All Stars...

    This past two weeks have been very fun for me, basketball wise at least... During every winter season at the San Fernando Valley recreational centers, they take there top 8-9 ranking players and put them on one team. This year I made the team, representing Balboa Sports Center and so far it is going very well. The first game, we played Mar Vista which was an amazing team! They all played well and none of our shots were making, and in the end we lost by 11 points. From them on we had to get serious because it was a one game elimination meaning if you lost once, you were out of the tournament. A few days later, last tuesday, we played a team by the name of David M. Gonzales and we actually won! Even though the gym's court was terrible and the ref's were in favor of the other team, we still came up and won by 15 points. Then came yesterday's game against Cheviot Hills ( aka the team who won the championships in last years tournament ). But we had the advantage because they only had 4/5 players on the court, but we surely underestimated them because at half time we were down by 17 points or somewhere around them. But this is where our luck turned around... The official director checked the rulebook and apparently you are forced to forfeit if you do not have 5 players on the court during the second half. We were all very happy and so far all star season is going very well... Thank you for reading!