Sunday, October 9, 2011

Fall Ball (Callahan's Crew)



A new season begins ... and there are changes to the team. We lost Mason and Tyler (as they are now 9th graders), but also Mason and Rowland ... we miss them! Three new players, Brighton, Haydon and Luis (I'll try to update with a good team picture when I can). Here are the games, in chronological order ...

September 17, 2011
Game #1
Win (40-27)
First game with the new team, and first game in the new 7th/8th season (so the tall 9th graders from Summer had to move on, leveling the playing field). It was an easy win.


September 24, 2011
Game #2
Win (51-28)
This was against the team that won us by ONE in summer. Callahan's was looking forward to the rematch against his buddy Ben. This time it was an easy win, Callahan was on FIRE!


October 1, 2011
Game #3
Win (46-42)
Late game ... 8:00 in the evening. Callahan hates having to wait all day for his basketball :) This was a good team. They beat us badly in the summer season. We got the win today. Our team started off strong, it was 10-3 after the first couple of minutes, but then the other team went on a run and finished the first quarter ahead! Our boys did manage to regain the lead.


October 8, 2011
Game #4
Win (44-10)
Callahan woke up in a lot of pain, his shoulder, then his neck. Rest, heat and some medication, and he was ready to play at 4:00, although he wasn't 100%. Luckily it was an easy win.


October 15, 2011
Game #5
Win (40-23)
This team was playing before us last week, so we got to watch some of that game and see what we would be up against ... but I didn't recognize one kid from last week to this week. But it was still an easy win for our boys. Hmmm ... we had the entire team, I should have taken a picture!


October 22, 2011
Game #6
Win (73-20)
This was a mismatched game, not only did the other team not quite have the skill level, but they didn't have enough players either. There were only four there to start, so Brighton played on their team until a fifth member showed up (and he scored for their team, a three pointer). I think our boys DID try to hold back some ... really ... with Hayden getting in a buzzer beater at the end, everyone scored.



October 29, 2011
Game #7
Win (55-22)
The opposing team was coached by Steve (Keaton's coach) and has several kids Callahan has played with before (Camden, Trevor, Anthony, Max ... who IS on Keaton's team). We were missing Brighton.


November 5, 2011
Game 8
Loss (52-43)
The final game ... I've mentioned we've missed Mason and Rowland since they left the team, and that was never more true than today when we had to play AGAINST them. Our team got the lead and held it to the fourth quarter then ... Mason came alive hitting SO many three pointers. 33 points in the fourth quarter (this compared to their 19 points in the first three quarters combined)! Our boys played great but just couldn't match the fire and had their first defeat.






Saturday, October 8, 2011

Hoop Highlights (Keaton's Crew) Fall



Gene Fullmer Fall Basketball - 5ht/6th league.
Braxton, Garret, Max, Colton, Mason, Hunter, Eric, Keaton, Tanner, Jonathon


Game #1
September 17, 2011
WIN (51-18)
An easy win ... fun way to start the season :)


Game #2
September 25, 2011
LOSS (28-62)
This was against Reggie and Michael (Callahan's Superleague coach and teammate). We were missing Garrett, who we could have used, as we got beat pretty easily.


Game #3
October 1, 2011
WIN (51-24)
Another easy win.

Game #4
October 8, 2011
WIN (32-24)
The opposing team had a lot of people we knew on it. Keaton's school buddies Tony and Tru. Jacob from Spring season. Drake, a former teammate of Callahan. Tristan, the younger brother of one of Callahan's former teammates. Our team pulled ahead to start, then the other team caught up, keeping it close. Keaton had a really good game!

Game #5
October 15, 2011
Loss
I don't have a video or know the exact score, because Keaton was gone for this game (I thought about still going and taping it, but didn't have someone to watch Cooper). This was against a good team we had played in summer. They creamed us pretty good last season, but this loss was only by four, the kids kept it close! If Keaton and Garrett had been there ... who knows?


Game #6
October 22, 2011
Loss (30-22)
Not only were we missing several team members (Garrett, Max and Tanner) but Coach Steve was also gone. Colton's dad stepped in to direct the boys. We knew this was a good team, so we were expecting a difficult game. Our boys actually got the lead and kept it until right before the half, when the other team did a full court press, catching our kids off guard. They pulled ahead then and we just couldn't quite catch back up.


Game #7
November 5
Win (47-15)
Easy win (too easy) ... and that was even without Garrett for much of the game (he had to leave halfway).


Game #8
November 12, 2011
Win (44-29)
Final game of the season ... this one had actually been scheduled for a couple of weeks ago, but was postponed due to scheduling conflicts. The boys really seemed to be having fun. Lots of passing, sharing the ball and teamwork. Garret took a hard hit to the nose that sidelined him for a few minutes. We were missing Hunter.

Great season boys!

I took all of the "Keaton" clips from the various videos above, and compiled them into one little muvee ... Keaton'sKlips ...