HP Championships Update #1

Aileen Herman of the Badger Region Volleyball High Performance National Select team gave an update on the first day of the HP Championships:

Day 1 - Monday, July 23rd
9:00am - Some amazing volleyball players from around the state met at Center Court for a photo before heading to Iowa for the 2012 HP Championships. We get on the two buses and settle in for our 6 hour ride to Des Moines. The selected movies for the ride over were "Grown Ups" and "She's the Man". While some of the girls enjoyed the movie, others talked, texted, and slept. Around noon we stopped in Dubuque for lunch. There were a few options for everyone and included Taco Bell, Burger King, and a Hyvee grocery store. We arrived at the hotel a little before 4:00, cleaned the bus up to avoid any "prizes" from Paul and settled into our rooms. I asked one of my teammates to describe the ride and her response was, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." In other words, "long." For dinner most of the team members bombarded a local Quiznos and then we headed to the convention center for the evening practice session. We got some good work in and had a chance to see the place we will be playing over the next 5 days. After practice we headed back to our rooms tired out from a long day but excited and ready to begin our matches tomorrow!!
Word of the day: CHEESE