Dear friends,
As you know, every Tuesday afternoon I play basketball with the Hua Shan Basketball Team. I've been waiting a long time to write this post and have been putting it off because I did not have a picture of them. But, I just got a great picture of these enthusiastic, talented, and cheerful basketball players today!

I'm standing in the way back. Can you find me? You can't really see everyone because we haphazardly had everyone stand together and we were goofing off =D.

I'm planning to go to the Hua Shan Basketball Team's games in November. At first I thought I would not be able to go to their games because their basketball games are during the day, but I realized I only have to work half days during those times. I'm going to try to bring the other Fulbright English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) to those games so we can all cheer the girls and boys basketball teams. I know the girl's cheer so I know we'll at least be doing that cheer during the games =D. If anyone knows of any other basketball cheers, please contact me. In the future, I'll make a YouTube video of the girl's and boy's cheer, so all of you will know what I'm talking about when I speak so highly of these cheers.

Also, here are pictures of the basketball team's most recent game. They also have a website you can check out. These are pictures of their swim meet.

So when I talk about the basketball team, I'm actually talking about the "Sports class." Hua Shan has a special budget to fund a class especially devoted to sports. These kids do all sorts of sports from swimming to basketball to a 10-person, 11-leg race (like the 3-legged race but more difficult). It's very impressive.

To the Hua Shan Sports Team: GOOD LUCK THIS YEAR IN ALL OF YOUR SPORT EVENTS. KEEP UP THE TEAM SPIRIT AND JIA YOU! 祝你今年好运！保持团体精神！加油！

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