As Fall rolled around, the Wolves were playing in two leagues. The Gene Fullmer superleague (7th grade middle division) and Dimple Dell (7th grade middle division). As Colton was playing with his 6th grade Grizzlies again, there were a few conflicts, but overall, the schedules worked out (the first and final games were at the exact same time! There were a few back-to-back games, some close enough that Colton made both, others that he missed portions of).
We added a couple "big" guys, Cyrus and Christian.
- Game 1 (September 9, 2017) Wolves vs Thunder
- Game 2 (September 16, 2017) Wolves vs Mayhem
- Game 3 (September 23, 2017) Wolves vs Thunder **Colton on Fire
- Game 4 (September 30, 2017) Wolves vs Storm
- Game 5 (October 7, 2017) Wolves vs Select
- Game 6 (October 8, 2017) Wolves vs Ducks
- Game 7 (October 14, 2017) Wolves vs Copper Hills
- Playoff Game 1 - Copper Hills (they forfeited to us)
- Playoff Game 2 - Select (we forfeited to them, it was unwinnable and Wolves had an important game a bit later in the day). Ducks and Select played in the championship, and while Select had bested the Ducks during the regular season, the Ducks took the playoffs.
Unfortunately, the Gene Fullmer league didn't have enough teams to have both an upper and middle division, so they were combined. The top three teams (Storm, Select and Ducks) were definitely "out of our league" so to say! All the other games were pretty fairly matched (and those three were fairly evenly matched with each other).
The Dimple Dell Middle Division was very evenly matched! Every game was quite close and could have gone either way. Wolves had an undefeated season, right up until the final championship game, when we couldn't quite get the win. Happily, Colton got to play in the championship game. It had been in question as it was originally scheduled at the exact same time as his Grizzlies championship game. Then the Wolves were playing in a tournament that had a scheduling conflict, and Dimple Dell and the other team were kind enough to reschedule. With that ... Colton was able to play! If they'd lost without him there, we would have always wondered if perhaps he could have made the difference. At least now we know that's just how it would go. I never got around to making highlight reels of the Dimple Dell games. Here's one little clip I did post to Instagram though ...
