Last week we played our final home game of the basketball season. Traditionally, I have always made that last home game all about the Seniors. It is meant as a celebration of their four years in high school and in the basketball program. I write up a script to honor the class and to honor each individual senior, saying nice things about them as a person and what they have meant to the basketball program. They are introduced with their parents and we thank both the Seniors and their parents for being a part of our basketball program.
However, the Booster Club made it very clear to me a few months ago that they did not want to have a Senior night. They wanted to have a parents night and told me they would honor the Seniors at the same time. They told me they would take care of everything. But in the end, there was nothing really special or meaningful about the way they conducted the ceremony. The Seniors were very disappointed (as was I).
In hopes to try to capture just a bit of the emotion I wanted to see that night in honoring the Seniors, I have edited some of that night on a video to try to get a bit closer to what I wanted. I would have liked to have said more personal things and heart-felt thank you's to the Seniors and their parents, but chose to keep the original narration of the night. At the end of the game, I did take each Senior out of the game, one girl at a time, in order to give them their individual time to be acknowledged by the crowd. The PA announcer even let the crowd know as each girl came off the court that this was their final home appearance. Unfortunately, I did not get each Senior on video coming off, but those I did are included in the youtube video that is below.
Of course we had a game to play too. In fact, we had to win that game to make sure we forced a playoff game with Yoakum to see who would wind up second in district. It wasn't the best of performances, but it was good enough to not only win handidly, but also allowed me to play my Seniors a lot. They all contributed greatly
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