Alumni Basketball Game

After going to an alumni vs. students basketball game at my town with my sister it opened my eyes to many things that I did not experience going to a county high school. Going to a county high school makes it hard for the sports teams to get the support that they would from a "normal" town high school, since the games were played in Hackensack it made it harder for the students to travel back and forth to see the games, especially if they couldn't drive.

Since my sister is a freshman in my town's high school I figured that this would be a wonderful opportunity to go to a game and see the interaction of students.Every year the high school has an alumni game in which the current varsity basketball team plays members of its alumni. The girls play first, then the boys game is next. Going to this game brought back many memories from high school and made me feel old(I'm not sure how thats possible but it did!)

During the girls game it was obvious that the competition was less extreme than they guy's game, but the girls had more fun and took it less light. The crowd was also less rowdy for the girls game. It was very nice seeing the friendly competition of the old coaches and their old players. I think the most interesting part was watching the players faces to hear what their coaches were telling them, also listening to the crowd to see what they thought about the new and older players. Going to one of these games knowing most of the players makes it more interesting because while I was listening to the criticism of the crowd I thouht of myself and when I used to play sports...what were the bystanders saying when I missed a shot? or struck out? or missed a fly ball? Going to one of these games shows you many things that have to do with our daily life.

Watching the boys game was a bit more entertaining solely because men are showoffs, they love showing off their talent, or at least trying to show off! It was also funny watching the older alumni men trying to prove that they still "had it", while most of the alumni were bigger than the varsity team, some showed that they lost their skills and were washed up!

Overall, I enjoyed watching the games, they were mostly entertaining but also a learning experience!