Roughest game in years

[Mark Padgett]

Yesterday, I did three rec games, all varsity. The middle one was the roughest I have had in years.

Q2 - A1 is driving to the hoop, B1 runs over and they bonk. In football, this would have been a "helmet to helmet" penalty. A1 falls down hard - so does B1. B1 is bleeding from the nose and it appears B1 has a broken nose. The bone looks crooked. B1 leaves to go to the hospital. A1 rests for a while with an icepack.

Q3 - Teammates B2 and B3 collide while going for a loose ball. Again, heads are bonked. B2 passes out momentarily and eventually goes to the hospital. B3 is out for the game with a bunch of icepacks on the head.

Q4 - B4 driving to the hoop, is punched (not pushed) from behind in the back of the shoulders by A2. Flagrant foul with ejection. Since there was only about 90 seconds to go and the spread was over 20, my partner and I called the game right there.

Now - here's the kicker - it was a GIRLS game!!!