Basketball games start here in late September. This weekend the boys' teams will finish their season. Add in a month of pre-season training and these guys have been going at for a long time.
This weekend we are hosting the EYBL championships (European Youth Basketball League). In town for the tournament are teams from Belarus, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia. These all play a pretty good brand of basketball.
The teams in Cesis truly play a multi-national schedule as I have seen teams from Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Belarus and Norway. As most games are played on Saturday and Sunday, it is not unusual to leave school a little early on Friday afternoon, travel several hours across national borders and play two games on the weekend.
This is a picture of the Belarus team. They were well-coached but are about to lose on a last second shot. Cesis plays Sweden today (Sunday) at 12:00. I will be able see them play the final game of the season before our church starts at 2:30p.
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