The image on the left
is what a person can see in the sky on a clear night. The white box represents
a region which appears completely dark and empty to the human eye. The image on
the right, however, shows what the Hubble telescope saw after absorbing light
waves from this “white box” region for some 500 hours. A different tool made
the same reality appear very different.
That’s exactly what the
intramural basketball league has done for West High. Each game reveals a new
star. After four seasons of high school basketball spent on the bench, senior
Grant
Wells now has his chance to shine. “It was kinda weird, you know, scoring more
points in one intramural game than in my entire high school career combined.”
In his team’s season-opener, Wells had a league-high 23 points with 18 of them
from behind the 3-point line.
The league opened
registration several weeks ago and filled up all eight team spots, each team
with six players to total 48 players in the league. After every team plays each
of the other seven teams, the league committee plans to have a post-season
tournament. “I was really impressed with how it all came together so well. I
mean, you’ve got refs, stats, rankings. It’s the real deal. They’ve even got
their own website!” said junior Carson Ball, captain of Hufflepuff (1-1).
Among other interests,
the league’s pre-season top-ranked team “Old School” has drawn much attention.
The team consists of head basketball coach Damon Kelley, along with four other
staff members and two members of the coaching staff. So far, Old School has
lived up to the pre-season hype and will be a threat come tournament time.
As the league’s
co-founder and co-commissioner, I hope the intramural league demonstrates the
innovative spirit of the “West Way” and inspires the student body to build more
telescopes.
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