Not Just Another Basketball Post

Don’t worry, this isn’t another one of my glory days basketball posts that talk about my team’s loss in the 3 on 3 semifinal game to the crew team. And in this post you won’t have to listen to the play-by-play of me getting beat by a 7th grader in one-on-one at my first SPUD volunteer experience.

However, it’s March Madness folks, and it will be for the next 3 days. So deal with another basketball themed post.

Yesterday I experienced the first ever Unified Basketball event at Holy Cross. I know I mentioned what Unified Basketball was in one of my previous posts, however for the new readers, or maybe even the newly accepted students here’s your catch-up (bear with me Early Decision students who have been reading this since their phone call acceptance before the new year)…

Unified Basketball is a newly founded Special Olympics volunteer program where both partners and athletes play basketball together and against other similar teams. Unified Basketball, along with many other unified sports, is finding its way into many high schools across the country, and is becoming very popular for many students.

However, Holy Cross had never had an organization like this. So after a few students developed the idea this past fall and after a long winter of preparation and logistical work done by these students, yesterday embarked what will hopefully become a staple in the Holy Cross Community.

The school’s president, Father McFarland kicked off the day with a few inspirational words for the incoming athletes, the athletes’ families, and us volunteering partners. He spoke about how a club like this truly embodies what it is like for someone to be a true Holy Cross student.

Soon after his speech was done, we began to play basketball. The rules for Unified Basketball state that a team can have 3 athletes and 2 partners on the court at once. Despite the near 75 Holy Cross students helping out to volunteer, and the 2 partner rule, none of us got too many minutes in the games. However my 2 assist, 4 rebound performance helped lead my team to victory in the one game that I played.

The day concluded, and I unfortunately went back to reading, checking Facebook, writing essays, checking Facebook, and repeating until I went to bed. However, it is nice to know that my Sundays for the rest of school will not be filled entirely with schoolwork travails.

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