Sunday, December 18, 2011

2011 MHS Alumni Hoop Game - oh, the pain!!!

Does anybody out there know a good chiropractor? My mind was ready for the challenge my 44 year old body was going to endure today at the annual alumni scrimmage versus the varsity team; however, my body had other ideas. I had visions of swatting shots away left and right while driving the lane with a look away pass for two. It was a nice dream. You would think a running clock for five minutes (my group played a total of four sets) would go pretty fast but that initial lung grab was not pretty. I can feel the discs in my back slowly churning as I type this (ha). 
The Dream Team of Phil (class of '76), Dan (class of '80), Rick (class of '83) and myself (class of '85) were given honors to play first today. Kind of like when Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead tee off first at Augusta. A little respect for the elders and don't swat their shots into the stands too much. We gave the youngsters all that they could handle but in the end, their ability to chuck better than us, and obviously getting up and down the court were more than we could handle. I am happy to report I poured in four with one air ball to my stat sheet. My mind had me skying for rebounds; however, the film will unfortunately show no vertical. A fun time it was though. It will be worth it for having to walk like Fred Sanford for a couple of days.
Trail Head
Dream Team

had this pose quite a bit