Bishop Manogue vs. Wooster Boys Freshman Hoops

With every game I go to, I go with absolutely no prior knowledge on which team is good and what player can do what.  The same was true when I went to the Manogue/Wooster game.  All I really wanted to do was take some quality pictures and witness a hard fought game.  I gotta tell ya, just like every other game I watched this year, both teams played their asses off.

I could write a really long blog about my opinions of the game, but in truth, I'd rather talk about the game and how the pictures I took reflect my feelings on the game in general.

Wooster Players

*Blogger Note* Since I do not know these players yet, I will have to refer to them by number...



#2  This kid played with a ton of HEART.  He never let ball pressure bother him and he didn't have any hesitation to take the rock into the trees (that's slang for driving the painted area and shooting over the taller players...you're welcome).  He also dove on the ground for loose balls, played D and was willing to take the open jumper when it presented itself.

#1  This kid was smaller than #2 but played just as big as he did.  I was actually zooming my lens to take a picture of another kid when #2 snatched a board (that's a Rebound for the uninitiated) from much...much taller players.  What the non-basketball player needs to know that is, rebounding is about determination.  You can jump out of the gym, but if you don't WANT to rebound...it's not going to happen.  This kid not only snagged this board, but he did it with some serious swagger.  He also hustled his ass off and knocked down open shots...ice cold this kid was.

I know for any team victory, the victory belongs to the TEAM, but I can't front.  This kid #33 played his ass off in the 4th quarter.  He blocked shots, he made shots, he boarded and he played D.  This kid was the difference in Wooster winning and losing....period.  I know the entire team played as one, but damn, this kid has a big ass HEART.  He was all over the place when it counted.

I can't front, I really was watching the Wooster players more than the Manogue players because I live literally 3 blocks away from the school.  This is in no way demeaning the effort put out by Manogue because the game literally came down to the last 30 seconds before Wooster pulled out the "W".  So even though I didn't thoroughly dissect the Manogue players, here are some pictures of hustle and HEART that they put out over the course of the game.

At the end of the day, Wooster came up with the "W", but both teams played hard and played with H.E.A.R.T and that's really all that matters.  Somebody is going to win and somebody is going to lose...just DON'T lose the lesson that this recent loss has taught you...You feel me?