Damon and his team had a rough season this year. They were the little guys and one of the few teams that only had 3rd graders on it. So many of their games were within 1-5 points. Rarely did they get blown out. However it was really hard for this group of boys to lose. They are all extremely competitive. Damon didn't seem to get in a very good rhythym until the end of the season. It seemed like he was super intimidated or something. But his speed was pretty much unmatched. The kid is quick!! About 3 weeks before the end of the season he sprained his ankle really bad while playing in the driveway with Kyler. He didn't even do it in a game. After sitting out for 2 1/2 weeks, Kenney said he could play in the tournament. The league was really nice and set up a bracket with the 3rd grade teams (basically the losers bracket) to give those teams a little more confidence. Their team dominated! Kenney didn't play him a lot, but he did awesome! It was like the Damon we were used to seeing. He played with so much more confidence even though he had a slight limp. He really is fun to watch because he's quick and he gets so excited! Kenney continued to struggle coaching this group of boys. Every practice and game were extremely draining. The boys are loud, inattentive, and hard to control. However, Kenney does an amazing job with them. Damon is very blessed he his willing to coach them. I didn't see as many of his games this year because so many of them were at the same time as Kyler's. Watch for #10 in the videos and ignore my voice and bad filming. I pretty much always had a baby in my hands.
The first game Damon and Kyler played this year was against one another! It was a really close game in the beginning, and then Kyler's team slowly started to edge Damon's team out. At halftime, Kenney told his assistant coach, "My own kid is killing me!" He was talking about Kyler because Kyler had an amazing game and kept making a lot of outside shots!
Such a crazy group of kids!
All smiles after they won the losers bracket, haha!
Celebratory ice cream at Braums after they won!
Damon is really good at seeing an open man and passing the ball. Some on his team are still struggling to pass it to someone that is not their friend, but Damon has never had that problem.
Poor Damon got shoved quite a bit, watch #13 just body check him.
Damon got a good layup right after he almost scored for the other team when he ran to the wrong basket, haha!
Coach told him to cut to the basket, so he did. Look at that, Coach knows what he's talking about.
He got a little excited after beating everyone down the court and didn't have a soft touch, but it was nice to finally see him doing things like this again!
He hardly ever got the call but watch #54 just push him down!
This kid gets so excited and pumped when his team does well. He was especially excited when they won their last game and the 'championship'.
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