Come on, now.
Did you REALLY expect us to break this down into three, separate posts? Give us a second.
We promise this will be exciting.
We’re talking about this past weekend’s tourney, January 26th-27th,
2013 at the AVAC Hoyas New Year’s Kick-Off Classic. Not one…not two…but THREE
of our mighty CAVS Divisions brought home their championships. You know what we
say, right? We HAVE to. 1-2-3…say it with us:
WOOT!
Okay, first off, the CAVS 8U Ballers are on a ROLL. These
small sets of legs have balled themselves into the #1 Ranking Spot in the West
Coast (thanks to actual talent, supportive parents, CAVS training, little legs
and feet that move FAST as all outdoors….and the mighty West Coast Elite 25).
Oh…and
it is always exciting to see CAVS 8U Ballers play because they get downright gritty with it….as if they were BIG
ballers in small bodies. If these youngsters stay together til’ they reach 14U, the game is OVER….as in DONE.
YES!!!
GO CAVS 8U!!
They never fail to impress.
Secondly, CAVS 12U had quite a time at this tourney.
To
begin with, they actually lost their first game. Yep. We heard they lost by
only one shot! Sucks, right? In fact, if they didn’t win their next Sunday game,
it would have been lights OUT; Go Home=Finished. However, CAVS 12U pulled it
together and slid their way into the Championship Game. This game was a
nail-biter; no doubt.
CAVS 12U would drop behind, then catch up—take the lead,
then fall back behind. They wanted the win, though. Then came: The DRAMA. As it
was told to us (by a group of heated parents) one of our 12U Ballers “got into
it” with another player while diving for the ball on the ground. We’re talking
alleged elbows to the head and all that. In trying to break the two up, the
other team’s coach (who seriously looked to be about 6’4, 260 lbs minimum)
grabbed his player up, but pushed our baller roughly back to the floor. Ooh
wee…..a grown man pushing a child?
It was like Armageddon after that.
The police were going to come, but the mother didn’t want
to press charges, so that huge HULK coach was simply made to sit and
watch the game from behind a window. Eh, boy. This caused at least a 15-minute
delay in the game. However, after all the hulabaloo, CAVS 12U really kicked
things up (despite) and slam-dunked the Championship (wow….that was corny,
huh?) 61-52.
GO CAVS 12U!!
WE SEE YOU!!!!
Last, but not least, the mighty CAVS 14U are a RESILIENT
group.
They’ve had quite a time, PERIOD. We’re talking injured players,
shifting of squad members either off to high school or…surprisingly…to other
teams. However, the faithful, dedicated core members stuck. They grew;
taller AND skill-wise. This group also welcomed new players. Through all of this, the mighty CAVS 14U is
still holding strong; undefeated in every tourney they have set foot in since
becoming 14U.
This tourney was no different. Granted, this was not the BEST
weekend for CAVS 14U, as they drove their head coach to kicking and screaming
and getting insanely close to losing his voice. They’d perform…..go spastic…get
cryptic…perform again…regress. Yep. If the coach HAD hair, it’d be pulled out
by now. However, CAVS 14U did do enough
to bring home yet another Championship.
We’ll give em’ a pass this
time. Several players were sick and the full squad hasn’t even been able to
all practice together more than twice yet this year! From this point on,
though….CAVS 14U will be evolving. In the meantime, we’ll just call them what
they are and have been since 10U…
CHAMPIONS.
GO CAVS 14U!!!
(A few are missing from the photo due to illness)
Very proud of all of our Champions this past weekend!! Only
two words can define how this season has begun and what everyone should look
forward to for its remainder:
GAME ON.
***See all the ballers in action! Check out the rest of the tourney photos on our Facebook site HERE.
