Due to some quarantined players Danny got to be a starter on the A travel team in a match up against our middle school’s rivals. Hubby, Michelle and I were all there to cheer him on. He felt like he didn’t play up to his potential but the next day my co-worker who was keeping score said she thought he did great. No matter what it’s a good experience to play on the A team before making it to 8th grade AND he got asked to play on the A team again for the next away game. I was so glad Hubby could leave work early to go watch Danny play while I finished up at school and went home to be with the girls.
His intramural team finished their season in the top half of teams so had one more chance to play. Sadly, they lost their opportunity to play in the championship game by only one basket. Then, while playing for 3rd place, they fought hard and went into double overtime but lost by one basket yet again. It was pretty intense and I was glad I could be there to watch so I could understand how he felt.
The middle schoolers finished up their season by traveling on a Saturday morning to go beat the middle school one of Danny's good baseball friends goes to. Danny requested to play on the B team and the coaches let him. It was a close game but our boys pulled through for a victory. Danny did have to take a little time on the bench after getting his 4th foul. Ah hem. While his mom was embarrassed his dad was proud. lol. We did have a scary moment when one of the A team players had a seizure but then I remembered one of their coaches had been a paramedic for 20 years so I knew he was in good hands. All is ok now but I am sure he was disappointed he didn't get to play. I feel intensely grateful my children get to go to such a good middle school was such talented staff members like these basketball coaches.
We finished up our kickball season with a victory! It’s pretty funny to see people’s reactions to hearing there is a kickball league for grown ups. A big thank you to my mom for babysitting and taking Michelle to dance class for us on Thursday nights! We couldn’t have done this without her support!
Kate began practicing with her travel volleyball team the day after fall baseball ended. She has two practices plus a session of strength and conditioning every week. I look forward to seeing her play this year and to take her places she has never been before.
P.S. Danny’s team ended fall baseball with a single elimination tournament in which they played really well. They won by quite a lot in their first game with highlights being S. hitting a 3 run home run in the same inning Danny hit a triple that hit the fence. The next team they played was really good but they managed to keep it a close game. Even though they lost 3-6 the grown ups were very proud of how well the Vibes played.
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