Carter's team did not win a game during the regular season so they were in the 4 team "B" bracket. Unfortunately they didn't win either of their tournament games either.
Carter's team was the only team without returning players (and the shortest team in the league by far), and though they had a couple of relatively close games, they were never able to secure a win. The kids did understand this, but they all maintained great attitudes throughout the season and seemed to always have fun. They all improved tremendously. Brian and I feel like it was ultimately better to have all these players on one team because they didn't get swallowed up on a team with much better players and then get no attention.
Brian did a great job coaching but he definitely didn't enjoy it as much as soccer (a sport he actually played growing up). Practice was rough because our assistant coach could no longer help about midway through the season and we had one player that was pretty disruptive that required a lot of Brian's attention during practice. Brian was still able to teach the kids a lot and they all came a long way since the beginning of the season.
Carter with Grayson during the last game (our assistant coach couldn't come so I helped on the bench) ...
Grayson wore his tiger onesie in support of the team :) Our last game was rough and our team only scored 4 points, but Carter scored 2 of them!!!
To celebrate our season, I made cupcakes for after the last game. I attempted to decorate them like basketballs ...
The boys also got participation trophies after the game.
Carter loved getting to add another trophy to his stash!
Carter ended up really liking basketball by the end of the season. He finally found some confidence. He improved SO MUCH and I hope he wants to continue playing in the future!
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