Basketball

I have become used to rising early to watch the morning basketball matches at school.  Yes, the students play basketball before school starts – tip-off is 7am.  While it is just an inter-school league that plays, the game has become quite competitive.  Unfortunately there are always some unfortunate match-ups between 9^th graders and 12^th graders.  The 12^th graders tower over these students and score no fewer than 50-60 points more than the 9^th graders.  Though, the 9^th graders on one particular team never give up.  They try their hardest, and though they rarely score in the double digits, they play like it’s the championship game – they just can’t make a basket to save their lives.    I always cheer for the underdogs, and I have resorted to shouting at my students to stop scoring points – and to let the other kids have a chance.  The other interesting thing is that they utilize other basketball players as the referees.  Note in the last picture, how intensely the ref (in the blue shirt) is focusing on the game being played in front of him… ahhhhh Hungarian love.