Junior Cougars smack mini Comets…

… out of orbit and into deep interstellar space.
Return to galaxy unlikely some say.

Congratulations to Kendall and his team on their 92 – 59 obliteration of the Junior Comets! The once mighty comet has been smashed into a million tiny pieces and blasted into oblivion like the dying embers of an exploding firework.

The Cougars had their backs up against the wall and needed to give 110% in the final shootout of the zone playoffs. Some members of the team were overheard saying that they were just happy to be there and hoped to be able to contribute. Others spoke of believing in themselves, digging deep to turn it up a notch and bringing their play up to the next level. With both teams playing at such a high level turnovers will be the key some noted.

After the Cougars built a nearly insurmountable lead early on some Comets fans became upset when, during a timeout, an ABBA song (Mama Mia) was played. This unusual choice of song at a boy’s basketball game apparently caused some Comets fans to infer that their team was playing like a bunch of girls. Any such implication however was denied outright by the AV nerd running the music thingy.

In the post game interview the coach may have been heard saying: In the end we played our hearts out and really took it to them. We had several kids making a living out beyond the three point line. We brought our A game today and I’m really proud of the way our guys hung in there. This win hasn’t really sunk in yet. We’ve got the greatest fans in the world bob loblaw…

While the victorious victors ride off into the sunset in victory our thoughts now turn to the surely baffled and bewildered mini Comets. Defeat is not suffered lightly in their town, well known as the center of the basketball universe (at least to the people who live there.) A genuine butt kicking by over thirty points though is likely to cause emergency meetings to be convened at various levels and grief counsellors to be brought in to help the locals deal with a tragedy of this heretofore unheard-of magnitude.

The players themselves will of course not be riding all the way home on the loser bus but will nearly certainly be dropped off at the last junction and be forced to walk the final five miles in order to ponder and reflect upon the great shame they have brought upon their entire town.

So anyway Kendall, Well done! Now I hope you get to enjoy your extra hours away from school!