Stickball (Kabotcha) Season has officially started.  Around the Reservation, you can see teams practicing in fields.  Today at work, it became apparent that rivalries have started in earnest.  In our office we have representatives from Red Water (me), Conehatta (Lillie), and Pearl River (Elijah).  My housemates (Jason and Josh) are playing with Bogue Chitto. 

We practice 3 nights a week.  We do drills like shooting on the goal, passing, and sprints.  And we run - a lot!  Last night we had practice and I got roughed up pretty bad -  elbow to the gut, fell backwards and hit my head and stopped ball with finger. 


Leonard commented this morning, "Welcome to Choctaw stickball."  Obviously I'm not going to get any sympathy. 

We have a scrimmage game May 6th in Standing Pine.