Basketball team puts hurting on Father Judge

Heading to Father Judge, I commented that North/Judge games are usually real good. It doesn’t matter which team may be a heavy favorite, these games usually go the distance, with the winner, more often than not, escaping with a win rather than beating their opponent. I figured this one would be no different. Boy was I wrong. Despite the change in time (2:30pm), the gym at Judge was still quite full. The Falcons pretty much dominated this one from start to finish, going up 30 at one point. All 12 Falcons played in this one, with no player getting more than 20 minutes throughout the game.

It was hard to find an empty seat in the Judge gym

Even the balcony was opened up to handle some of the overflow.

Did You Notice…….
…..that the Judge fans only seemed to get excited when one of their players knocked down or got overly physical, even when North was up by 30?
…..Judge’s basketball team looks and plays more like a football team than a basketball team?
…..That the only exit out of the Judge gym has 2 of the three doorways blocked by tables? One with Judge Merchandise and the other with the box office and 50-50 table. You’d think that by the end of the game, they could clear a passage out of the gym. I wouldn’t want to be caught in the gym if a fire ever broke out.
…..That the Falcons arrived in a Yellow Bus, but left the game in a luxury bus? You see, the team left Judge and headed for their game in Wheeling, WV. That’s another story.
…..That 30 minutes before the game started, the bleachers were virtually empty? Maybe it was the time change, but that is uncharacteristic of a North/Judge basketball game.
…..The Judge cheerleaders (are they Judge students?) outnumbered the team by like 3 to 1.

The Father Judge Cheerleaders

Faces in the Crowd…….
……The Murphy family was represented by Bob (c), Tim (r) and Erin (l), Tim’s daughter.

……Super fan, Ed White, was in attendance, just as we expected
……We saw several NC Soccer shirts in the crowd. Coach Jerry Brindisi and fellow blogger, Tom Crossett, were both in the house.

Jerry Brindisi, coach of the Champion Falcon Soccer Team

…… Mike “Mooch” Moran, former NC football coach and current assistant basketball coach for Holy Family Women’s team. We think Mooch was in the house recruiting some Judge players for his team.

…… Neumann-Goretti head football coach, Bill Sytsma, stopped by on his way up to Wood to watch the Saints play.
…… Also in the house, from the class of 1957, was Mike Fagan. This guy really gets around and could challenge for Super Fan status.

...... Always up for a North/Judge game was Father Smith and Father Kilty

After this game, the team hopped on a bus and headed for Wheeling, WV for the Cancer Research Classic, played at the Wheeling Jesuit University. More on that later.