Every year, Round Valley Elementary hosts the Ken Baker Invitational basketball tournament.  This year, Joey decided to play basketball for Round Valley, and so this was his first experience with basketball in a tournament.  He played last year for the Paiute reservation league, but he hadn’t played basketball for the school league.

The tournament itself was pretty big, by elementary school standards.  Teams came to Round Valley from Lone Pine, Big Pine, Bishop, Mammoth Lakes, and Lee Vining.  Sadly, the Round Valley Bobcats were pretty outclassed, and failed to win a game.  But, they fought hard, and played well, if not successfully enough for a win.  I guess it’s time to put up that hoop in the driveway so Joey can practice it.  He’s mostly just waiting for spring soccer to start, but basketball will keep him in shape until it’s time for soccer again…

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Joe G.