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First B-ball injury

Posted on May 15, 2010 | Comments Off on First B-ball injury

Mr. B. came away from today’s game with a sprained wrist after being knocked down on the court as he tried to dribble away from two very aggressive opponents. He’s okay, but he did a little howling first. After last week’s great scoring performance, he had nothing to show and his team lost 25-5.

He had one really nice shot before the injury, shooting from the vicinity of the foul line. The official blew his whistle while the ball was in the air, so the fact that it swished through the net didn’t count at all. Frustrating. Next weekend is the WAYA playoffs and then organized basketball is over for him until basketball camp in late July.

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B-ball classic

Posted on May 8, 2010 | Comments Off on B-ball classic

It wasn’t the NBA, but WAYA youth basketball. Mr. B. came off the floor about noon with a big sigh and a head shake. He’d just scored eighteen points in the last two quarters, helping his all-boys-but-two team 36-30 over an all-girls-but-one team that was supposed to be a pushover.

They were the last time. Not this day. Anyhow, they won, even if they got a fright in the bargain, falling behind several times before winning it. If they give one (and I’m not sure they do) the opponents deserved the trophy for most-improved. Mr. B. was happy. His point total was a single-game record for him. But it was acquired under a lot of pressure.

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Save our Seals

Posted on April 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Save our Seals

That’s the sign me and Mr. B. kept seeing in a yard on Balcones Drive as I took him to and from basketball practices and games at WAYA (West Austin Youth Association). I figured it was just another hysterical Greenie. We have lots of them in Austin. We finally figured out it referred to this. The sign owners will be happy. But there’s still one two more to save.

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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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