Finally...A Missing Tooth!

Jayden finally lost his first baby tooth (with the help of his dentist). On March 24th, Jayden had to have his tooth pulled because his permanent tooth was already out and growing BEHIND his baby tooth!

I guess the Tooth Fairy leaves extra money for the 1st lost tooth, and apparently, she leaves even more for a 1st tooth that is pulled by a dentist! Jayden received a whopping $10 for his tooth. I don't know about you, but I remember being thrilled to receive a whole silver dollar for my first tooth! How much did you get for your first tooth? I guess teeth are worth more now (haha).

Yesterday, Jayden's entire 1st grade classes received a surprise visit from a few of the Sierra College Basketball players and the head coach of the team. Coach Fusano is Jayden's friend's Dad who also brought a few players last year to his kindergarten class. Jayden received special treatment again just like last year because Coach Fusano and his wife knew how much Jayden loves basketball. During the special visit, the first grade classes were all outside at the basketball courts and Jayden was chosen to play against the 6'++" players. He dribbled, crossed over on them and went to the hoop! The college players were ecstatic to see little tiny Jayden with his basketball skills! They were impressed and cheered him on! One of the players lifted Jayden up and had him dunk the ball too!

Later, in the cafeteria while Jayden was eating lunch, the players took the above picture with him. Out of 4 1st grade classes, Jayden was the only one who took a picture with the players (special treatment again)! Wow! What an exciting day for him. Thank you to Coach Fusano, Mrs. Fusano and Jayden's new friends from the Sierra College Basketball team for making this day so very special and memorable!

(Jr.) Celtics Took 2nd Place!

Last Saturday, Jayden's 1st/2nd grade competitive basketball team took 2nd place in their final championship game of the season. It was a close game against the Jr. Eagles who all season long remained undefeated. Jayden's team lost to the Jr. Eagles twice in the regular season. The Jr. Celtics fought hard, played hard and did extremely well! They played their best game yet. The final score was 20-21. Although they didn't get the win, they were still winners and should be very proud of their accomplishment. Afterall, the Jr. Eagles team's roster consisted of all 2nd graders. Our team were mostly 1st graders (with the exception of 4 2nd graders).

This was Jayden's first season playing competitively and he did great! Although he didn't score in double digits like he used to in non-competitive, he did handle the season well. His ball-handling was great, shooting on point, rebounding was impressive even though he was the tiniest guy out there, and not once did he ever travel, double dribble or double team. We're very proud of his accomplishment! Great job to Jayden and his team!

3-Peat for the Celtics!!

On Saturday, Joshua and his Celtics team played in 2 games. The first game was a play-off game which they had to win in order to play in the final Championship game for 1st place.

Of course the Celtics won their play-off game and headed to the next game to hold on to their championship title and earn a 3-peat (3rd championship in a row!)

It was an interesting championship game to say the least. At one point, we were down by 10. We never gave up hope and we new if any one team could pull through and win it, the Celtics could. Never losing their composure or heart, they fought through. Joshua hit 2 major shots in a row in the final period, a 3 pointer and then a back to back 2 pointer...the crowd went wild!!! There was about 30+ seconds left in the game and the Celtic were up by one single point! They passed the ball around intentionally trying to use up the clock, but, at 4 seconds left, the opposing team stole the ball from Bryson and went down the court for a lay-up, the crowd was silent. We all knew that if he made his lay-up, the game would be over and the Celtics would lose. Fortunately for the Celtics, the opposing team missed and the game was over!

Every team was after the Celtics all season long. Knowing that the Celtics were undefeated for 2 season in a row, with 2 championship games under their belt, each team wanted to defeat the Celtics! "They" said it couldn't be done, "they" said it would be nearly impossible to go undefeated again during the most competitive session of the year. But, the Celtics prevailed! Not only did they have a 9-0 record, they are the only team in the league who earned a "3-Peat"!!!

Way to go Celtics! And of course, we have to give props to the best coach ever, who led his team to yet another championship....Coach Lance!!

In a couple of weeks, the Celtics will participate in their final tournament of champions and play against the top teams of the CYBL. Also, Joshua and Bryson will again represent the team in the All Star Sunday game.

After the T.O.C, the Celtics will be moving on and saying goodbye to the Hotshots league. They have come a long way. From this point on, it's all about AAU! Lance has every intention on building our YBA aau team up and challenging each team we go up against. What a great way to walk away from Hotshots and move forward to AAU.

Congratulations to Coach Lance, Joshua and the entire Celtics team!