[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I hope this one is more fun than the first game I had on Saturday. It was a 7th grade girls game. Final score, Beaverton 60, West Linn 0! No, I am not kidding. It was 40-0 at halftime. The West Linn coach told her girls in the 4th quarter to shoot nothing but 3s. Obviously, none went in.

What was kind of weird was that the Beaverton coach, who really tried not to "pour it on" is a college student who would like to coach at the HS or college level someday. She grew up in my city, Tigard, and I reffed a lot of the rec games in which she played. I didn't remember her, but she remembered me.

Of course, I made some calls at the end to avoid the possibility of overtime.

Don't feel so bad about my frosh tuneup prior to my varsity schedule now. It was 30-0 before the other team scored. Halftime was 40-2. I think the final was 80-12. A great scoreboard operator. The score was wiped out before we even left the court. Had to delay the start of the game because it was a tournament and both teams brought their away jerseys which were navy blue. Looking back, I am pretty sure we could have told them apart without the pinneys.