Winners

Our YM won a basketball game! Their last game of the season was their first win since . . . before we lived in the ward. (Not counting any forfeits.) And all it took was us playing the other undefeated team in the stake, having all of our best players there, and having a 17-year-old move into the ward just days beforehand. The other team really had 2 players who were good, and not a whole lot else, but those two players really worked us for stretches of the game. We stayed in it, though, and never let them get a lead of more than a half dozen points, and managed to do it without getting many outside shots to fall. The end of regulation left us with the score tied, and we headed to overtime.

The other team scored first in the 1 minute extra period. Kyle countered with a leaner, and we got the ball back for the last possession of the game with the score tied. Bryan went to the hoop and got fouled with :03 left. He hit both free throws. The other team inbounded the ball, and their guard raced to the other end of the court where he pulled up at the 3 point line, fired off a shot, and got clobbered by one of our players. The only problem was, there were still 3 seconds left on the clock when he shot the ball. So we had 1 team wanting 3 free throws to win the game, where the other team was wanting the shot called off because he couldn't possibly have gone down court that quickly. Once we got the players away from the scorers table, they decided to have a do-over. I think it's the first do-over I've ever seen in a basketball game. They re-inbounded the ball, but never really got a good shot off, and we won.

For the second consecutive season, we won't lose anyone to HS graduation. We won't be the best team in the stake next year, as we still don't have loads of talent, but rather than being really small and having mediocre talent, next year we'll be decent sized and with mediocre talent. It very well could be a 2 win season next year.