(Above) Jon Nickel, starting guard for Team America, gleefully glances at the press box while his team makes a comeback late in the second half. After falling behind early, Team America tried to claw their way back into the game against the New Direction last monday night (1-26). Team America's late game attack was similar to the time Luke Skywalker fought his father Darth Vader late in Star Wars VI "Return of the Jedi." Unlike Luke Skywalker however, Team America's effort wasn't good enough, and they lost.
(Below)Partly because it looks like something an athlete would do, and partly because it was sweaty, Jon discards his headband after his loss against the New Direction. "We were patient," Jon confessed after the game, "that's why we came back. But then we stopped being patient, and when we stopped being patient we got sloppy, and when we got sloppy it was a mess.”
B-league is a competitive level, the weak wouldn't last more than a quarter, which is good, because intramural basketball only runs that long. The main reason this league is so competitive is simply because at every game only one out of two competing teams can win. However, the winners should not get all the credit because they did not become winners on their own, someone had to help them get there. We all know who these unsung heros are--THE LOSERS. But should we really refer to them as such? A famous author-in his own write-once posed the question:
"Should not we seek to help our brethren, and sistren, whenever occasion greats us with op, or tunity?" (Thomas Benjamin)
I echo this great question for all the Jon Nickels out there who have ever eaten the soggy cafe-food of defeat.
pizzy
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