I Finally See One of Sean’s Basketball Games
November 19, 2008
I finally had an opportunity to see on of Sean’s basketball games yesterday. All of his games start at 3:30 in the afternoon which means leaving work about 2:30 just to get to the close games. Most would require me to leave even earlier.
The middle school games are supposed to be organized into A, B and C games. A games are supposed to be for 8th graders only. Our rural community doesn’t have enough kids for an A team, so we don’t have one. B team is supposed to be for the “better” of the 6th and 7th grades with the C team being the rest.
Well, our school only has 8 kids playing basketball, so we play the same kids for the B game and the C game. The other team from Patagonia had maybe 12 kids, but they too played everyone in all the games. Very odd indeed. So the kids essentially just play two games which they enjoy very much.
In the first game, Sean’s team was victorious by a score of 21 – 13. They play 2 ten minute halves with a running clock except for free throws, so the game goes by pretty quick. It was a nice victory, but its safe to say there wasn’t much in the ways of plays on offense for either team. It was run and gun style with maybe 1 or 2 passes.
In the second game, Sean’s team lost by a score of 18 – 12. It was pretty much the same kind of game. Sean had two points in each game. It doesn’t really matter that none of the kids on the court appear to have a future in basketball as they all appeared to have loads of fun which is the most important thing.
I really enjoyed a chance to see Sean play a game. I don’t miss his baseball or football games because of the time of those games, but these basketball games are tough. I want to be sure to see at least one more next year.
Basketball Season Begins For Sean
November 6, 2008
Football season is barely over, but basketball season has begun for Sean this week. They have already played two games and his middle school team is 1 – 1. Sean is the starting point guard for the team.
Its ironic that he is even playing basketball. The sport was my favorite growing up as a kid and I played in high school and then intramurals in college and in work based leagues afterwards. I tried early in Sean’s life to get him interested in basketball and to work on his skills. Unfortunately, he showed no interest in basketball whatsoever. Our hoop outside went unused for years except for the occasional times I went out to shoot around.
It wasn’t until last year upon entering middle school that he got interested in basketball and tried out for the team and made it (okay, all the kids made it). He saw limited playing time last year, but has made the starting team this year.
The hoop outside is now in disarray and basically worthless. I guess its times to get a new one and impart my skills on him. 
I wasn’t MVP of the work league several years running for nothing. Seriously, I am excited that he likes hoops and now wants to play. I fear, however, that he is getting too late a start.
In the game this afternoon, where they evened their record with a victory, Sean had the winning bucket on a short jump shot. Unfortunately, afternoon is the key word there and I was not able to attend the game. In fact, I have yet to see a single game of his middle school team this year or last year.
For some reason, the games start at 3:00 or 3:30 and its really hard for me to get to the games. Just like football, road games are not that close by and even the home games are 40 minutes from work. They play every Tuesday and Thursday during the relatively short season. When I was playing in junior high (vs middle school), I don’t remember the games starting that early. I feel really guilty cause I don’t remember my Dad missing very many (if any) of any of my sporting events. I pride myself on making his football and baseball games, but there really isn’t any way to make these early basketball games. Still, I really wish I could and still feel guilty.
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