While terrible news has happened, we had to rejoice in the news of ZEN and SANTA CRUZ High

"END OF THE LINE"  It was one of the best games to celebrate!!!

Can you click on this article and read it?

(and see it's Zen's photo below?)

Salecian is a Private Christian school; Santa Cruz High was the only Public High School to make the top eight schools in these NorCal playoffs in California. There is a very clear discrepancy about this private school allowance to recruit and buy players vs public schools being prohibited from doing just that.

And then there were the referees. We hate to think racism plays a part...but it was hard to ignore how blatant it was. It ended up being against SCHigh. We don't get to veto Referees. And they are supposed to be the best at this level!

In any case, the boys played to the ultimate degree, Zen said it well:
(though whoever wrote the article misspelled "your"! That wasn't Zen!) This game was one of the most exciting we got to see the boys play this season. They knew they played well. So "losing" was...not like that at all. All the standing ovations for the boys the whole game long relayed that feeling! xoxoxo

I do wish we could even show some extra appreciation to them all somehow~

And especially, considering all the terrible news these days, taking our thoughts away from them and their work, but...for Japan...the sadness goes on for a long, long time...

BJ, here below. Who we got to see at the Colfax game on the 10th, since the terrible accidents began, BJ has said that if someone from Japan needs a space to stay, they have room in their home. How awesome is that?!!

BJ, who I've referred to as a Mrs. Jerry Garcia~ Who I met in '80 in Santa Cruz~ a Dead Head to the ultimate degree (and then she went "straight" to study solar engineering at UC Irvine!). BJ ALSO went to Japan and taught for our english school...oh~my dear ol' gorgeous friend BJ!!!

Here is their home in Grass Valley~ And as I write this...Taka is flying to Nagoya via Tokyo.

I'm nervous.  Oh Japan~~