"No. You are not playing anymore tonight."

[26 Year Gap]

Head on head collision. Blood trail to the bench. Kid gets iced down and leaves the playing area. A couple of minutes before the 2nd half I ask how he is doing. He says he is doing great and is ready to play. Coach says no. I say no. He asks why not. I tell him for one thing, you have blood on your uniform. He tells me he can cut that part off.

It was too bad. They only had 7 & one kid rolled an ankle and another fouled out when he draped a kid on a shot with a minute left. Both teams exhibited good sportsmanship. And my non-patched partner, for the first time ever, did not call 3 seconds from midcourt on a player under my nose.