The start of Jr High basketball

It was a dark, cold, blustery evening. We were very excited for our first game of the season. It was made even more special because my daughter (Diva) was going to be a Jr High basketball cheerleader for the first time ever.

I needed to come early to drop off the Capri Suns Diva promised I'd bring (that she didn't tell me about until the day before yesterday), so I got to see her in uniform with her hair all done up and her sparkly headband ($5) and make-up. I took a few pictures and then settled into the gym even though it was still half an hour before the 7th grade started playing. I got a pretty decent seat (half court!)

When it was finally time for the 7th graders to come out they came out fast and hard and aggressive! They amazed the crowd with their determination! One kid actually JUMPED OVER a kid from the other team trying to get the ball! Another kid had his arm bent around backwards but he seemed to be willing to break his arm in order to just get the ball back!! They won by a landslide.

Then my son's team came out. My little star barely lived up to his nickname. He was called for travelling at minimum six times. It was just sad. Last year he was the star of the team! The rest of the team did little better. The other team got so far ahead they started running continuous clock....I didn't even know they HAD a "pity rule" for Jr High. We lost 40-something to seven....and not one of those seven points were scored by an 8th grader...they were all made by 7th graders that moved up to help out the 8th grade team.

It was a depressing start to the season. Last year they lost every single game....I'm pretty sure they lost every single game the year before....I was hoping they'd learn from their mistakes by now, but no.

I'll still try to update this site on their progress through the season. We do have some pretty great players....they just don't come together as a team very well.

[On a brighter note this was the first game in two years that my little Star didn't get called for a bunch of fouls LOL]

And even worse we came out to a dusting of snow on our vehicles and ice on the roads!