Yesterday we had another good game. Turns out once again, Jag ended up guarding an upper classman who was also a starter on their Varsity squad. Jag held him to only 1 basket and some free throws. Also once again, he was hit, this time in the mouth, and had a little bloody lip. This time though it wasn’t with an elbow, as this kid just smacked him with his fist. It was during the game and the refs missed the call but Jag called him out and said something like, “knock it off” to which the kid replied “fuck off”. Now hearing this, whether right or wrong, Jag said the same back to him and it was game on. On the next possession Jag and this kid were bumping and elbowing each other hard all the way down the court. I yelled to him from the stands to let it go but the ref had already called a foul on Jag. Things settled down and he could have handled his verbal response a bit better but good for him for standing his ground, against what was once again, and older and bigger kid. I told Jag the trick is if you’re going to bump and elbow, make sure you’re on offense as then usually the other guy gets called for the foul. For the rest of the game, Jag was in the kids back pocket not letting him even get the ball much less get a shot off. We won by about 20 points. Next up, our Varsity team crushed them 70 to 44. We watched a bit and Jag enjoyed seeing one of our guys who is sort of a mentor to Jag, who was the same age as this kid, dunk the ball in his face a few times. With Jag being the tallest on our team, he ends up having to guard the other teams best player who is usually an older, bigger kid who plays down to Junior Varsity. In the long run, this will make Jag a better player but is tough on him. The coach said if he had five Jaggers, we’d be undefeated. I don’t know about that but I do know Jag is becoming a stronger player every day and is getting better in all facets of the game. Tomorrow we have another game and then Tuesday another and then they’re in Hayden or Meeker on Friday, and someplace else on Saturday. We are 1 and 0 in the conference, whoo hoo! We did stand back to back to see who is taller and as of yesterday, we’re exactly even. I told him to watch out though as I’m still growing too! Ha
Today Lori and I both have some work to do and need to go to the storage unit to get my suitcase and take down our Christmas stuff. We’ll also hit Costco. Then we have the two good football games. Go Pack!
Dixie spent the night in the hospital again but is doing much better. They don’t want to send her home until she has 24 hour care, so her and Lori and Kristen are trying to figure that out. They have a great place that’s like an apartment, a few blocks from her house although she may just get someone to come into her house to help out each day. In any case, she needs some extra care.
I leave Wednesday am for Vegas and then will fly to Seattle from there on Thursday, and then will fly home Friday, landing in Denver around 7:30 pm. Then I’m home for a week before heading to New York for dinner on the 31st. On that trip I land at 2 in the afternoon, go to a dinner meeting, catch some sleep and fly home at 7 the next morning, ugh. Then the next week I do the same in Houston on the 7th and 8th.
So time to run, Go Packers and God Bless you all.