Three Beautiful Things 02/05/18: Working Out, High School Basketball Trip, Yakkin' at The Ref

1.  I lost last week at the Wellness Center, mostly because of all the fasting I had to do, but I was back today and had a good time on the recumbent bike and working my abs and legs and lower back on the weight machines.

2. Friday night at Corby's, Byrdman and I agreed to drive to Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley and watch Central Valley play University High in a district play-in basketball game.  Jake and Carol Lee's grandson, Jase Edwards, plays for Central Valley. They have told us how proud they are of what a good player Jase is and if Central Valley were to lose this game, their season would be over.

So Byrdman and I buzzed over to Central Valley.  Jake and Carol Lee were there along with Bucky and Debbie Fulton and, soon after we arrived, so did Stu. I got to see Kevin Edwards. Kevin and I played a lot of baseball and basketball together as young guys in Kellogg and it was good to see him. His wife Kay (Goose's sister) was with him and we had good talk before the game started.

Both teams played hard. The action was entertaining. The game was close and Central Valley came from being behind most of the game to tie it late in the fourth quarter. They had chances to win it in regulation, but the game went into overtime. University High dominated the overtime period and won 71-59.

I enjoyed watching Jase. He's a courageous, hard-nosed, and creative player. It was disappointing that Central Valley lost, but being with good friends to watch the game was a lot of fun.

3. Byrdman and I went to The Ref, an East Sprague sports bar, after the game for a couple of beers and ate dinner. The bartender's name was Brendan Ingebritsen. He was 6' 7" and was very interested that we'd been to the basketball game. It turns out he played at Mead High School approximately ten years ago and then played a year at Spokane Falls. Things were slow at the bar, so Brandon and Byrdman had a great time talking about high school basketball in the 2000's in the Greater Spokane League and beyond. It was a fun surprise to have Brandon as the bartender and made an already fun night of watching hoops a doubly fun night of talking about them.