Missed it by that much

Just realized that I didn't update from BDog's championship game.  It wasn't really close until the end.  The score was 9-2 after the first quarter and it seemed our team was behind about 5-7 points the rest of the game.  The interesting thing is that we have a very good player who was shut out in the first quarter and then got into foul trouble.  When he was turned loose in the 3rd quarter, we pulled within 2 a couple of times.
Our team policy for this league has been to swap subs at the half way point of each quarter.  Our best player was playing the first half of every quarter and BDog the last half.  So the 2nd half of the 3rd quarter they started to slip away again with a score of 26-19 I believe.  4th quarter comes along and we pull closer to like within 4 points behind the play of our star player.  (Other team swaps their players every quarter so they had what could have been their second string in) 
Our subs vs their subs pulled to within 1 point.  29-28 with about a minute to go.  At this level it's not like College or even high school ball where you have a chance of stealing or rebounding and scoring quickly.  Scores come slowly.  Our team finally was able to foul them with about 8 seconds left.  They sank one free throw making it 30-28.  BDog rebounded the second free throw  but time ran out when he was at about half court.  It was an exciting finish to the game and season.
Now, one interesting point is our coach.  I thought he did a great job all season and was very instructional to the players.  BDog learned a lot from him.  If the coach put kept the star player in for the whole 4th quarter the outcome may have been different.  BUT, I agree with following our season long guidelines.  He coached the game consistent with the whole season and didn't compromise to go for the win.  I salute that.  At this level (5th & 6th grade) it's about learning the game and not winning.
The funny part?  The second place trophy from this year is bigger than last year's first place trophy.  Go figure...