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Losers and Winners - it's all in your perspective

The following is an excerpt from my memory book I am writing for the grandchildren.  This chapter is from my college days as a scholarship track athlete who wasn't supposed to play intramural sports. Intramural sports was a good release from the grind of intercollegiate athletics and the pressure of engineering classwork.  I was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma professional fraternity, a bunch of chemistry and chemical engineering geek, who loved sports and lived in a house that should have been torn down.  It wasn't quite Animal House, but it was close. I hope you enjoy the twist in this ending, called "Winners and Losers." Winners and Losers As a scholarship athlete, I was not supposed to play intramurals without coach’s permission, but, being the break-the-rules kind of guy, I was, I did not bother asking permission.   I decided to ask forgiveness instead.   I was a star on our touch football team and played occasionally with our basketball team as a junior.
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Basketball and Coronavirus - What's next? What can you do?

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It's hard getting up in the morning.  Some days I don't remember what day of the week it is.  My grandkids are struggling.  They are stressed.  They can't do the things that they want to do.   I finally bought myself a golf driving net and set it up against the house in the backyard and I hit a couple hundred golf balls a day and work on form.  My wife and I are walking the neighborhood, sorting old digital photos, fixing stuff and knocking out Honey-Do Lists that I have avoided for years. I told my grandson, who was looking forward to the AAU 17U season that he might be lucky to play in July and August.  Very Lucky.  Schools are closed for the rest of the spring.  I feel real badly for all of those spring sports teams.  I feel bad about the Spring AAU schedule disappearing.  I doubt that there will be a June HS practice and game schedule.  I doubt everything our "President" says about opening up the country.  IF WE KEEP UP THE SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR ANOTHER 40 D
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Combined Boys and Girls Missouri HS basketball ratings 4/08/2020

What school has the best overall basketball program in Missouri for boys and girls? Drum roll please...…. It is: Rock Bridge Rock Bridge is followed closely by Hazelwood Central, Liberty KC and, surprisingly, Cape Notre Dame.  Staley, Ozark, Ladue, Vashon, Kickapoo and Webster Groves round out  the top ten.  These programs are the same ones that produce outstanding teams year in and year out.  If you want to find out why they are so successful, you should talk to their athletic directors.  I will bet you that they have sound feeder programs that are fully aligned with the high school. Here's the full list.  I have listed Boys only and Girls only schools at the bottom of the page. Congrats Rock Bridge.  You are the best! Check out my boys ratings at: https://gramps2020.blogspot.com/2020/04/final-missouri-boys-all-class.html Missouri Boys HS basketball ratings Check out my girls ratings at: https://gramas2020.blogspot.com/2020/04/2019-20
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