The Best Basketball Game Ever

The excitement in the air was so thick you could put a picture frame around it. The place was packed.  Emotions were tense. Stakes were high. The crowd was charged. Teams were ready.

Sounds like the Sing-Off.

But I'm actually referring to the 3A State Basketball Championship game held on Feb. 25, 2012 at the Dixie State College Burns Arena.

Walking into the Burns Arena was unlike anything I had experienced. It was intense and exciting. I tried to soak in the whole cool milieu...the cheerleaders, the media, the bands, the announcer, the crowd in their red and black. All my senses were heightened because we had a player on the team which upped the 'care' meter. My nerves were rattling and my fiercely competitive nature was kicking into high gear.

We had watched a lot of [great] basketball to get to this point. Our boys had worked so hard. They were the underdogs, yet they had fairly earned their way into the top bracket. They had wiggled through some nail biting play-off games.

 Now, it was down to just one more game.

I wanted to win fast but play in slow motion. I wanted to hurry and start, yet didn't want it to be over. I really didn't want to go into over-time. But wanted them to take their time.  I wanted the game to end, but not be finished: the end of the game meant Landon's basketball career was finished. 

The game was everything a top level competitive game should be: incredible skill and athleticism sprinkled with bits of luck, high energy, tender moments, and just plain bedazzle!  As the game wore on, it became scarier to watch than the presidential elections. I became schizophrenic... at times quiet, biting my nails, holding my breath. At other times, jumping up and down, growling like a Tiger.

The lead was tenuous, flip flopping back and forth... and could have gone either way.


This time it tipped our way: 52-49. We got to see our son, Landon, turn into a state champ.

Hurricane Tigers claw their way to the top and silence the Thunder

Landon and best bud, Bryce Drawe, share in the thrill. Photo credit: St. George News

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Enough is Enough

One day I thought, I’ve a problem to face…

a serious issue of having no space.

When and how did all this stuff creep

into our house while we’ve all been asleep?

I admit I’ve helped this predicament some.

For when there’s a sale, you can bet I will come.

For example, there’s the school supply sale in the Fall

with the pencils and markers and staplers and all.

Notebooks are always on sale for a dime.

It’s too hard to resist. I buy sixty nine!

No matter if the item is something I need

If it’s a good deal, I feel justified indeed.

Besides all the bargains, I don’t throw away.

You just never know, I may need it someday.

It’s not in my nature to toss out in haste.

I don’t like to see anything going to waste.

You say you are taking a load to D.I.?

Could I take a look, and give YOUR stuff a try?

You’re tossing a bike from the Civil War days?

I’ll take it. I may need a ‘vintage’ display.

Our corners and closets and each little nook,

are teeming with gadgets and gizmos and books.

We have quilts and old clothes and folders and files,

chipped china from grandma and yarn stretching miles.

The storage shed (which formerly was a garage)

is packed with stacks of old boxes to dodge.

They’re sheltered inside from the weather and dust,

while our costly vehicles sit outside and rust.

Maybe I just shouldn’t make such a fuss.

The problem is though, there’s no room for US!

 Copyright 2012 By Jenni Fisher

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