Mr Papa’s World

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 … READ MORE

Today was the last game of the season for Sean’s football team. It ended much the way it began, on a bad note. They lost again today by a score of 45 – 14 to Benson. It also closed out a winless season for the kids.

The game today was never close as Benson raced out to an early 27 – 0 lead in the first quarter. The Huachucha City kids actually played them tough in the last minutes of the first quarter and the entire second quarter holding them scoreless and putting up 7 points themselves.

The second half was all Benson and the game was never really in doubt. I think I said this last time we played Benson, but they sure grow their kids big there. They have one 11 year that is 6′ 3″ tall – at 11 years?? And he … READ MORE