Man...what a weeked for C-Doggs! Finished up today with 5 games (had 5 yesterday)...2 of the 5 were semi finals and 2 were finals...Saw some good young talent (14U boys and girls). I felt like I was in the zone today...I was seeing the floor well, making strong calls, I seemed to be in good position on most of my calls....my partner and I were communicating really well between ourselves and with the coaches...Players kept sportsmanship in the forefront of their mind and played really hard....Just seemed like EVERYTHING was clicking....
Had a 12U boys game that was an absolute thriller! One team trailed by about 15 points early in the 2nd half and began chipping away with the press..forced about 3-4 turnovers. Finally took the lead by 1 on a 3 with about 4 minutes left and then both teams went back and forth from the line...Kids were knocking down FTs....Team that was down 15 early scored a bucket with :02 left to go up 1...in the craziness/celebration, there was a TO called by the trailing team coach( one of those things I was on top of today!) ....Had to sort that out as the coach of the leading team thought the clock should have run out...trailing coach wanted an additional :01 added b/c he was calling for TO as the ball goes through....My partner and I took the time to conference with both the guys at the table see what everybody's account was....We determined that the :01 was correct due to lag time to stop clock....we talked to both coaches, gave our explanation and they both said OK...
On the inbound.....pass goes from under the basket to past half court (ala Tom Brady)...kid catches, turns, it and heaves it from about 28'...I'm L so I had to cover the shot...Ball went about 1/2 way down and rimmed out....1 point game...
Shot would not have counted as the buzzer went off while the kid was still pushing his shot up...It was pretty close but I was in a good position to see it (and my assignor and two other refs who were watching the end of the game said I had it right...They just reminded me that in that situation I was right to waive it off AS SOON AS I know it's no shot so there is no question as the ball is in flight....that made me feel good that I was on top of it...) On the way to our officials room to get some H20 and had parents from both teams stop me and praise us how we handled things...
In my girls final we had a team from Cedar Rapdis, Iowa and the other from Northern Kentucky. Both teams played really well and were knocking down shots from all over the floor....Halftime score (14:00 halves) was 40-42.
Ended up a about a 10 point W for Iowa. I was told one of the girls on the NKy team was the daughter of Randy Moss...she was about 5'10 and a very good player.
Fun weekend but my doggs are a BARKIN' tonight!!
