23 January 2009

100-0 Texas HS Girls basketball score is a disgrace

On January 13, Dallas Academy lost to the Covenant School 100-0 in a Texas girls high school basketball team. It's a disgraceful show of sportsmanship as it is, but consider this: Dallas Academy, who fields a team of 8 and only has 20 girls in the whole school, is a school for kids with learning disabilities. You can charge me for political incorrectness, but what good can come from beating a team of retards 100-0?

And Covenant didn't back up. In a game that was 35-0 after 1 quarter, 59-0 at half, and 88-0 after the 3rd, they continued a full court press and jacking up three-pointers, even in the 4th quarter. Covenant parents fueled the fire by cheering loudly as the team approached 100 points. How can you say you're setting a good example for your kids when you are cheering them on to a not only humiliating defeat, but beating Dallas Academy to a pulp?

If you step back and throw your third stringers in there, play a soft zone, run a whole offensive play in a possession before taking a shot and you still end up with that score, that's a whole different story. But the starters were in for pretty much the WHOLE game. I read in one story that at the end of the game turned into a layup drill where the guards were just waiting to steal the ball. That's a statement about yourself, not about the team you are playing. What interests me is whether or not the coach who didn't call off the onslaught will keep is job.

Wouldn't you have made your point when the lead reached 50? I mean, what is the biggest deficit overcome in any high school basketball game? Not only was Dallas Academy over-matched, but they were humiliated. They know they stink, they haven't won a game in 4 years. And to those who say why schedule that kind of game I say: Have a heart!! I give them all the credit in the world for even fielding a 8-girl team.

Oh, and what an honest Christian attempt at amending the situation Covenant is doing. All that there is for an apology is a short blurb on the school's website. They haven't commented publicly on the game since a story was printed in the Dallas Morning News. This isn't just a sports story, it's reflects what kind of people we are.

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