The War of the Fans

I don't know if you read my mom's blog or not, but she mentioned that we went to another basketball game. You really must excuse me mentioning them so much, because it just so happens that besides school, bibleschool sports, violin, and swimming lessons (which maybe I should talk about sometime), they're about the only semi interesting thing that has been happening to me now and then. And what can I say? Once a ConVal basketball fan, always a ConVal basketball fan, especially when your brother is the coach. This time was particularly weird and singular because Cotie M. was playing on the JV team, and although he's my cousin (or second cousin once removed), he was our enemy. But he played well, succeeding in making sixteen points, though probably a quarter of them were made at the free throw line. Anyway, the ConVal JV sadly lost, but not by much.

The Varsity game was something else. Basically it seemed to be the "War of the Fans," seeing which side could be more loud and aggravating. It got to the point where it seemed to go beyond just rooting for your highschool's basketball team. No, this had to do with your precious school's honor, and whether or not you could hold your head high to be part of the highschool in Milford or ConVal. Therefore, it was war. I'm not trying to blame Milford for being present at an away game to support their team. But I must say that ConVal fans were already vicious, and the noisy Milford fans made them even worse. So as our varsity guys lagged behind by fourteen points in the third quarter, the Milford fans started yelling for us to check the score board and soon started the cheer: "Just like foot ball *clap* *clap* *clapclapclap*." (Presumably Milford must have a fairly good football team that has probably beaten ConVal). Not to be outdone, the ConVal fans pulled out their proudest flag and started retorting, "ConVal baseball *clap* *clap* *clapclapclap*." You see what I mean? This was definitely going beyond basketball. As one lady next to me put it, "You would never see this at a soccer game."

However, the Milford fans weren't taunting when ConVal was ahead by one point (44-43) at the end of the third quarter. And they certainly weren't bragging when they tied and went into overtime. Or even double overtime (71-71). But I must say, it was a very unsabbatic game and although it was exciting, a four point loss didn't really help. But maybe the double overtime was a comforting factor through it all. ConVal's 2-8 (the second number unsure) record may not sound positive, but it doesn't say that every loss could have just as easily been a win, just like this game. It's tiring to watch people lose, when you know they can win.