In more ways than one, that brother of mine is a standout, class act of a kid. He didn't make the junior high team this week. He's okay with it now, but was a little bit sad the other day. I am so impressed with his gusto and attitude towards the whole thing and honestly - it's that dumb jr. high coaches fault. They'll never find a harder working, more dedicated kid than Sir William the Great.
You'd think that, combined with the fact that two of his buddies have so far, made it a cut beyond him AND that they were playing the killer 8th grade team today would have gotten him down. Nope! He's stellar through and through and put in a great performance in today's game.
They played a tough team and didn't give up. Only losing by 9 was quite an accomplishment considering almost all the guys on the other team were near Willie's height, were great ball handlers and shooters, pressed mots of the game and one of the members of the opposing team had a mustache and another had a receding hair line. Yes, I'm not kidding - all kinds of hair craziness going on. Maybe we should have checked their birth certificates.
Anyway, I'm proud of my brother. Hear that Willie, I AM PROUD OF YOU!
All you folks from home can enjoy a few pictures from the game. (Basketball is very hard to photograph, by the way.)
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