DPL Status: Week 4

Here's the latest on the 7th grade Bishop Dunne blue team:

After a 1-1 start, we faced 3 straight games against undefeated (read: rich, white schools) teams. We played two 2 weeks ago and got beat by 30 and 20. Not good times. After that, we faced our toughest loss of the season, report cards. One week into the 3rd marking period I have 2 kids (starting guard, power forward) on the school's ineligibility list and a 3rd (starting center, only kid with any size) whose mom has determined that his grades should be better and it's the basketball team's fault that they are not. So our team of 9 is now 6, with a 5'2" (trust me, it's short even for 7th grade) "center" and no bench.

We lose by 20 again Saturday, but those little buggers ran their hearts out. Coming into the game against 0-4 St. Thomas Aquinas (read: huge vag), I knew that this game would be our best shot at getting a 2nd win. However, Mr. Cody's Explorer had other ideas, as 1 of our 6 players was stranded with a flat tire. The 5 remaining players took the court with great heart and vigor, and after chucking up some 3's we actually took the lead. It may have been 7th-grade basketball, but when we closed out the 4th quarter and held on to a 41-36 lead, I was pumped.

Current Record: 2-4