What a season 20-21 has been for Silver Creek boys basketball. To go 25-4 and win a second state championship was an amazing ride, but there is so much you do not know.
We had multiple things occur that could have sidetracked this season, but our guys stayed focused. I am going to let you all in on what we went through and not mention any names.
So here we go.
We had a player that had a fractured lower back.
We had a player injure his ankle and started behind, got mono, came back and then tore his ACL.
We had a player that injured his ankle so badly, we did not know if we would get him to play until February. He ended up playing through the injury the entire season.
We had a player that had a pulled groin muscle and worked through it.
We had a player get covid and had to fight through that.
We had a player in a very bad car accident, and continued on.
We had a player who was huge for us this year that didn't know if he liked basketball and played anyway...thank God.
We had a player who hurt his elbow to the point we thought it was fractured, did play with a broken hand, got covid and had fluid drained off his knee the week before semi-state...and yet played and never complained.
And we had a player who had a shoulder injury and weren't sure if he would even play this season.
And this are the things that I know, I am sure I am missing something.
Yet, our guys competed and gave it what they could throughout the season.
This was a hard enough season with covid and all the restrictions, but it seemed like there was something new every week that we had to deal with. And it got to the point that we truly lived the "next man up" to the point that it did not affect us mentally.
In fact, I would argue it made us stronger and if you know anything about our run in the state tournament, we had quite a few games where we willed ourselves to victory.
What a great group of young men, what a great group of mentally and physically tough young men!