A Blowout

In past basketball seasons, a title like "A Blowout" has not been a good thing. But this year is different. We won this blowout, 48-15. It was against the school who is our rival in both basketball and football, and for the first time in many years--if not ever!--that we've been them in football and both basketball games in the same school year. And it was senior night for our two seniors, which was fun for them.

Aaron started out hot, scoring all four of his points in the first few minutes of the game. He didn't score any more, but he pulled down 5 rebounds, made 3 assists and 5 steals. And the one stat I don't keep but my brother, who was at the game tonight, kept for me: Aaron hit the ground at least 15 times. No wonder he's always sore after games!

Nathan played well, too, also racking up 5 rebounds to go along with his one assist, one steal and two points. All I can say is the next two years will be fun to watch, for we have a slew of sophomore boys who just keeping getting better every game.

2-0 in District Play

We won a squeaker last night, 44-42. I was so proud of the boys to be able to hang in there and pull it out in the last few minutes of the game. Both Aaron and Nathan played hard, though Aaron wasn't feeling well. (He's much better today.)

Aaron ended the game with 2 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal.

Nathan finished with no points, but he played great defense, pulled down 3 rebounds and managed 2 assists and a steal.

Next up: our cross-town rivals and the hardest basketball team in our district!

Coming up Short

Our team has a tendency to take awhile to get going. And sometimes that means digging themselves a hole they can't climb out of. That happened last night in our 51-60 loss. At least it wasn't a district game!

The boys played hard, they just couldn't shut down the other team in the first half. Down by 11 at half, they only lost by 9, which means they won the second half. Coach was pleased with their progress but I think the boys were a bit frustrated with themselves.

Aaron got in foul trouble and didn't play any of the third quarter. He ended with only 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.

Nathan played aggressive defense in the second half and managed to 6 points, 2 rebounds and an assist.

Back to district play next week. Should be fun!

First District Win

It's our first district win since 2008! We won 57-36 in our first district game of the season. Aaron ended the game with 8 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Nathan finished with 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Very proud of all our team!

Another Heartbreaker

We came out flat in this final game of the tournament. We ended up down by 17 at halftime. But the boys battled back, tied the game late in the 4th quarter, but couldn't hold on. They lost 57-61.

Aaron had a rough game--literally! He got knocked around, deliberately kicked when he'd fallen to the ground (the other kids got a technical for it), and in the final seconds of the game dove for the ball and his eye connected with a kid's knee. Not just a shiner--a goose egg AND a shiner! But I think he'd say it was worth it. He led our team in scoring with 16 points and in rebounds, with 9. He also had 5 assists and a steal.

Nathan played well, too, though he only made one basket and pulled down 3 rebounds.

District play starts next week. I'm already nervous!

Catching up on Games

It's hard to keep up with reporting basketball games--especially when we hit a tournament and instead of two games a week, it's four!

So here's the catch-up report.

TUES:

We played an old district rival that is not in our district anymore. They played really well, led most of the game, but came up short, losing 49-53. Aaron ended with 5 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Nathan had 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.

THURS:

The first game of the tournament, we played terrible but managed to stay in the game until the end, losing 40-48. The dismal play showed in the stats. Aaron: 3 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 3 steals. Nathan: 5 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

FRI:

The team we were supposed to play didn't show, so we played the host team's JV. We won (with most of our younger guys playing the majority of the game), 57-43. Aaron (who didn't play much) ended with 2 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists and 5 steals. Nathan played more, but only managed 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, and 3 steals.

Hopefully I'll keep up better from now on!