DEBBIE GRAY'S MEMORY of AUNTS & MOM at HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME

I have a story involving mom, Aunt Louise, Aunt Verna and Aunt Elda.  Don’t remember Aunt Elda being there but she must have been as Sandy was on the team and she came to all the games.  Anyway, they used to come to our high school basketball games which started my senior year due to Title 9.  

This particular game was held in Spalding’s gym which was pretty big.  The only people who attended these games were family and friends so it was easy to hear anybody if they were yelling.

Aunt Louise would yell at our games just like she did at the Bradley games she went to.  At the Bradley games she & Joann Ehmann sat 6 rows behind the visitors bench and they rode the refs and visiting team unmercifully the entire game.  However, at our games, the aunts voices were easily heard by all.

So, they were doing their usual yelling and the refs on this day didn’t appreciate it.  One of them went by the aunts (they always sat right up front by the court) and told them to pipe down.  Of course Aunt Louise yelled “if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen!”  At this point somebody sitting across the aisle from them also yelled something at them.  I don’t remember what she yelled but Aunt Verna got up and yelled back at this lady something or other and then finished it off with “and you’re no spring chicken yourself!”

Well, I can remember wanting to disappear through the floor while the refs stopped the game, went over to our coach and told her if those ladies didn’t quiet down we would be forfeiting the game!  So, our coach had to walk across the court over to mom and the aunts to ask them to tone it down.  I guess they did as we did manage to finish the game without further interruption.  Don’t remember who won, though!