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Mr. B’s cast comes off

Posted on June 14, 2010 | Comments Off on Mr. B’s cast comes off

We were both surprised to see that the rotary blade that cut through the fiberglass cast could be pressed against his finger without breaking the skin. He was glad to have the thing off after three weeks–four weeks after he broke his arm in a basketball game. Had to wash the arm, of course, as it smelled pretty bad, and scrub off some dead skin on his palm. But, after taking it easy this week, he’s expected to be back to playing basketball again real soon.

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B-Ball tryouts

Posted on December 13, 2009 | Comments Off on B-Ball tryouts

Mr. B. did his tryout this afternoon at the West Austin Youth Association. Last year it took an hour or more. Much better organized this time. In and out in twenty minutes, including the scrimmage (skirmish?) at the end.

One coach handling the layups noticed that he was dribbling left handed, and so had trouble hitting the basket when approaching from the right side. Shifted him to the left and he plunked it right in. Games start in January. Looks like it will be more fun than last year as Mr. B. has improved a lot.

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Mr. Boy scores at last

Posted on May 20, 2009 | Comments Off on Mr. Boy scores at last

He dropped out of Little League a few weeks ago, probably for good, to concentrate on his basketball. Then his B-ball team, which goes by a number rather than a name, finished in third place in the small WAYA league of just five co-ed teams. They did it by winning their last game of the spring season, in which Mr. B. scored just a little too late (after the game-ending whistle) to add to the score.

No problem. They won the first game of the single-elimination tournament on Monday, aided by two points of his, and two more from his timely pass to a better shooter. Happiness all around. They’re at it again today at five, with back-to-back games, if they win the first one. They just might. All of their players scored in Monday’s competition, for the first time, and the opponent was pretty tough. But better teams await.

UPDATE:  They lost the first game, 31-20, so they lost the tournament. Next, we move on to the co-ed summer season. 

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