Saturday, January 29, 2005

 

Parent's Day with the Wolves

Last night and today was the Grande Prairie Regional College "Wolves" basketball team's last home games. It was also parents' weekend and that included several perks! First of all we Moms ana Dads got in free to the games. Then last night their mascot, the wolf, would throw a T-shirt into the crowd every time the home team made a point. I wound up with two T-shirts, one for Colleen and one for me! At half time certain parents were called into action. As "Captain Ron's" Dad, I competed against two other Dads in a free throw contest. My first shot hit both the backboard and the hoop. Pretty good Eh! (How can you tell I'm Canadian?) Well, both other men got their first shot and I was out but in the end each of us received a computer game just for participating.

The game? Both the women and the men won hard fought victories.

Then this morning we went to a parents breakfast at the college. It was an excellent meal and an enjoyable time with the teams and their parents.

This afternoon saw two verry close games. The women were tied with only a few seconds left. The GPRC made a three-point shot! The men's game took forever to play the last minute. The Wolves were up by two points. Both teams got free throws. The two coaches were calling time outs every chance they could. The King's College (Edmonton) Eagles missed their shots. But with only 10 seconds left, the Wolves made one shot and were able to run out the clock without the Eagles coming back to score. It was a clean sweep for the Wolves. The reward. They are no longer in last place! The Eagles are.

To top off the weekend, we parents were then invited to a local parent's home where we enjoyed barbequed burgers and friendly conversation. Parenting has its rewards. This is just one of them.

Comments:
Sounds like a great weekend--lots of fun! And, yes, parenting does have it's rewards--lots of 'em!
 
Wow,those Wolves couldn't have made it more exciting could they? Glad they took themselves out of that last place spot for the ending of the season.It sounds like it was a fun weekend for the parents.Thats cool that Ed got to compete down on the floor.
 
Hey Ed...Is "down on the floor" any better than "down on the farm"?
 
Nothing beats "down on the farm," except Heaven or course!
 
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