend!!

Until next time,
Megs :)

BA-NA-NA, BA-NA-NA-NA

Hey all,

These past few weeks have had their ups and downs. The injury bug has bitten the team severely in the behind this year and it is very frustrating not only for the ones that are injured, but the team and coaching staff as well. Megan had surgery about a week ago to repair her menisci, she'kiera has a sausage link as a finger, Erin's foot is in some mysterious, constant pain, Jessa has a sprained MCL and I have a Cankle. Luckily, it's all in the pre-season and before any of our games so hopefully everyone can get back to 100% as soon as possible and get back out there to compete.
On Thursday the team traveled to Ashland to compete in our first scrimmage of the year. Considering that Ashland was last years D2 National Champions, I think that we did alright against them; losing the first half and winning the second. Though, there are a lot of things to still work on, it was great to get out there and beat up on someone else and not each other! This Saturday we host Tiffin for our final scrimmage of the year at Noon so we hope that a few of you readers can come out and see what we have in store for the 2013-2014 season!
Hope to see you all out at our home games this year, we promise not to disappoint!!

Much Love,

Shari Mangas #20

"Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble in it's own"
-Matthem 6:34

Oh hello

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful week and have a fun weekend. This past week, yesterday actually, we had our very first scrimmage of the 2013-2014 season against Ashland University. We played really well and I'm so proud of my teammates, I couldn't have asked for a better group of girls to play basketball with. I am so pumped for the season to start because the team is putting in so much hard work and dedication that I know will pay off in each game. Well, as most of you know, last year there was a freshmen-senior prank war going on and of course, the freshmen won :) this year it will probably be a sophomore-freshmen prank war but I don't know, we've been pretty busy with school work and basketball so it's hard to find time. Last year Allyson, Alissa and I had no life so it was easier to find time. Well, I'm sleepy so I'll wrap it up. I hope everyone has a great weekend and finishes the semester strong! Bye y'all.

Sincerely yours, Janaya

Let's Make it Happen!

Hey everyone I hope all is well with you! 

I can’t believe we just finished our seventh practice, it feels so surreal because I have been waiting so long for the season to start and now it’s finally here. For me these past two months have flown by and I still can’t believe last week was midterms and I’m already meeting with my advisor to schedule spring classes, where has this time gone! In just about three and a half weeks we’ll be starting our first game in the Rochester tournament in New York and I can’t wait for the team’s hard work to finally pay off. Throughout the entire conditioning everyone was killing the times and pushing themselves past their limits in preparation for this year. I couldn’t be any more excited or proud of my team for all the hard work we have put in and I can’t wait to see the outcome of this season. This year has been awesome so far, between volunteering at Camp Cheerful’s Halloween dance and having the opportunity to work the concessions for the Cavs Wine and Gold scrimmage held in our gym. Also, this is one of my favorite times of the year because this is when my brother Ryan, my sister Alysa, my friends Tina and Anthony and I go to haunted houses. In the past two years we have traveled all over in order to find the best haunted houses and I have the top three that we must always go to every year, which are the Mansfield Reformatory, The Fear Experience and Bloodview. The Mansfield prison is the best because you get to actually walk through the entire prison which takes approximately 45 minutes to an hour to get through as they have people jumping out of cells and props set up everywhere. We always have a fun time going to the haunted houses and we look forward to going every year. My second year at BW has been awesome so far and I can’t wait to see what the rest of this year has to hold for me!

Marissa Hellisz #22

 

you're gonna hear us, ROARRRR

hello everybody. I hope you are all having wonderful weeks. I know here in Berea, we have all had really exciting, very mentally and physically hard, and absolutely crazy weeks. End of conditioning, Midterms, First practice, fall break (with 2 practices)...so many emotions flowing I think we could all fall over. However, I think the excitement of the beginning of a great new season of a sport we all love, with out team by our side is what keeps us standing. 

 Currently I am sitting in the library with my two best buds, they are working very hard beside me but I am on a little study break so I could talk to all you avid readers of this blog. This year has been great so far, everything from team bond trips with personality tests to volunteering at camp cheerful's halloween dance. I would like to comment, not to toot out own horns, but pup, erwin, aud, sheri, and I had some pretty awesome costumes. take a look...

nothing like the good old mystery gang. 

Well that is about it for now, stay tuned for many more memories to come. As for my fellow yellow jackets lets get out there and work hard, work together, and win! 

Have a wonderful day friends

Awwww JACKETS,

Steph #12

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."

2 Timothy 1:7