![]() By Luis Aguayo HE SHOOTS AND HE SCORES!! On April 18, 2014, Hubbard High School had their very first Students vs. Staff Basket- ball Game. Students signed up quickly leaving the students lineup two sheets long, however, and a few cuts had to be made to shorten the team down to one page. The staff lineup had “The Dream Team” said Mr. Sabanagic. Before the game, Mr. Sabanagic stated, “I am going to take tremendous joy in schooling the student body.”Mr. Benson celebrating after shooing back-to-back 3 pointers. During warm ups before the game, the students started a little trash talk with the staff, but that didn’t stop the staff from going on a 12-0 run 5 minutes into game. The staff continued their hot streak in the beginning of the first quarter, but the students rallied in the beginning of the second quarter. With the score 34-36 during halftime, the staffs had come together and encourage one another. That little huddle of encouragement had the staff come out flying from the gates with a 14-3 run 2 minutes in the beginning of the third quarter, but that big lead didn’t get far when the students re-took the lead in the beginning of the fourth quarter. The three point battle began when Mr. Sabanagic shot two back to back 3’s. Julius Ruiz shot a 3 pointer to answer Mr. Sabanagic’s 3 pointers. Mr. Benson, aka The White Mamba, shot 2 back to back 3’s as well replying to Julius Ruiz’s 3 pointer. The game was a close one but the students lost to the staff 58-52 with Mr. Sabanagic voted the Most Valuable Player of the game. After the game, the Cavalier asked Mr. Sabanagic how he felt being voted MVP for the staff. Mr. Sabanagic said, “I felt very confident against the students and next time the staff will play seriously because this time we took it easy on them.” He continued to add insult to injury by stating: “There should be more games with students vs. staff because it’s nice to school the students.” Mr. Sabanagic stated that he practiced to play against the students. “I play basketball ever once or twice a week and I coached basketball at Concordia University for the last 6 years. Basketball is my first love and passion.”
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