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| Champions. (Except for Mike Moriarty, left.) |
With some key offseason acquisitions on the heels of our 2014 championship, the 2015 Arlington 2nd Ward b-ball team had everything it needed to once again raise the trophy. On paper there was no stopping this team; the challenge would be making sure our playing styles could gel out there on the hardwood -- no small task when you have ballhog egomaniacs like Daniel Russell on your squad.
The season started a little rocky when we got smoked by our nemesis, McLean 2, in the first game of the season. It was apparent they had been playing together in the offseason, whereas our guys looked like we had just come back from a very extended spring break. But with some time we got our groove on and managed to peak at the right time, and basically coasted through the playoffs.
Season highlights:
- Christian's drawn-up isolation play at the end of a game in which he successfully buried a 10-foot power-shot to win by 1
- Aaron (rightfully) taking exception to an opposing bench player trying to arbitrarily create a new shotclock rule when we had the ball near the game's end
- Milkshake miscoordination at the end of the championship game
- Guilt-tripping players into volunteering to ref games
- Attempting to persuade Aubrey to name the new Quebe baby, "Bella Vista Quebe", in honor of Philip's heroics against the ward of the same name
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