"Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it"

"Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it" Author Unknown

There were 27 seniors at Ashby High. Twenty  girls and 7 boys. Many towns in the region had regionalized but Ashby held out. I went out for the basketball team which had not won a game in at least 2 years. It was fairly understandable when you have a small school going against much larger schools. One of my life lessons was learned in a game where Narragansett Regional High School defeated us in our gym by 103 to 27. NRHS had an outstanding team (league champions) that year and put in their first team to get to 100 points. As a 18 year old I recognized that their victory was hollow in that one doesn't have to embarrass your opponent. As a coach later in life I always tried to win but never embarrass an opponent.
We nearly won a game against Bromfield Academy in Harvard. We loss by a few points but we had a home game against them later in the year. We continued to lose big to nearly every team. Dick Mulligan, Lunenburg HS coach, brought his B Team to play us and it was a close game but we lost. I was impressed with Mr. Mulligan and his view that sports involves good sportsmanship towards your opponent.
Finally, we had Bromfield Academy at home. We finally won a game after over 2 years of losing. I personally had my best game of the year in scoring 20 points. A wonderful feeling for a small high school. Also there was a pretty little cheerleader that I started to notice who always did my cheer.