Colton first played with Coach Phil, his son Gage, and buddy Collin when Colton was in 3rd grade (2015) ... he joined the Wolves in 2016. It's been eight years of practices and games and hanging out. Many boys on the team came and went, but the CORE FOUR were there the whole time. Gage and Collin (and the rest of the team) were a year older than Colton, so 2023 was the year those boys graduated. There's not really league play for pre-college kids. At this point, it's either college ball or local men's leagues.
There were two final tournaments ... one in March and one in May.
In March, the boys played four games in a tournament at Summit Academy in Draper. I didn't make it Friday night, but I went to the two games on Saturday. These games felt a little like the NBA "Allstar" games ... not too serious/competitive. Lots of three pointers and attempted dunks. Not a lot of defense. Just the boys having fun. I made highlight reels of these two games.
Colton had 47 points that final game!
We thought that WAS the end, but then one more tournament came up.
This was held in Bountiful, which is a little out of my zone, even if I'm not driving myself. But, as these were the LAST games, and Colton could Uber me there, I was planning on attending and getting video. Unfortunately on Friday, May 26 I was struck with some sort of vertigo and couldn't get out of bed for days. I was SO sad to miss these games ... especially when they ended up winning the championship (picture at the top). I was grateful to get a photo, and happy the boys went out on top!
