Luke's last basketball game of the season....

These are Luke's buddies Kyle & Austin Stella (twins that go to his school) Their dad also helped Matt coach.

Today's cheering section!

This season was Luke's first time playing basketball and it was a great experience. It was made even better because Matt was his coach and he did a GREAT job! It was all the kids on our team first time playing and we were up against kids who have played 4 and 5 seasons together. So we definitely had our down moments (like when we lost 58 to 2, and no that was not a typo :) But I am soooooo impressed with how much the kids learned over the season. By the end they were quite the defensive players. At the beginning I was just going to be impressed if we scored any points because these poor little boys have to play on the 10 ft. baskets that the NBA plays on! At the beginning they couldn't even get it near the hoop and by the end they were able to make plenty of baskets. They all know to have their hands up when on defense, they all are dribbling much better. (The first game they were just running around the court holding the ball). And they all have mastered grabbing onto the ball when the opponent is in possession and the ref calls jump ball. I think we averaged about 30-40 jump balls per game :) What a great season...thanks Coach Matt!