Parker's All-Star Tourney

Parker's all-star tournament started on Wednesday March 6th.  He had a 7:45pm game, which made for a late school night.  They played one of the toughest teams, Columbia, and at the beginning of the 2nd quarter something terrible happened....they lost their biggest and best player.  He went up for a lay-up and came down wrong and broke his ankle...DONE!  It definitely through everyone for a loop.  Jack was their go-to guy.  They didn't have the confidence they did going into this tournament anymore.  Everyone went home with head hung low that night.

Thursday night they faced Norwich, which was another tough loss for them.  The coaches sat them down and talked to them about the importance of playing as a team and looking to guys they may not have looked to previously.  Friday's games got cancelled because of the snow so that left them playing three games on Saturday.

After a day off, they came ready to play.  They played their hearts out and ended up winning two out of their three games.  Because of Jack's injury, Parker and his teammates found that Parker can be a go-to guy as well.   He ended up being the leading scorer for two of the games.   His high score to beat next year is 13 points in a game.

Although the team only came in fourth place, Parker, along with the rest of the team, stepped up their game and played with all of their hearts.  For that, we couldn't be prouder!!!!


After playing 9 games in 4 days all I can say is.....goodbye basketball....see you next year!