As Connor approached mid-season with his Katy Tiger freshman basketball team, he was really learning a TON about the game. Compared to many of his fellow teammates, Connor has so much to learn about game strategy and ball handling in basketball. Many days after practice, he would come home feeling overwhelmed as he struggled to absorb the offense and even little things like game etiquette. He enjoyed a ton of playing time as teams were still being formed, and once the teams were set, we were able to see the offense come together and start making plays as designed. With my travel schedule, I was only able to see about half of his games but I never tired of seeing my big kid #21 in action on the court.
There were several of the games this season where Connor took an accidental hit to the face and ended up with a nosebleed. He would always ignore the blood and continue playing until the coaches or refs called time-out to send him for medical attention from the athletic trainers. Of course, in today's culture of Covid awareness, everyone is much more careful about bodily fluids and they won't even let a player back on the court until any fluids are cleaned from the boys' jerseys. During one home game in particular, the refs had to stop the game to send Connor to the bench for medical treatment followed by another 8-10 minutes of time that they took to clean up all the blood Connor had shed from one end of the court to the other. Connor's teammates and those of us in the bleachers got quite a kick out of that! (Connor was fine, just very bloody!) He has made quite the name for himself with those bloody noses. That darn broken nose has become such an ongoing nuisance for him!
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