The (ALMOST) Last Basketball Post of the Season

CCS played WCA for the second time.  Alas, it was a hard fought game but the injuries stole the victory from the good guys (CCS).

Trevor was hurting so bad that he couldn't run and could barely shoot.  He had to give up playing half way through the  2nd quarter.  He needed to see his chiropractor.

T-Bob shooting a foul shot (#13 is Adin B.) He was the last starter to sit.

T-Bob played most of the game until both teams gave up making it competitive and they put the fifth graders in.   By the end of the game, the final player on our team scored.  SO everybody scored at least one basket this season.

The fifth graders were glad to get some playing time.

Here is the final score.

But wait this post isn't over.....  There was a Junior Varsity game that followed.  The JV team also was struggling with injuries, so they pulled up some of the Junior high players!

See, T-Bob got to play on the JV team.

He was under-sized, but he managed to hold his own.  He snagged some rebounds and even stole the ball a time or two.

The JV team didn't fare any better but T-Bob was glad to get the chance to play on the next level.  He sure was tired  by the end.  He played most of the Junior high game and then about half of the JV's game.  He sleeps well.  After a season of basketball he can now fit into Thomas's old suit for speech and debate.  All that running and playing was very slimming for him.

T-Bob and Thomas are looking forward to practicing basketball this summer and playing again next year.

CCS vs First Baptist - Take Two

We had a number of games cancelled because of cold weather and snow.  This one was rescheduled and finally took place last week.  Our team was really struggling as many of our best players were injured.  Even T-Bob was having problems with his ankle.  There was a lot of limping going on.  At the end of the first quarter we were down 8-4.

Our guys were determined to keep going despite the injuries.  They played hard.

At half time, we were only down by 2.  The other team only scored two points in the second quarter.

The second half was a different game.  Our team came out and started shooting well.  Chase even started shooting threes and made several.

Chase was so outmatched size wise.  This makes defense a challenge as well as driving with the ball.

The third quarter ended with us  having a ten point lead!  The guys were so excited!

They kept going and eventually pulled out to a 15 point lead.  There was about three minutes left at that point.  The coach pulled his starters and put in the 2nd string.  The other team put on a hard press and it wasn't long before they were making a rapid comeback!

 They were within four points by the time the coach got the starters back in.  T-Bob and the other starters got the job done.  They broke the press and made a few quick lay-ups.

The other team had to start fouling in order to try and catch up.  Trevor was the one they fouled and  he made them pay for it!  He drilled free throw after free throw.  

The team pulled back out to a big lead.  They ended up winning by 16 points!

CCS v. Open Door

This game started out so well.  The Warriors jumped out to a 8-1 lead.  This game was scheduled earlier but had been cancelled because of bad weather.   It was rescheduled on short notice for a saturday afternoon.  We were missing some of our players and others were unable to play because of injuries.  In other words,  the bench was VERY thin.

The other team was composed of mostly large 8th graders.  Our guys played very well, but they wore down as the game progressed.  

At the end of the first quarter we were still up by 3 points.

T-Bob didn't play in the first half.  We had a weird thing that went through our family.  We weren't nauseated or anything but we had bad stomach pain for a day or two.  T-Bob was in the midst of this ailment on saturday when this game was scheduled.  Our bench was so thin that the 5th graders even got to play some.

At half time, we were down by 2. 

This little guy thought he was going to play a game of basketball with the teams shirts and skins.  He was obviously on the skins team.  His sister put his shirt on him and he immediately ripped it off.  He was very determined!

His Mom came down and put his shirt on and insisted that he keep it on.  He was not a happy camper and put on a first class temper.  Mom won!  Good for her.

T-Bob decided that it wouldn't hurt any worse to play than to sit on the bench.  He got up and in the game.  He was moving a little slow, but he got going faster the longer he played.

At the start of the second half, we had four of our starters in the game.  They were worn down as they really missed having T-Bob in the first half.  They had to play harder to keep up.

By the end of the third quarter, the team was down by 7.  

The other team played rough.  The refs weren't calling many fouls.  The other team was always hanging on our guys, hitting, slapping and holding.  The guys were pretty frustrated.  They kept a good attitude and didn't retaliate.  Our league is not blessed by great refs.  If they were very good, they wouldn't be reffing junior high basketball.  :-)

This was the final score.  I think both teams were glad when this game was over.

CCS Defeats the Undefeated!

This past Tuesday CCS played First Baptist.  First Baptist was an undefeated team and the guys were anxious to change that!

The game went back and forth and there was a lot of lead changes. Three of the starters (including T-Bob) played the entire game.  It was a hard fought battle.

At the end of the first quarter First Baptist was up by 4 points.  CCS is a team that seems to start slow and take awhile to get going.

T-Bob played hard and hustled.  He scored 5 points in the game.  His shooting is starting to come around.  His form is improving.  He is good at listening to the coach and applying what he says.

The guys fought it out and by the start of the 4th quarter...

They were up by 6 points.  The other team had to start fouling in order to get the ball back.  There was definitely a home court advantage.  The timekeeper was VERY slow in starting the clock after a foul shot.  Sometimes five or six seconds would elapse before he started the clock.  But CCS didn't let this frustrate them.  They hung on and played through it!

 The difference in the fourth quarter was that Josh W. started making three pointers.  He made a couple in a row and that sealed the game.  CCS scored 15 points in the fourth quarter.

Trevor made his free throws when the game counted after missing some earlier.  

The  final score was 37-29 for the good guys!

Scrimmage

This blog is written especially for my family.  They want to see the children and keep up with their activities.  Occasionally, a post will have less than universal appeal.  This post is dedicated to my nephew Joshua, who played on this basketball team last year when he was in the States.  I will be providing him updates and pictures.  He is one of two people who asked me to resume blogging and so this is for him!  You all are welcome to read it too!

T-Bob wasn't a starter but he did get to play quite a bit.  This was his first real game experience!  He is number 2, so he tries harder.  (For all you youngsters out there, there was once an Avis Car Rental commercial that had the slogan "We're Number two, so we try harder!")

Chase likes to drive with he ball, but he is still height challenged.

Team during a time out.  They miss you Josh.  Trevor is now the tallest player and he is only about 5' 9".

Mindy is the team videographer.  She uses her iPhone to catch the game action.

Here is T-Bob booking back to get ready to play offense.

Trevor spent a lot of the time at the foul line.  He got fouled a lot.  He played hard, despite a very sore ankle.  He rolled it in practice yesterday.  Since this was a scrimmage, they played three 10 minute 'games'.  I lost track of the scores but they were close.  I don't think they one any of them.  It was still close enough to be entertaining,    The CCS varsity blew out the other team so badly, that is wasn't even fun to watch.  One of the 'games' was  18-2 at one point.  The varsity has a really good team. Apparently they have done some recruiting,  The guys varsity team has a woman coach.  I hadn't seen that before.  T-Bob went off with my DH after the game to go work on the house.  No rest for the weary!  My DH is pushing hard to get the other house ready to sell.

Zac is looking good.  He gave himself a haircut.  It makes him look a lot like his brother Luke.  He is playing varsity ball this year.

This is the 'Moocher-in-Chief'.  Dear Logan has never met a scam he won't try and run.  In the past he would go around looking cute and try and get people to give him some of their snacks or money, and he still does that.  Now he has a baby sister.  He has a new angle.  He takes the baby and then he offers to let people hold her if they give him money or food!  It worked well for him!  What a guy!  He is funny!