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Posted By Katie On February 21, 2012 4 Comments

It’s the beauty of small town sports

Filed Under: Life in North Dakota, Small Town Sports Tagged With: North Dakota, prairie, rural life 4 Comments

This afternoon, we opened the regional basketball tournament against the #3 ranked team in the state and they were undefeated. Our fans from each town were in the stands but also fans from area towns gathered. It’s the beauty of small town sports. I played big town high school sports. There wasn’t the broad based community support in my experience that you see and experience in small town sports. You had more opportunities to excel in one specific activity or sport sometimes in big towns. But in small town sports there are no cuts in our corner of the prairie. Kids play. We actually need more kids to play. We go to church with teammates. Our pastor from the pulpit prays for our sons and daughters and their success. The older generation stops you on the street to encourage your child. A fan from the stands writes a note to cheer your child on and passes along his favorite sports book for your son to read. We do business with teammates’ families. Parents are our neighbors and friends. It’s the beauty of small town sports.

This year our 8th grade son has had the opportunity to play varsity basketball. We are proud of how he mentally prepared himself for this step and for countless hours he put into improving his game in the off season to be ready for this season. But I am most proud our community and team. Not all would have accepted the 14 year old junior high boy on their team as one of their own.

But that’s the beauty of small town sports. No matter who you are or where you’ve come from if you work hard, you have a chance to excel.
Today at halftime we were winning by 6 points. Going into the 4th quarter of the game, we were ahead by 5 points. To end the game, it was tied. That’s right. Overtime.

But we ran out of steam in overtime and didn’t have enough for the upset win. Our varsity season ended tonight. It is the end of a chapter of small town basketball for five senior boys. For our son, Hunter, this loss will be his drive to put in more time in the weight room, more time in our barn shooting the ball and more time dreaming of his next chapter of small town basketball that begins again in nine months. It’s the beauty of small town sports.

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  1. TexWisGirl says

    February 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    wow! what a close, amazing game that must have been! congratulations to hunter and his teammates. and to the towns that cheered them on. 🙂

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  2. MTWaggin says

    February 21, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    Wow those boys did a GREAT job! A tough game and opponent but they will be ready for next year! Small town sports ARE the best!

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  3. Kirsti Craig says

    February 21, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I’m so proud of you Hunter!! Love you!

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  4. Peter Schott says

    February 24, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    Some of my fondest memories growing up revolve around small town sports. I love how the community gathers to cheer on the team or the line of headlights going to/from an “away” game. 😀

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