{"id":788,"date":"2010-02-23T22:37:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T02:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2010-02-23T22:37:15","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T02:37:15","slug":"boys-vs-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/788","title":{"rendered":"Boys vs. Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2776\/4383865936_814cf7d224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sister&#8230;brother.\u00c2\u00a0 But, last night?\u00c2\u00a0 They were fierce opponents.\u00c2\u00a0 Facing each other in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Boys vs. Girls game!\u00c2\u00a0 Not an official thing for Upward.\u00c2\u00a0 Randy coaches both Abbey&#8217;s and Payton&#8217;s 6th-8th grade teams.\u00c2\u00a0 Practices are usually back to back, 7-8 and 8-9pm.\u00c2\u00a0 This was the last practice of the season, so Randy arranged a double practice so they could take on each other.\u00c2\u00a0 They&#8217;ve both been talking smack about if for weeks.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He started it off with a relay lay-up race.\u00c2\u00a0 The boys won.\u00c2\u00a0 By a lot.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2791\/4383865800_5a59b1ca81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, it was time for the game.\u00c2\u00a0When the game began, the boys and girls were both a little timid.\u00c2\u00a0 Especially the boys&#8230;how do you guard a GIRL?\u00c2\u00a0 They lost that really quick, and the game got very aggressive.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4051\/4383106399_a90d8b0b96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbey&#8217;s backing him up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4015\/4383106287_d9bc5d5143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>break for devotion time.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4383865474_c266165c0c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure why I didn&#8217;t get a good shot of Payton with the ball, but I remember I shared one of him a while back.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4065\/4383106027_cdfe2f481e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of it all, the boys won.\u00c2\u00a0 They were quite a bit ahead, and then the girls came back to tie it.\u00c2\u00a0 So, the boys only BARELY won.\u00c2\u00a0 Can you tell who I was pulling for?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, honestly, I was pulling for both.\u00c2\u00a0 Mostly.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a lot of fun, watching the kids play against each other, and laughing at Randy as he tried to coach and referee at the same time.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last official Upward games are this weekend, with the end-of-year celebration on Thursday.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a fun season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sister&#8230;brother.\u00c2\u00a0 But, last night?\u00c2\u00a0 They were fierce opponents.\u00c2\u00a0 Facing each other in the&#8230; 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