The Unner

Every year I read a book called, The Unner to my class. A boy receives a homemade contraption from someone in the future that tells him this will give him the ability to undo things in his life.

We would like someone to create that for us. Whitni could go back to halftime of her game on Tuesday and in the third quarter not run like crazy to get in front of the girl she was guarding. Pain and frustration would then be alleviated.

We go on Friday for an MRI on her knee. She went down after successfully getting in front of her girl. We were lucky that Dr. Dame was there. He is a doctor from the ward that works at the Columbia clinic in Chelan. Whitni has been seeing all the things she planned to do her senior year taking a back seat and maybe an exit. This is where as a mother it would be nice to get my homemade unner out and get her back to halftime with a warning to cool it and play a little more conservatively. Of course, that is not in her nature so we would probably again be wearing ice on the sideline.

Photos by Nancy Miller
Senior, Whitni England powers down the court just before her knee injury ended her play in her final home game as a Manson Lady Trojan

And a wonderful tribute to her from her coach, Chris Hill:

This was a bitter sweet win because we beat the team that we were tied with, but at the same time we lost our point guard who is one of our team leaders and one of the greatest kids I have ever coached! Whitni England went down with a knee injury, but we have not given up hope that she will be ready to play on Friday at Oroville. There is no girl around that has worked harder than Whitni and she deserved to have a great season, which is exactly what she has had so far this season.