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Get paid for running suicides
Worst thing about 8th grade girls 16-9 thrillers is that we end up doing windsprints -- fine for the first game of the day, murder in the third. Upcourt, miss. Downcourt, miss. Upcourt, miss. Downcourt, miss. They can't make layups but they think then need to fast break. Fortunately,there are still a few of those tiny middle school gyms, many times due to "the old high school" becoming the jr. high. Nothing better on such a night than to have one of those cramped ancient courts with a creaky, dead-spot-ridden floor, non-responsive backboards bolted to pipes bolted to the wall, lines painted for every sport in existence [and several that haven't been played since the Hoover administration] and a restraining circle that comes close to intersecting the three-point arc.
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