Taylor loves basketball. That is the fact. As I type, he is out on the driveway shooting and dribbling a ball. Since being in Katy, he has played in the Katy Youth Basketball program for the past 7 years and loved every minute of it. This year he couldn't play because he is too old. BUT! The stake put on a nice basketball season and Taylor was able to have enough basketball to semi-satisfy him.
Our ward did well enough to make it to the finals and on the last day (Sat. 3/7) we played three games. The first game Taylor scored 23 points in a 63-52 game! That was the game against the favored stake champs; they had been undefeated up to that point. The next game Taylor couldn't be stopped. He scored 25 points swooshing about 6 3-pointers. The last minute of the game we were down by one point and then the other team got the ball and drove it down for another basket. With 14 seconds left we took the ball down, and threw it to Taylor and he shot in 3 point range and made it, to tie the game. So in overtime, we lost, but it was pretty amazing. The final game we played the same team for the championships and they won by 2 points and heavily guarded Taylor the whole game so he only made 4 points. But what a great day for Taylor! It was great to see him in his element and on fire.
The first 9-second clip shows an assist by Taylor and a pick by Spencer. Spencer played the first of 3 games, but had a party to go to for the last 2. He played a great defense! The second clip is a basket Taylor makes. He is wearing a red shirt under the black jersey and Spencer is in a turquoise shirt (for anyone who doesn't recognize them).
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Great play-by-play commentary, Tiff! The games sound like they were very exciting and at times nail-biting! It should come as no surprise that one of Taylor's first words included "ball." (or was "ball" his actual first word?) Great job, guys!
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