Basketball Weekend

This last weekend was filled with basketball--Zane played against Swan Valley on Thursday.  There are 14 boys on the team (6th-8th grade).  Everyone of the boys played, played well & they all scored!!!

It was a really good game to watch.

Zane was supposed to have another game on Friday--against Leadore, but it was cancelled due to the weather--it was snowing pretty good.

We got about a foot of snow (or more) last week.  And another few inches on Monday.

I didn't get any photos of Ethan playing in his game this weekend.  He usually plays in every game, but doesn't always get a lot of playing time.

But Saturday, he stepped it up, played hard & exceptionally well.  He scored 2 points, but almost made a nice 3 pointer & a few other shots. 

He was great at rebounding & playing defense.

And--He got a technical called on him.

Let me preface this by saying he was playing in the 3rd game that day.  We had the same 2 referees; the refs did a good job in game 1; game 2 was terrible (girls varsity); the mildest & least "aggressive" girl player fouled out & most of the other girls had 3 or 4 fouls; in game 3 there were 17 fouls called in the first half of Ethan's game;

And so there was a lot of physical activity in this game.  We were playing our biggest rivals:  Mackay.

Ethan went for the rebound, ended up on the floor with the ball & 2 other Mackay boys by him.  The whistle is blown & we assume it will be a foul called on Mackay or a jump ball.

They call Ethan for traveling (his bottom must had scooted an inch???).

And in his frustration, Ethan slapped at the ball to pass it to the referee.  But instead of a nice "gentle" slap, the ball did a nice big bounce. 

He didn't mean for the ball to do that & he told his coach that.  The coach wasn't mad at him (because everyone knows Ethan & that he doesn't have a violent disposition).

Tons of people said they had never seen that side of Ethan before--a bit of frustration coming through!!

But the most frustrating part of the night:  We lost by 1 point.

And all of the boys felt disappointed-- missed free throws; missed shots; and a terrible night of ref-ing.

 The team just hopes they get a chance to "redeem" themselves at district play-offs--against Mackay.

PS:  Notice how "few" fouls were called in the second half--unbelievable!!!  I would have posted the video of Ethan's technical (yes--it is caught on tape), but I don't have the right cord for my computer.

Benjamin's Black Eye

So Saturday I was doing laundry & heard Benjamin cry for 10 seconds or less.  I just assumed he wanted something & that Ethan or Brienna got it for him.

So about 5 minutes later, I went into the living room & saw Benjamin's eye--there was blood dripping down his check.  So I got a wet wash cloth & put it on his eye for about 5 minutes. 

He has a bruise on his cheek--luckily, it was his naptime, so I was able to nurse him & put the wash cloth on his eye.

He kept trying to wipe at his eye, so I was glad he slept for a while & let the cut scab over.

Oh--and this is what Ethan was doing when Ben hit his eye--and Brienna was on the computer ☺

But in their defense--there really wasn't anything they could have done to prevent it.  Benjamin was just running, tripped & hit his eye on the glider rocker.