As promised here's the news from Hoopfest 2007. This shot shows just a hundred or so of the thousands of participants and fans. There were 6000 teams of 4 players for a total of 24,000 players plus roughly 100,000 fans cheering on the teams. Noah's team, Sudden Trouble, played well despite injuries. Noah and Kaleb both had banged up knees. Kaleb's was horribly bruised. Ty's elbow was bloodied when he dove for a ball on the street. The worst injury was an abrasion to Bradey's eye which required a trip to the emergency room for antibiotic eye drops and pain meds. Bradey sat out most of Saturday, but played in Sunday's games with goggles. The boys finished 3-2. We did take time for some tourist activities like this gondola ride over the falls at Riverfront Park. People comment on Noah's size all the time (he's 5'4" and 120 pounds at 11 yrs. old), but as you can see, there's always someone bigger out there. Forrest coached the boys this weekend, and he was so proud of how hard they played despite adversity. They're a great bunch of boys. I'm so glad Noah has made such great friends. Their teamwork and tenacity was awesome as you can see by this short video clip.
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Glad you had a good time- Way to go Noah! Hope he remembers to throw his Aunt some tickets when he gets to the NBA!
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