White Stripped Shirts

By Caleb Jun

Some dreaded coming back to school, others were excited to come back to a routine they were familiar with, but whatever we senior boys felt coming back, we all looked forward to one thing. DBA. The Dalat Basketball Association hails from the long traditional 3 on 3 lunch ball that we seniors have played since we wore those white and blue uniforms of our middle school days. Playing every lunch, even during the 10-minute middle school break times, was a time for our competitive spirits to clash with one another to bring the gold out of that furnace. Yet, after the academic challenges we faced during our high-school years, it slowly diminished as time could not be spared, and COVID disabled our talents.

Yet what we thought was lost was saved at last by Adam Silver, aka Aidan Leong, reigniting the spirit of our middle school hearts.

“At first, I wasn’t sure that people wanted it back, but when I released the DBA trailer, people got hyped and excited about it, which kickstarted the league," said Aidan Leong.

Complete tournament brackets were made, stats, shooting percentages, video services, and referees; we all gave everything we had for our one last run for the gold. On the first day back from spring break, we continued our tournament with the Bomberz vs the Black Sheeps, going into overtime with Bomberz’s Captain, Ezra, shooting the game-winning 3. 

“Our team might not be the best, but we want it more than others,” says the Bomberz’s Captain Ezra Latham.

We continue to enjoy these joyful moments we get to have as the year comes to an end, and we cherish them with memories that go all the way back to those white-striped uniforms. It is times like these we will look back to, and although it fills our hearts with sorrow that these moments will end, it brings us to enjoy and savor every moment.