MPAC Basketball

Connor has enjoyed shooting hoops in the driveway for a couple of years now, but he had never before participated in any sort of organized basketball league. We intended to get him involved in a league last year, but we ended up moving to Dubai during basketball season. When this fall rolled around, Connor set a goal for himself to try out for his middle school basketball team. To help him achieve his goal, we decided to enroll him in a local recreational league called MPAC with lessons during the week and games on the weekend. He began attending in September and immediately LOVED the experience. Little by little, he was gaining experience and confidence.

The weekend games were short but we loved watching Connor get in on the action. Throughout his first few games, he was definitely improving. That's our #16 below.

Once we reached November, however, Connor's heavy baseball schedule began conflicting with his MPAC weekend basketball games. We had to miss a few of the basketball games simply because we couldn't fit it all in. When the MPAC basketball championship weekend arrived, we were so excited that Connor would be able to play. It was a single day bracket style competition, and his team - the Phantoms - had won their first game while Connor was playing a baseball game across town. After we rushed back from baseball, it was time for the Phantoms' next game in the semi-championship round. Connor was able to play and help out his team, even scoring a basket at the buzzer to end the first half. It was an exciting game, but they ended up losing by 1 point in overtime. Bummer!

The MPAC league experience turned out to be a great opportunity for Connor to play with other kids and improve his skills. When it was time for his middle school team tryouts, Connor was nervous but super excited to participate in the process.

Finally, his goal and all of his hard work paid off. He was thrilled to find out he made the ASD Junior Falcons team! He was so excited and we couldn't be more proud of him. Our sweet friend Cyndi even made him a cake to celebrate. We couldn't wait to watch how he would continue to grow from the upcoming season of middle school basketball. Go Falcons!