And the Crowd Goes Wild

The basketball fun continued today.  The Kindergarten Chargers played their best game of the season against a taller Kirkwood team.  This team knew how to play man-to-man defense.  Initially it rattled our kids a bit, but they settled into it and did great. 

 This was the opponents style of defense...double and triple team who ever has the ball.  Because they were so tall, this was pretty effective.  After a while, I was kind of hoping our kids would figure out how to throw an elbow to clear out the defense.  But, that didn't happen.

 We had a different ref today, but he still took the time to stop play to explain certain rules to the boys.

The game ended in a tie.  The end of the game was a nail-biter, edge of your seat fun time.  With 13 seconds to go, the Chargers threw the ball in at the opposite end of the court.  One of Christian's teammates, Donald, had the composure to drive the ball down the court and shoot with just a second or two left.  As the buzzer went off, the ball hit the rim, bounced, then rolled....off the basket. 

The parents on both sides erupted.  It was an exciting, fun game to watch. 

Final score, 6-6.