Buzzer Beater

Our off-season between football / cross country and basketball seemed short-lived. Due to a scheduling change, one of the boys' games was moved up to tonight already. So we had our season opener vs. Northland Lutheran.

Typically, us poor Lutherans don't stand a chance against Assumption. And after our AHS JV team handily won by some 20 or maybe 30 points, we figured it was going to be a repeat.

That was not the case with varsity, however.

Northland kept pace with AHS throughout the game and even took the lead at times. This was not what I was expecting. I just thought I could sit there catching up with "the girls" while our team dominated. Instead we kept our chit-chatting to a minimum so we could watch the back-and-forth action.

For the last full minute of the game, we were tied. Then Northland got the ball and scored with less than a second to go, I believe. One of those painful buzzer beaters when you are on the wrong side of it. We lost 59-57.

I'm glad we went, though. As the first game of the season, it was interesting to see which of Carter's classmates would make varsity this year and which would start at JV. We certainly have depth on the bench at both levels so it will be interesting to see who or what shifts after tonight.

We've got the talent. It will be a fun season watching how it all comes together and gels.

And let's hope the next buzzer beater is on OUR side!