Can't Keep on Schedule

I don't envy any high school coaches and athletic directors these days as they navigate the coronavirus fun. 

Every game day, schedules are changing by the hour. One athlete tests positive for the virus or sometimes just has symptoms, and the whole team goes into quarantine. And the other school is notified and they work out a postponement date to try again.

Meanwhile, the regular seasons are drawing to a close soon and teams need games against their conference opponents so they can claim conference titles with an eye on the playoffs. It's a nightmare.

Last year, the virus hit just as the Wisconsin state girls basketball was underway. The boys didn't get a tournament at all. Really hoping they both get the whole playoff journey and state tournament fun in this spring.

Since the Assumption boys game tonight got postponed at the last minute (well, mid-afternoon), I got the unexpected pleasure of taking pictures of a 3-5 grade basketball game. Some friends have daughters on the team and I never had the time. So that worked out.

They are so cute and little!! And it was hilarious the size difference between scrappy little 3rd-graders going up against some taller and starting to develop 5th-graders. Here's one of our girls and she's just taller than her opponent, who is on her knees.

No foul, of course. Ha. And they didn't call traveling as much as they probably could have. Like 3 steps are OK, but 5 and more prompts a whistle. I don't envy trying to make sense of it as an official. I was having a hard time getting photos since usually 8 players were crowding over the ball at most times and you couldn't make out faces.

I'm still giggling about it. Dang, I miss those days sometimes. Not that I want to re-live the last 12 years over. That's what scrapbooks are for.

And photos. Of course. Hope you found something to smile about today!