Exciting times in this small community!
Last Monday our basketball team (who I have been photographing all season, along with my 2nd son)
WON SECTIONAL!
Perspective.
We have one of the best teams in the state in our sectional. Bishop Luers.
Private schools create teams that are designed to win ball games. Public schools often lose out, using only the kids born & raised in the district.
My opinion.
This is only the 2nd sectional win AC has won since division basketball began.
We also won the ACAC conference team championship. Going 7-0 in the conference. When you rank among the smallest school in the conference. Let’s just guess when the last time that happened?
THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO!
Another night of celebration!
No team from our school has ever won a Regional game. Has ever won 20 games.
Today that could change!
Today we travel to regionals & we play 2 games if we win the first!!
Really exciting!
Check out AC Basketball Facebook Page to follow the team or learn more!
Not only is this a good basketball team, they are almost too good to be true people involved! Absolutely incredible attitudes. Fun, nice, good kids. Excellent program.
I really saw that a few weeks ago when my son was suspended (from a game) for missing the community service project they went on. Zach’s attitude has been a thorn in their side all year (and last year). It just won’t be tolerated. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to pull himself together & be what he needs to be. So, he has sat the bench on JV much of the year, when in reality is is good enough to be on the Varsity bench.
As I thought about that, I realized that they were putting my son as a person ahead of winning games. They were doing what they as a coaching staff could do to teach my son that living with that attitude will not give you success. It will not be tolerated.
I have been under the basket this season for every game. I will say that I have seen a ton of attitude on the courts. Much of it coming from teams that wear “Christian” on their chests. The reality of the rarity of a program that will not tolerate attitude to poison their program hit me.
Too bad it has to be when I see my own son be the one to go through it.
But, we are on a journey. He’s gonna learn. Perhaps later rather than sooner. But, we will be there through it all.
See him standing behind the bench in the black shirt… the one with the mohawk…
So, today we travel… Excited. Zach will go as a fan, on the fan bus (praying he stays out of trouble). James & Brookelyn are home. James, Brooke, Leah, Dad, Ben & Myself are all traveling out together to watch the Jets!
First game at 1:00 & second won’t start til close to 8:30. Then travel almost 3 hours home… With the time change… GONNA BE A LATE ONE!
PLUS…
It’s musical week! KRAZY KAMP
Zach has a lead… he’s a “junk food junkie”
Leah’s in the chorus… I have very few pictures of her, because she’s always in the back! WHY are your eyes closed girlly!!!
Perspective: 3 of the 5 starters on the basketball team are in the musical!
Last performance, that was supposed to be tonight is moved to Sunday at 4.
Can we just say exhausting weekend. But, oh so much fun.
By Monday we may need a 2 hour delay in the worst of ways!!
Good luck to all this weekend!
AND
go jets!!!
Pam
2 comments:
What an amazing achievement for AC, Zach, and his team. So sorry that he is not playing, but from this, he will learn some valuable lessons. I like that the coaches don't tolerate certain behaviors for a win. That is great teaching.
We will be thinking of you, the team, the town, and will be cheering along the way.
Go Jets!!
Well, I can't tell you anything you don't already know except that you'll survive it all...even if it doesn't feel like it. Your Zach and my Elijah are two peas in a pod. My son is naturally extremely talented athletically and just gets into too much trouble. Last year he was kicked off the JV team for fighting. This season he missed tryouts because he was serving a 3-month expulsion for fighting...he would have been starting varsity as a sophomore in a school of 1200. He almost died from a head injury and now has 6 screws in his head...which could have been avoided. Sometimes our children are their only enemy.... hang in there and keep praying he can make it to the other side. That's what I'm doing. He's currently on probabation and doing community service. He seems to be doing okay...we'll see what happens when football roles around. I wish Zach the best of luck becoming the man you know he has in him, not the one he is shown you so far. Don't give up on him.
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