Alumni Basketball (Mar. 17-18)

Every March, the alumni of Stoughton High School in Stoughton Wisconsin get together to have a basketball tournament. I have never heard of anyone else having anything like this, have you? We combine enough old basketball players from adjacent classes to make a team, and play against other teams in the men's or women's bracket. Players represent the class of '60 to the class of '06! It's a great chance to reconnect with old friends.


This year, Jen's team was the class of '97-'99. We were only 5 players with 2 "managers" who were supposed to play...but they are pregnant! So, at 26 and 27 years old, we should have started getting in shape for the weekend long ago!!! We have won every year since graduation, and expectations were high again this year.

We won our first game by about 50 points to a team who also had only 5 players. We alternated calling time-outs to allow rest for all, and even though the score was not close it was a very fun game. It's great to get back in the zone with the girls who were such a big part of one of the most incredible times of my life. Sound like I'm having trouble letting go of high school? I kind of am! We were the first team sport from Stoughton to EVER to go to state! 1/3 of the town was at that game, and most of the town still relives those days with us each time we are home.


Saturday night we went "downtown". It's in quotes because the town is 12,000, so downtown is just Main Street! There are 2 bars that sponsor the tournament, so we visited each. Michelle, who is pregnant, and I were the drivers. It happened to be St. Patrick's Day, so we were not the only people out! It was a great time!


We made it to the championship game, against the classes of '03-'06. They were young and fresh, with 9 players on their team! But in the end, we found our groove and won by about 12 points. That makes 9 years in a row! No pressure for next year!!!