The story of my hometown High School Voyaguers. Basketball team going to the World Master’s Games has become a bit of a human interest story in my hometown. CTV is doing a feature on the team…a reporter has been following them for a couple of weeks, and today was the culmination of the story…my old high school held a pep rally and presentation, then we were playing the current school team! I mean…these kids are way younger than our kids!
My day started off SO bad when I forgot to set the alarm….I had to be out of the house by 7:00 to drive the 330 KM and get there on time….I looked at the clock..7:54!!!! SHIT!
I booted out of the house, barely coherent, as I didn’t even have coffee. Can you imagine? I’m not good without my coffee.
I stumbled out of the house, drove to the coffee shop, Got my first espresso of the day….certainly not the last. After a couple sips, I realized I had forgotten a few things..like my GPS, my Itouch, and My radar detector…cause they are all packed! SHIT! SCREECH! Back to my house….
I knew it was gonna be REAL close…actually, more like a miracle…. was I gonna make it to Edmonton in time or????
Thank GOD for the radar detector….but as it is, I’m pretty sure I am gonna get nabbed twice on photo-radar. That’s gonna hurt the wallet….you don’t want to know how fast i was driving…we’re talking Nascar stuff! but it was SO worth it….
I pulled into my old high school with just a bit of time to spare….just as the warm up started..the gym was PACKED! Seriously…and parents were there…and sons and daughters, and some of our old fans…it was crazy!
The girls on the high school team were really nervous and psyched….they were playing legends ( If you are older than their moms’ you are a legend;-))….We were introduced…had a little ceremony and presented us with t-shirts …One of the “kid” players said to my team-mate..”you guys inspire me..this is what I have to look forward to in 35 years…”
What a game! Holy shit..I hadn’t seen the gals play since last year…and man…these girls still got it! I don’t think people were expecting these old fossils to put up much of a fight…
We won..by one point…and I’ll tell you, the high school team was not just rolling over …they went to a full court press in the second half!! Which we had no problem with…when we played, we ran a full court press…all game…every game. If you know how to press, you know how to beat it ;-) We didn’t lose a game.
The “kids” gave it a great shot…but experience won out in the end…and man..the crowd was cheering like crazy! We were the “home ” team…cause hey…we were there first! ;-) and the crowd cheered every time we got a basket too…. After all, no matter what, the VG’s would win ;-) It was so cool,!
It was like being transported back in time……the game, the crowd, the excitement..the team….With the intro’s and the game and the interviews and photo’s and stuff, it took about two hours ..then I hopped back in my car, drove home at a much more sedate pace, and got home about 4 hours later. I’m still buzzing..on the drive, the game, the gals…and the 6 espresso’s I downed today!
If it’s this exciting before I go…..I’m in BIG trouble