Not a howler monkey

[Mark Padgett]

This past week, there was a girls varsity holiday tournament here in the Portland suburbs. It was called the Adidas - Interstate Shootout and featured 16 teams from the Pacific Northwest. The championship game, played Monday night, went into overtime and was decided by one point.

After the game, the losing coach (as quoted in the newspaper) said that it was an exciting game for the fans, that it was great that the game went into overtime because it added thrills for everyone, that his team had plenty of opportunities to win but the other team made their shots in overtime and his team didn't - and that was the difference.

Not a single word about any calls.

Now - isn't that refreshing?