The Victorious Runnin' Rebels!

Here is a team photo after the boys won over the ML team. J is sitting on one knee in the front row. He was pretty happy that things went well for him in the final game. Even though we have a small team of 9 boys they all get some playing time. Granted the coach starts the same players (much like KU) but he brings in the other kids throughout the game. Kids at this age usually pass it the ball off to whoever their friend is instead of the kids who are open. We were happy when the A kid passed it over to J to shoot.

Onto a related subject:

I often think of how things will be in middle school basketball. Will we have to combine with the A town team JUST because we have low numbers of kids playing basketball? Is it better to have a huge bench, only to have most of the boys to sit most of the game? I really think that a smaller team is better. For instance, this team started out having only 8 players in their first year and grew by one this year. If we combined with A town in basketball I'm not sure if this is such a good idea. Where would practices be held? Where else? CHS.

CHS is in between the towns. This is where some of the members of the school board and superintendent says would be "ideal" for the middle school to move to because of the conditions of both schools. They also think this would be a great "opportunity" for them to introduce shop and home economics. Aging teachers in both school system is another reason for moving them at a central location. I still believe that both middle schools should remain in their towns respectively. It's okay if they combine the A and H football teams because you need a huge number of kids to play football. But let's keep the the basketball team seperate as well as the middle school. Let's keep A and H seperate until 9th grade like it is now. I think small classes are good to have. You have that one-on-one help from the teacher more so. Activities will be that much harder to attend. It's nice to keep the schools local. This is my opinion and many others.