Last night, we were looking at our schedule and saw that only Peyton had an 8 am basketball game. As soon as they said that, there was an email sent out to the team from her coach. He coaches high school, and he was inviting the team out to watch his team against another HS team in the area. We were all in as the other team has a daughter of one of Peyton’s first competitive coaches. The home team has a daughter of Peyton’s most recent summer coach. So, we knew at least two players, and three coaches that would be there. We showed up after basketball, and after breakfast. We hadn’t had time to enjoy breakfast, leaving the house at 730 am. They were playing the first team where H and P missed, and the teams tied at 18-18. This time, H was out but Peyton was there. The score was 24-4. The refs told Dave to back off on defense. He was already laying back by having other girls run point. But backing off on an aggressive team wasn’t going to teach the kids anything. Sure they didn’t double team, which they aren’t supposed to do anyway. But even then, the other team wasn’t getting any shots to fall. The coach is a rather aggressive one and it was nice to see him get riled up by this. He was shouting at his players while Dave could barely be heard from the stands. I updated Tricia throughout the whole game and when it was done, Dave got a text from Ryan. We saw one player who used to play with us. She switched teams and got to be point guard which she always asked to play. Even Brandon made the comment, “She got her wish. She’s playing point guard.”
When we arrived, her basketball and softball teammate had just pulled up as well. Her dad was the coach, and I wanted them to go watch the game from inside the dugout if they were allowed. He was busy on the field, so he didn’t notice their attempt to go in the dugout. We watched from the visitor’s side, as we had a whole family there, in the sun. Toby kept looking at his watch, since he had to leave. We asked him where he had to be, and he said “Volleyball practice” at their home high school. We told him that Brandon had played in middle school. He joked that he should come with him to run practice. We had already been trying to plan a reunion to Dave and Buster’s, so we planned to do lunch there after the game. So, he said it was totally fine for Brandon to come with him and shag balls with him if he wanted. Brandon shrugged and headed out with him, while his #2 daughter made a game time decision to go along with them. So, we were down a kid and able to watch the rest of the scrimmage. It was a slaughter, and we got to watch our friend’s daughter pitch. There were some good plays, and it showed how the girls all chatted to each other. We are working on that aspect with respect to Peyton’s game.
When the game was over, Peyton was asking me if we could take her friend, the current coach’s daughter. She had wanted Peyton to come with her to their house, but when she found out we were going to D&B’s she wanted to go, too. So, we took her along with us, and met the other family back there. Brandon came in later, and we all ordered lunch while the kids played games together. Peyton melted down when I told her to introduce her teammate to her old coach and his family, even though she was excited to do so when I first told her that was the requirement in having her friend come with us. The three girls all played together, while Brandon was given an unlimited card for video games. Later, the girls joined him when they ran out of credits for ticketed games. After a few hours, the kids all cashed out with prizes. We said good bye to the other family, and then we walked around for a lap, doing some shopping. We went back to use the unlimited video game card for another half hour or so. Then, R’s mom texted to see if they needed to pick her up. I told her we were on our way back and could drop her off. Her dad came out to greet us, and then we said we’d see him all over again tomorrow for practice. Never a dull moment! We came home to shower up, and Peyton practiced for her piano test tomorrow.
I hope she does okay, as she is having second thoughts about skipping one full level over last year. She tested at level 2 last year and was eager to skip 3 and go straight to four. Hopefully she made the right choice.
Here are some videos I took of the girls before Brandon and A arrived:
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The report back on Brandon was that he has a soft touch, can pass well, and is learning how to dig out tough serves. He got to fill in on the scrimmage as the other boys were leaving from practice. Coach had told him that he may have some more experience than some of the kids out there today, who were new to the sport. We told him he was being flattered, to which he said, “I know.” One kid was asked NOT to serve it to him, but it kept coming to him anyway. Luckily, the kid is a good sport, and he didn’t let it bother him. Glad he was able to put some work in to what may be his go-to sport in high school!