I think next year I might keep track of how much time we spend in gymnasiums watching/playing basketball. It would be an interesting statistic. I couldn't even take a guess at it but I know it consumes a lot of our days and nights. It's a good thing we love the sport. Jordan said to me last Friday "mom, how many basketball games do we have tomorrow?" I told him none -basketball season is over! He cheered, "yes, freedom to do whatever we want all day!" It does get a little tiring for Jordan and Sadie but we remind them that they will have their turn to shine as they get older.
Carson's team had a good season. They kept being beat by Southfore by about 6 points. They ended up loosing to them in the first round of the playoffs but actually out scored them in the first three quarters of the game. They just couldn't hang on to their lead in the last quarter. A few Saturdays later they ended up playing them again battling it out to see who got to play for the silver medals. Again we were up the first three quarters and then it stayed close in the fourth quarter. The game was tied with 20 seconds to go and the other team scored this ridiculous fade away jump shot and I'm not sure how it even went in the hoop. With 9 seconds left our team gets the ball and sets up the play to Carson who gets open, fakes a guy out on the baseline . . . . shoots with 2 seconds left . . . . and misses. It was heartbreaking for them. As always Carson was a good sport and wished the other team luck in the silver medal round. He was disappointed only in himself but we reminded him that you can't make every shot you take! Darcy also reminded him about the game he played the week before where he scored 20 points (12 of those points being 3 pointers) and because of that game, his team won and moved on in the playoffs. Yes it would have been awesome to make the buzzer beater to tie up the game and put your team in overtime but it doesn't always work that way. The season was over for his team! The good news is that his coach has box seats and is taking them all to see the Harlem Globetrotters in a few weeks. Carson is really excited about that.
Kailey's team were like dynamite this year. The only team they couldn't manage to beat was Varsity (and the games were always very close) - that is until the city finals when we aren't sure what team showed up to play for Calwest but it wasn't our usual Dynamite team. They ended up loosing the city finals to South Fish Creek but still got a chance to play Varsity for the silver medal (it's a double knock out tournament style). Of course we couldn't pull off the win and ended up with Bronze but still got to go to Provincials. The weekend of Provincials Darcy and I were in Arizona so we had the parents updating us by texting us as the games were being played. It was killing me not to be there watching as I had also missed the city final game while I was in Hawaii. Kailey's team ended up in the Provincial Finals against - of course - Varsity! Once again we came up with the short end of the stick and got silver in provincials. Can't complain about that! These girls played a lot of basketball this year and had a great season!
Boy we love this game! And now that community ball is over Carson is starting Club Ball and will be playing for Foundation team for the spring. Kailey is taking a break for a few months until September when community ball starts again. She can't wait to play for the Jr. Varsity team at school next year too!
