Remember when I thought football would never end because it went on 5 months? Well I now realize that was actually nothing as basketball went into the 7 month long realm. I already did one post on the regular season, but this sums up the postseason/tournaments side of things.
I am really, really glad that we signed Anderson up for this because he learned a lot about teamwork, hard work, going harder even when you're tired and, of course, basketball. The trade off was a really, really long couple of months of multiple nights a week practice/games. He had practice Monday from 7-9, Tuesday from 7-9 and Wednesday from 6:30-8. They had 3 games a week-some combination of Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
The City tournament was the last time that this team played together and they placed 2nd overall! You know that 2nd place is just not in Anderson's acceptance in life, so it was not life-changing, but they really did well and improved SO much from their beginning days. Also, I am ok with his focus on 1st as long as he is a good sport about it. Life actually is a competition.
We love any sport that allows Noah back into our lives.
The AAU team switched out a few kids but they were still the Lakers.
Most places had concession stands which allowed for many ring pops to be bought.
Some weekends we spent about 8 hours in gyms, just waiting for the next game so we spent quite a bit of time eating on the floor.
Always a fun time!
It is rare that we play another kid with rec specs.
They won first place at the Rockwood Tournament!
They also won the "Midway Madness" tournament with a HUGE come back!
Anderson was PUMPED!
Max fell asleep in the car on the way to one game and we spent the entire game in the car just like this! It was pretty amazing.
One weekend they all rode around in a van thing between games. It was hilarious. They really spent a lot of time together over the course of this season.
The team.
They won 1st place in 2 tournaments and 2nd place in a few which was pretty awesome for a mostly 2nd grade team playing against all 3rd graders.
I am actually going to miss the kids and their families and watching Anderson play but it is also really, really nice to be at home occasionally.
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