Nine games in 24 hours

[Mark Padgett]

OK, they were just rec games with 7 minute quarters, but I still had to run up and down just the same. Friday night, I did three HS level, then on Saturday, I was scheduled for only three 7th & 8th but had to fill in and cover for someone who canceled at the last minute, so I did three more 8th grade boys.

The only up side is that I got those gel heel pad inserts. It made a real difference, especially since the gym floor for all nine games is composition and has absolutely no give to it.

The only exciting thing that happened is that I gave a T to one of the HS coaches. He was complaining about the lack of foul calls, got in my partner's face about it during a quarter break, then yelled at me about a "no call". I told him to calm down, he yelled again, I gave him the stop sign and said "enough on that subject, Coach", he yelled again and THWACK! He shut up after that.

The real reason he was mad is that his team got b-slapped, 32-5. Yes, they only scored 5 points the entire game. In fact, they scored their last 2 points with 10 seconds to go in the game. Up until that time, they had only one field goal and one made free throw. Frankly, I felt sorry for them.

Only three more Saturdays to go in the rec season, then I'm hanging the whistle up for good. Time to retire.

I do have a rec game scheduled with Juulie next Saturday. I'll post her eval on the board.