Wuddup everybody. It has definitely been awhile since the Troppy Boy has spoken so I figured it might be time. A lot has happened since last July. I'm married now with one on the whaaaat..? Lol sike. Finished my first full at Big Bend Community College. We ended 26-6, were the Eastern Region Champs, and ended up getting 4th in the NWAACC out of 16 in the tourney and 32 in the conference. We started out the season a little shaky in the preseason trying to gel as a team and what not. We lost our first league game to a tough Spokane team but then ended up going on an amazing ride and winning 13 in a row to end league play and the regular season. At one point during our run we were ranked #1 in the Coach's Poll. So going into the tourney we definitely had a "championship or bust" mentality. We won the first game pretty soundly. The second game was a little bit more exciting but we pulled it out to go to the Semi Finals where we played Chemeketa. We dominated this game for about 30 minutes. We were even up 20 with about 12 minutes to play and everything was going our way. Thats when things went bad. They started to full court press, we went cold and they got hot. With about 4 to play we were still up by about 5 but eventually they ended up taking the lead on a 3 and then held on the rest of the way and we lost by 1 in one of the toughest most disappointing loss of my life. Chemeketa then went on to win the championship which made the loss that much more difficult to take. Basically all of us Big Bend'ers feel like we should be NWAACC champions right now. But... 'Tis not so. We have a pretty good team coming back next year though so we should be able to make another run at it. Our coaching staff will have us ready.
I've been working pretty hard this off season so far. I feel like I had a somewhat successful freshman season but hope for bigger and better things next year. I've been hitting the weights and getting lots of shots up just trying to overall become a better and more proficient player for us next year. Shout out to @imnumber_4; him and I are pretty much lone wolves out in Moses working out every day trying to get better. Also shout out to him for all of his accolades last season. Bigger and better things coming this year. Shout out also to Coach De Hoog for working us out. Might as well, shout to to Peter; best janitor in the whole NWAACC. Lol
So right now I have a job working on a farm in Moses Lake. It's been pretty cool so far. From Seattle so definitely not very well versed in the farming game so I thought it could be a pretty sweet experience. So far I have just been spraying weeds and washing equipment mostly. Nothing to crazy. The craziest thing so far is probably just my crucial farmers tan on my neck. Ha Like my fourth day there I definitely flipped the four wheeler that I spray weeds from. As cool as that sounds... it definitely wasn't that cool. Lol Took to big of a risk thinking I could get around one of the circles without getting too close to this slope... nope. Realized I wasn't gonna make it so I hopped off and tried to get it out and stuff thinking to myself "this thing isn't taking me with it." So eventually after trying to get it out it fell down the slope sideways and landed upside down. The four wheeler was alright but my ego was definitely damaged. Lol Everybody in Moses are pretty much farmers too so it's not like I could tell anyone... So here's my confession I guess... Lol I still have the job though and the boss wasn't too mad. So everything is good I guess. I get to wear some blue coveralls too and it makes me feel like Tyler Gage from step up... Swag??? Lol jk
So things are going pretty good. Excited to be reunited to the SBC with our new very welcomed addition, Big Popcorn. So I hope that everything is going good for everybody and hopefully I'll have something sweet to write about soon. Follow me on Instagram @troppy_boy and twitter @e. Loved my boys Stephen Curry and Nate Rob these playoffs and was sad to see them go. Go Heatles now though as far as I'm concerned. Until next time... Stay classy I guess.
Peaceeee
Troppy Boy.
P.S. shout out to my babe sisters who im home with this weekend. #murrrr #shmooter..?
