Oh what a night!

[Mark Padgett]

Last night was the final opportunity for me to work with Juulie this season. We had three boys rec games - one 8th grade, one JV and one Varsity.

I knew it was going to be a remarkable evening when Juulie tossed for the first game and left the whistle in her mouth. Fortunately, she still has all her teeth.

Then, in the second game, she tossed a volunteer scorekeeper!!! 2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate? Juulie! Juulie! Juulie! YAY!

As if that wasn't enough - who makes a personal appearance just to say hi? Yes, folks - the one and only original Dave! Yes - the D-man in person. What an honor. He was working some games at another gym for another program and was on his way home when he passed by our school and saw the lights on and cars in the parking lot. He stopped by just to see who was working. I guess he was disappointed that it wasn't Jake O'Donnell and Earl Strom.

One kid in the varsity game kept complaining that he was being slapped on the wrist. I asked him if he was majoring in home ec.

Oh yeah - just to top it off, I teed a kid for jumping up and pulling on the net during a timeout.

The only part of the evening Juulie didn't like was when I reminded her that I live only 2 miles from the school and she lives way over on the other side of Portland, so I would be home and already in the shower before she even hit the freeway. One of the perks of making out your own schedule.