Barron Golden Bears Eighth Grade Barron Tournament

Today Andrew's traveling basketball team, the Golden Bears, had their home tournament here in Barron. It is always great to be the hosting team--you don't have to switch gyms and you get the best court to play on all day! Our boys played on the varsity floor for all four of their games today.

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Our first game was against Grantsburg. Barron won by a score of 47 to 28.

Here is Andrew playing some tough Defense against a Grantsburg point guard...~~~

Our second game was against Ladysmith, a team we run up against in school basketball. Again, Barron came away with a victory with a score of 55 to 25! The Bears were on FIRE!

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The third game of the day brought us up against Stillwater White. We played against Stillwater Red in our League Championship Tournament last weekend, but had yet to play Stillwater White this year. I am happy to say the boys ran off with another "W" by a score of 40 to 25!

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Here is Andrew at the point guard position making a pass to a fellow teammate...

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In the huddle... Look for number 23--he's the cute one next to number 32!

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I heard a rumor that some of Andrew's friends are loyal Klimek Chronicle readers, so I wanted to include a few shots of some of the guys that I snapped today during the games for their enjoyment...

Nick

Neil








Macky

Zach

Carson

Isaiah

Elliott

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Austin had the special job of bookkeeper/clock today as part of his "community service" effort for basketball. Here he is (white hat) with his buddies, captivated by the game...

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Our boys went into the Championship game with a 3-0 record to face Superior, one of the toughest teams in the Great Northwest Basketball League. In fact, Superior is the number one ranked team in our League! We started out the game pretty slow, and it didn't look good for Barron. Our boys fought hard, though, and we ended up with a final score of 30 to 31! We only lost by one point, and that was close, as we had one second left on the clock, fired up a three-pointer from way back, and it hit the rim and almost went in!

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Barron ended up taking second place in the tournament, and can be proud of their efforts in the Championship game! We will have several more opportunities to go up against Superior this year--we play them again next weekend in New Richmond, and again the following weekend in Superior!

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Here is our team showing off their second-place reds...

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Grandma Deb and Grandpa Ken made the trip up for the tournaments today, too--thanks, Grandma and Grandpa! Unfortunately, I didn't take a "fresh" picture of them today all decked out in their Barron Bears attire, but here is one from the archives to commemerate their visit...

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Congratulations, Bears, on a great day of basketball!

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Austin's game on Friday against Bloomer was cancelled because Bloomer didn't have school due to the cold weather. That game has been rescheduled to Monday night. I believe Austin has three games next week now...