Fall Camp Wrap-Up

With fall camp coming to an end, we all wanted to get in some last-minute team bonding before the upper classmen moved out of the dorms. On Monday following practice and a quick supper at Shenanigans, the team went to Murleys. There, Murley had apples and caramel waiting for us. After a couple showings of the movie 212 degrees, he talked to us about a major area we as a team want to focus this year, making each others day. An idea that came from the book Fish, make your day includes engaging in meaningful conversation with one another, as well as any other kind act that is unneccesary. We believe it will bring us closer together and allow us to be the best team we can be! Following the movie and discussion, we headed outside to a small bonfire Murley started for us and made giant smores. It was a wonderful night.

Tuesday came and all the upperclassmen moved out of the dorms. The freshmen and sophomores moved into the rooms they will be living in for the remainder of the year. It was nice for most of us to get back to air conditioning!

Wednesday marked the last day of the fall camp team bonding exercises. These exercises were aimed at "being present". The first activity entailed getting the entire team across the basketball court, using only scooters, jump rope, hula hoops, and hockey sticks. Sound easy? It wasn't. No one was allowed to touch the floor. In the middle of the floor there was an "island" where each of us were safe to stand on. We were all divided into two teams so needless to say, the game got a little competitive. It started out with both sides only trying to get their own people across the floor. It ended, however, with pushing, shoving, and some biting (Kaili) to get the other team off the island and into the "lava" so they would have to start all over. It was a close game and luckily no one got hurt. The last team bonding activity was Catch Phrase. Here one teammate describes a word to the other teammate and she tries to guess what it is. We had some good laughs.

The start of school means the end of the preseason. We are excited to scrimmage Moorhead tomorrow and to go to Omaha this weekend! Go Wolves!