Covid hit kids sports fairly significantly last year. Most schools weren't even able to have teams let alone play other schools. Grade seven is usually when kids get into basketball and Carter's school didn't have a team at all. This made for a different kind of try out period for Grade 8 as most kids had never played formal competitive basketball. The tryouts lasted almost two months and I was glad to see that the high school coach had a plan to give more kids than usual a chance. Twenty-five kids made the team with fifteen being on the playing roster and another 10 being on the practice squad. This gives them a much bigger pool of players to pick from for future grades.
Carter made the A team! I was quite excited about this because Carter hasn't had much interest in organized sport. He's quite good at whatever he does but outside of PE class he doesn't play any team sports. Basketball was the first sport he really tried out for. My excitement relates to the fact that he gets to travel to games and tournaments. It's January and he's already been in a few weekend tournaments and some games with other schools. Unfortunately the Omicron variant has hit and tournaments are cancelled but at least they can continue to play other teams. We'll have to find a way for him to compete during the Spring/Summer so he can try out again for Grade 9.
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