Published 10:04 Monday, December 19, 2022
By LAUREN SEXTON | Sports reporter
The football season officially ended in the Shelby County area as the Thompson Warriors came home with their latest 7A Football State Championship trophy. As bitter-sweet as it might be, my favorite time of the year is now upon us, basketball season is here.
There is something so special about basketball that makes it different compared to other sports. A lot of the reason I’m in the position I’m in is because of basketball. As the daughter of a high school teacher, I spent a lot of time on the sidelines of football games, and in the stands of hockey games, but my first and favorite memory is sitting on the sidelines at a basketball game.
The smell of popcorn at every game I go to in Shelby County brings me back to those days of being so young and watching high schoolers play. Those are some of my favorite memories of being a kid in the suburbs of Detroit. Watching the players pour their hearts out in the game, the older teacher hands me popcorn as I am captivated by the cut rivalry game. I was just five years old watching a game I loved, who would have thought 17 years later I would be watching games for my job?
Basketball is rough and emotional, just like any sport. However, unlike football which is coated in padding and protected by the required protection for the sport, in basketball you can see the emotion visually. The gym was electrified when Chelsea’s Paul Lanzi reached the threshold of 1000. The turnaround of the Pelham boys basketball team in the second half of the game led to their victory against Homewood. Oak Mountain defeated Northridge in the dying seconds of the final quarter. Or one of my personal favorites, the excitement Chelsea’s girls had when they defeated reigning champion Mountain Brook in the annual Mountain Brook Turkey Jam tournament.
Unlike many other sports, basketball is much more forgiving. Basketball teams have time to learn from their mistakes because they take on up to three or more teams a week. One loss can negatively affect many other sports, but basketball allows teams to learn from their mistakes. There is time to improve and get better much faster than in other sports.
Saying that Alabama is a football state is completely accurate, but I think it’s time for basketball to be recognized as well. Collegiate programs such as Auburn University and the University of Alabama have emerged and won several SEC Championships in the past five years. There are so many talented players in the Shelby County community and it shows how passionate they are about their team and the players in how far they go in the season.
I thought of the five-year-old kid watching basketball in the suburbs of Detroit lately. So much has changed since 2005. I graduated from the high school I spent 13 years watching games with. The old teacher who used to give me his popcorn just passed away not too long before last season started, and many of the incredible athletes I used have since retired from their professional careers in the NBA. But there is one thing that has not changed and never will, and that is the love I have for the game.
Why Friday Night Lights was cancelled?
Poor ratings would eventually lead to the show’s cancellation after the fifth season, but the show’s loyal fan base is a big reason it lasted as long as it did. Fans of Friday Night Lights rallied around the show for several renewal campaigns.
Why did season 2 of Friday Night Lights end abruptly? The second season of “Friday Night Lights” was supposed to last longer, but its episode order was cut due to the 2017’18 Writers Strike. Many TV shows from that season had shorter than normal amount of episodes. This may interest you : The autumn sports season is open and optimism is in the air. The last three seasons of the show were part of a joint arrangement with DirecTV and NBC.
Is Friday Night Lights ever coming back?
“We’re working on another Friday Night Lights movie in Del Rio, Texas on a border town that will take place in 2015,” Grazer told Collider in November 2021, “and hope to do that early next year.” Not only that, he said the film “will lead us into a new series that takes place in a more recent time”
Is Friday Night Lights coming back for season 6?
It was widely assumed and hinted that the fifth season of Friday Night Lights would be the end of the series. See the article : What time is Never Have I Ever season 3 coming to Netflix?. The cast and crew, who recently wrapped production on the fifth season, were said to be free to find other work.
Why did Friday Night Lights end so abruptly?
While initially renewed for a 22-episode full season, the show ended production for the season after the 15th. On the same subject : Future Wilds confirmed by Amazon Prime Video.
Does Landry go to jail?
Landry and Tyra have been convicted of first degree murder in the “girl who was killed five years ago” case. They are both sentenced to life imprisonment. After the reunion at the swearing-in ceremony, Tim and Lyla return to Dillon.
Will Landry go to jail in Season 2? Season 2 For a while, the two are constantly nervous and afraid that the police will discover the body and go to jail. They begin a brief relationship, although Tyra eventually leaves him at the request of Landry’s father, a city police officer, after the police decide not to press charges against Landry.
What happens to Landry on Friday Night Lights after he confessed?
Landry confesses to the murder and tells the truth. He tries to plead guilty, but the detectives see it as self-defense or try not to charge him. His father ends the discussion and takes him home. Matt and Carlotta continue to be intimate together.
What happens with Landry on Friday Night Lights?
Landry attends college at Rice University in Houston. A running gag throughout the show is that Coach Taylor cannot remember his name, often mistakenly referring to him as Lance.
Why did Matt Saracen leave Season 4?
After the military compensation for the death of his father (along with life insurance) is enough for his grandmother to live comfortably, Matt abruptly leaves for Chicago to finally attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – without Julie say
What happened to Matt Saracen season 4? Matt Saracen attends Dillon Tech, but eventually moves to Chicago, much to the dismay of his girlfriend, Julie Taylor. Julie is now a senior in high school, and has decided to attend East Dillon to set an example that there is nothing wrong with the school.
Why does Matt leave Dillon?
While Matt and Julie go to a music festival in Austin, they have an argument and Julie knows that Matt hates Dillon and he only stays there because of her. When he returned, he decided to abruptly leave Dillon and move to Chicago without saying goodbye to Julie, leaving her heartbroken.
Is Matt Saracen in season 4?
Worst of all, in season 4, he leaves Julie for Chicago without saying goodbye. But even that is complicated – he decides to stay in Dillon for Julie, which only makes him miserable and when she confronts him about it, it prompts his exit.
Does Matt come back in season 5 of Friday Night Lights?
Poor Matt! We spoke with Gilford again the other day – he’s back in Austin to shoot a four-episode cameo for season five, which will be last Friday’s Night Lights. So you’re back in Austin. How is that?
What happens to Matt on FNL?
After five seasons of love and grief, Matt returns from Chicago and takes Julie to the Alamo Freeze, where he proposes with his grandmother’s ring. It may not sound romantic, but it was the perfect ending to their love story. After learning of Matt’s proposal, an emotional Tami finds her daughter in her bedroom.
Is Matt in Season 5 of Friday Night Lights? Poor Matt! We spoke with Gilford again the other day – he’s back in Austin to shoot a four-episode cameo for season five, which will be last Friday’s Night Lights. So you’re back in Austin.
Does Matt Saracen get his position back?
As Matt continues to work his heart out and impress his teammates, a new quarterback, Ray “Voodoo” Tatum, joins the team and temporarily replaces Matt as the starter. However, Voodoo’s inability to be a team player forces Coach Taylor to bench him and return the starting spot to Matt.
