Alhambra High School - The Conclusion

After much delay...I finally received the verdict from Alhambra High School District, and it's not exactly what I wanted to hear. Each season we typically encounter minor problems and obstacles resulting from uncontrollable circumstances from school functions, etc. As for this season, it was actually very difficult and frustrating (referring to AHS). Not only did the small gym have floor damage, the school administration did not determine or decide the outside user schedules until after our season actually started. I must have called the district 10 to 20 times the past two weeks. So today I found out we will only be able to use the Big gym from 10am to 4pm (was hoping to get 8 hours to compensate for the small gym and the two divisions left still waiting to get on the court). Copper East and Tin East must be itching to play. Well, let's see how badly they are itching because not only did we have gym problems...the time frame! Don't forget these two divisions were originally supposed to be late games from 5pm to 9pm. Now we have another issue to deal with.

Damage control. Like life, you deal with it and make the most of it. So I am hoping all the teams from the Tin East and Copper East divisions can compromise and work with us this season. I threw all the teams an email in return hoping for a positive reply and cooperation. So far so good. Oh yeah, I know some of you must be wondering what about the other two hours (since we only have AHS for 6 hours). Well, we have a few options for the other two hours. 1. Hope to use Temple City High School from 6pm to 8pm, or 2. Use Montebello from 1pm to 3pm (hence bumping the Tin Central division time frame to 9am to 1pm). Nonetheless, we can't make a decision yet until we have all the teams agree with the new time frame. Worst case - cancel the two divisions left (which I am hoping won't happen). Let's hope we have everything settled and resolved by the end of the week. What fun this is!

NOTE: We still need teams for the Halloween Tournament...anybody interested?