During the week, we received a phone call from the Mountain View High School Head Basketball Coach Gardner, extending an invitation to Alex to play with the freshmen (Alex is going into 8th grade) in the BYU team camp this weekend. There are over 30 teams from Utah, Idaho and Arizona at this camp (Freshmen, Sophomores, Junior Varsity and Varsity). The games started Thursday, and Alex played against Logan, which they lost, and then at 9:30pm they played against Lone Peak, which they won.
This morning Alex had another game against Weber, which they lost. The last game was at 1pm today against Wasatch, which they won. The mini-tournaments will be later today at 4:40-5:30pm. The last tournament will be at 6:50pm tonight. The bummer thing is that Rod has missed every game because he is in Mexico this week. But texting is wonderful and he feels like he is part of the games through morse code.
Alex did really well, even though the opposing team members were often a couple heads taller than him. He was frustrated that he didn't get very many shots off but this is all good practice for Alex, and a huge honor to play with the big boys. Thanks Coach Gardner.
Alex in the blue (should be in maroon)
Alex trying to find a player to pass the ball to.
Alex in full action.
5 comments:
wow.. its funny how one minute he just has a dream and then the next. he is living it.. i can just picture alex being a pro starring in the NBA.
***SNIFFLE SNIFFLE***
I knew I wanted my son to be like Alex for lots of good reasons, I just didn't know this was on the list too!! Way to go Alex!!
Wow! That kid can do it all! Who knows, maybe someday he will be getting paid in more than just t-shirts to play basketball!!!???
That is great! Is there anything that Alex does NOT excel at?
He is like a little all star in each sport!
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