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.
... and back to Taylorsville/Spring Semi-Comp, 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. Highlights from 04/28, 05/19 and 06/02. There was a playoff game June 9, but they didn't make it to the championships.
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. Another tournament together (highlights from just one game, Aug 17 although they had a later game too. The team had Saturday games, but Colton was injured and Cal had other plans).
With Spring season over, the Summer League at Taylorsville started up ... still Chillers for the team name. I didn't make the 9:00 games, and I missed game 4 ... Cal missed game 4, as that was the semi/championship for a different league he was playing in (see below). Colton filled in for Cal at the August 18 game, and they got the win, and I wished I could be at both!
I have highlights from Game 3, Game 5, Game 6 and Game 7 and then from the Playoffs on 9/22, and the Semi-Finals and Championship on 9/29. The first game was at 6:00, with the other two top teams battling it out at at 7:00 (and the lower seed won) then the championship game at 8:00.
Got the win!
As mentioned, Cal played in another summer league ... Copper View in Midvale. I didn't know any of the other guys on this team, and didn't find out about the league until the end, Monday/August 18, when the playoffs (semi-finals and championship) happened. I went out to watch, and video, and caught my favorite photo of Callahan (the one with his hair sticking up, which was also my doing). Highlights from the Semi-Final game HERE, which they won, and the championship game HERE, which they unfortunately lost. Very close, and I recall one of Cal's teammates quite unhappy about it (there was some swearing).
Bring on the final leagues of 2025 ... Fall season at both Taylorsville and South Jordan (links to the schedules, I'm not sure how long they last). Both leagues ended up with 2nd place in the Championship ... they still get a t-shirt. Cal seemed fine with the loss in the SJ league, but not in the Tville one.
Taylorsville Season Schedule and Standings
Back to Ben and Jerrys for the team name...
Again, Cal hadn't let me know about this league until a little later in the season, so the first game I attended was Game4 (here's highlights). Cal didn't make it to Game 5 (family trip to Wyoming) so I didn't either. I have video from Game 6 and Game 7 and from the Semi and Championship.
I got a little behind in my highlight videos ... even with Cal's help going through the clips, although he got a little behind on doing that too. If/When I turn video into highlights, I'll update here.
