This will be a post in progress ...
updating throughout the year.
Cal still LOVES basketball ... he plays in several different Men's Leagues and Tournaments, sometimes heading up the team, other times being asked to play on various teams with players he's met along the way. If I can make it out to a game, I try to. I still enjoy watching and videoing, and the boys seem to enjoy seeing the highlight reels.
Cal hadn't gotten his usual team together at Taylorsville since summer last year. They had been playing in the Wednesday night league, but there hadn't been enough teams signed up for Fall, and then they didn't make it in for Winter. Cal's basketball buddy Rowland had a team playing on Mondays at Gene Fullmer, and he joined them. Nice and close for me to drive to.
Winter Gene Fullmer League 2025
I remember I got the first text from Cal on January 6, at 6:00 saying he had a game at 7:00. He said this league had some teams that weren't as challenging, and that it would likely be a blowout ... several of the games turned out that way, although they lost one I watched, and then Cal was out of town for the finals/championship. I made it to four games. January 6. January 13. January 27. February 3. With all of Colton's Clackamas games going on, I wasn't getting to all the highlight videos in a timely manner. Cal stepped up and said he'd go through his game clips (saving me some time and repetition).
Cal was also playing in a league at the South Jordan Rec Center. He hadn't mentioned this one to me until it was over. I really wish I'd made it to their semi/championship game, as they won it! A couple of the guys (JoJo Elliot and Austin Evans) I know from previous years. It wrapped up in March.
There have also been games at The Training Zone in Herriman on Sunday afternoons. When Colton was in town for Spring Break, he played with Cal in a game (and that provides me with a ride). March23. The brothers played together again at a game when Colton was home for the summer. July 13. Lots of additional games for Cal there, multiple seasons.
... and back to Taylorsville, now playing on Mondays with a mixed team. Several from the previous Wednesday team and the Bolman Brothers. Going with the "Chillers" name and Rowland as "Coach". I didn't hear about the first game until about an hour before (and I wasn't able to pull together and get there in time).I made it the next week, so there's a video of the April 21 game. Then Cal and Kate went on a trip to Italy and he missed two weeks. There was a playoff game June 9, but they didn't make it to the championships.
This team is playing summer season too ...
