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cube3_cougar
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Time
Craziest Church Ball story? Go!
CougtheCreator
10/26/21 3:04pm
Saw a kid get in a ref's face and use the word "flabbergasted" regarding a call
LeonMarek
10/26/21 3:06pm
did he get kicked out for using an 'f' word?
Pangare
10/26/21 3:30pm
Ball didn't go in the hoop
SUAVO
10/26/21 3:09pm
Ball went in the hoop. That is my crazy story.
Emmett Fitz-Hume
10/26/21 4:25pm
Here's mine, though I kind of feel bad about it. Church league in the South, so
Incentivize
10/26/21 3:09pm
Multiple instances of stitches required
azmbacougar
10/26/21 3:09pm
My mom was asked to leave the spectator section
Taccoug
10/26/21 3:09pm
Don't leave us hanging?
Dark Forest Green
10/26/21 9:39pm
Details? This sounds like a must read.
Joe
10/26/21 10:26pm
Someone took a swing at a loose ball with a closed fist.
SafetyFirst
10/26/21 3:10pm
Must be cool playing church ball with Allegier
GlutealGuy
10/27/21 8:41am
Our former Stake President was the ref and our non member neighbor was a very
Kauai
10/26/21 3:11pm
My mom got thrown out of my Deacon's bball game for yelling at the ref.
supertux
10/26/21 3:11pm
After we beat a team in the stake championship, a ticked off player muttered
runnincoug
10/26/21 3:13pm
Saw a deacon swish a granny shot from half court once
Big Red Thunder
10/26/21 3:13pm
I shot two free throws granny style after air-balling a conventional shot
Tricky
10/26/21 3:21pm
EQ league refs let the fouling get out of hand and our EQP clotheslined a guy before a foul was finally called.
supertux
10/26/21 3:13pm
Not church ball, but dad of player would yell at the refs for calling fouls on
hydrocoug
10/26/21 3:18pm
I called traveling in a youth game right at the opening tip when the kid grabs
byubyu
10/26/21 3:19pm
That one's not on you.
supertux
10/26/21 3:25pm
It kind of was. I should've noticed but wasn't even paying much attention.
byubyu
10/26/21 3:46pm
But by the fourth or fifth call, you should have figured it out
Tricky
3/14/23 1:16pm
I had a similar experience playing
B-Y-eautifulDay
3/14/23 1:00pm
Never have any type of a wager on a game, no matter how small...
thewaterboy
10/26/21 3:20pm
I was ultra hothead teenager and was playing with the old guys. Brother Payne
Flippy
10/26/21 3:21pm
Is this footage of the game?
runitup590
10/27/21 9:06am
Yes, that’s about right except I hit him square in the back.
Flippy
10/27/21 7:49pm
Coaches son gets fouled by the bench. Opposing coach gets into the refs face
Mayor of Cougartown
10/26/21 3:22pm
Saw a woman pull another woman up onto the stage by her hair. They were arguing
kansascougar
10/26/21 3:22pm
Holy moley
TNT
10/26/21 3:24pm
Were there many more vowels in the last name compared to just "Johnson"?
StarMan
10/26/21 3:28pm
LOL...not going there.
kansascougar
10/26/21 3:30pm
RE: LOL...not going there.
StarMan
10/26/21 3:32pm
Based on the location, I was thinking the same thing.
HiLife
10/26/21 3:33pm
Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing
vandalcoug
10/26/21 4:46pm
I don't get it...
Geldir
10/27/21 8:26am
RE: I don't get it...
Cougero
10/27/21 8:32am
Unfortunately, that didn't help me understand
Geldir
10/27/21 8:43am
I also, do not understand
Cougero
10/27/21 9:06am
Perhaps elder Sikahema can shed some light … maybe not
Johnny Vatos
10/27/21 12:06pm
A certain CBer from Oklahoma right now..
JohnnyComeLately
10/26/21 9:55pm
Member of a bishopric threw punches at a dad in Herriman. We don't do stake ball
CougsOrDeath
10/27/21 9:40am
Foothills Stake?
RealSimsShadY
10/27/21 9:42am
I think that it is the name of it but it split about a year ago.
CougsOrDeath
10/27/21 9:44am
That stake didn't play for years and years. Been at least 15 years.
RealSimsShadY
10/27/21 10:02am
We still aren't allowed to play even though the stake split a year ago.
CougsOrDeath
10/27/21 10:10am
West Side Stories
BlooCoog
10/27/21 1:45pm
West Side Truths.
kansascougar
10/27/21 2:11pm
Not crazy. We were playing the Singles ward and our player was driving to the
Cougero
10/26/21 3:23pm
The most disgusted I have been is when I saw an undercut like that
Avery
10/26/21 3:31pm
Yeah, their entire team was cheering as well. I got mad and made sure I sent a
Cougero
10/26/21 3:36pm
Our ref had enough of the complaining, so he took off the whistle, spun it
Tricky
10/26/21 3:24pm
I was lighting it up with 29 points and then
Born2Fish
10/26/21 3:27pm
Humblebrag?
TNT
10/26/21 3:30pm
No, that is straight up bragging.
kansascougar
10/26/21 3:31pm
This right here
Born2Fish
10/26/21 4:11pm
Humblebrag would mention the area where the ward was (Alpine).
ochobeeguy
10/26/21 3:46pm
Portland area
Born2Fish
10/26/21 4:11pm
had a ref who was a HS ref do our mens games.He quit when threatened with murder
Mayor of Cougartown
10/26/21 3:28pm
I was Priests' Q Advisor and later YM Pres and somehow ended up BBall coach as
Hoopster
10/26/21 3:29pm
Not an official church ball game, but this happened at a church building.
Faceman
10/26/21 3:30pm
I honestly don't know why people get so carried away by informal pick-up games?
HiLife
10/26/21 3:41pm
SoCal, 1977-ish regional juniors game at Banning HS ended in a brawl among
NewMexiCoug
10/26/21 3:31pm
I have seen two fights. First was a dude who was notorious for being a hot
Avery
10/26/21 3:36pm
I used to ref games until a guy took a full on swing at me
Nat Gas Man
10/26/21 3:39pm
My son was playing church ball (priest age) And I see him turn around and almost
firstclass
10/26/21 3:39pm
Another one:
CougtheCreator
10/26/21 3:45pm
A guy on my team got angry, picked up a chair, and threw it onto the court.
El Presidente
10/26/21 3:49pm
Had the same chair incident. Also:
Jeremy
10/26/21 3:55pm
I was playing in BYU intramural and was shooting free throws. I missed one and
Cougero
10/26/21 3:55pm
There was another time the intramural ref wouldn't let me play because my hair
El Presidente
10/26/21 4:02pm
Yeah I wasn't allowed to pay with 5 o'clock shadow. So dumb.
IceCreamButt
10/27/21 10:19am
That’s just suckin’ stupid. IM refs are terrible.
mikecito
10/27/21 10:17am
RE: That’s just suckin’ stupid. IM refs are terrible.
Cougero
10/27/21 10:37am
BYU intramural refs were the worst
HiLife
10/26/21 4:00pm
One kid panicked in the corner and heaved an overhead pass to the other side.
ochobeeguy
10/26/21 3:51pm
Non-member friend went for 49 in San Francisco regionals
bluelands
10/26/21 3:52pm
saw Danny White (former Dallas Cowboy QB) playing in my stake center
run26
10/26/21 3:56pm
Danny’s center, Glen Titensor, was the teachers quorum advisor in our ward
NYC and Japan
3/14/23 1:01pm
17 year old knocking us out of the Deacon playoffs. Dude was hot garbage, we had played against 50 times before
mokelembembe
10/26/21 4:01pm
I somehow ended up at the top of the key all alone. I looked around, realized
Oceanographer
10/26/21 4:06pm
An opponent got really angry at a non-LDS guy on our team and our guys stuck up
NewMexiCoug
10/26/21 4:14pm
Just a couple years ago Chris Burgess was on my ward team, we won the area champ
BYUFootballisBack
10/26/21 4:19pm
When I lived in the Bay Area, Mark Bigelow was in my stake
HiLife
10/26/21 4:22pm
When I live in the Bay area, Jimmy Balderson would come play.
azmbacougar
10/26/21 4:52pm
I home taught Chris’ sister. She was 6’7” and primary chorister. She towered
NYC and Japan
3/14/23 1:06pm
We were getting beat by about 40 points with about a minute left, and the other
Pickett
10/26/21 4:22pm
In High School, my ward had a bunch of small shooters (all under 6') we had lost
BYUFootballisBack
10/26/21 4:24pm
RE: Craziest Church Ball story? Go!
Jimo Dashen
10/26/21 8:47pm
Any time I had to ref RS or YW basketball. Aggression, apologizing, falling
ponys
10/26/21 8:58pm
Our YM's President was our coach, and he was also an NCAA ref at the time.
JayCoug
10/26/21 9:06pm
My FIL banned oxcoug’s cousin from Churchball until the millennium.
Iman23
10/26/21 9:16pm
Not crazy but very typical. Our team was winning, called a timeout. In the
FabLabCougar
10/26/21 9:22pm
As a priest, I was about 5'4" and by far the shortest person on the court
IAmSpartyCoug
10/26/21 10:22pm
I imagine some of you were there. Jr Jazz, I'm thinking 10th grade. At Lakeridg. My team was decent. The team we were
Dark Forest Green
10/26/21 10:32pm
Scored 55 in church ball with running clock
gurt
10/27/21 12:56am
Dropped 49 as a 16/17 year old against an "all-star" team. There was a ward team
RealSimsShadY
10/27/21 9:29am
I watched Tanner Toolson put up 73 in a game
Born2Fish
10/28/21 8:54pm
I was in my early 30's and these twin brothers from another ward had just got
bluedad
10/27/21 9:11am
Our ward was throttling another ward in the tourney. A scrappy defender on our team kept getting steals.
fldnstrm
10/27/21 9:28am
I truly don't get the physical fighting. I run my mouth constantly, but never
RealSimsShadY
10/27/21 9:31am
I should have clarified that our scrappy defender was a wrestler and was able to evade a duck most the punches.
fldnstrm
10/27/21 10:27am
I remember that game 🙂
oryguncoug
10/27/21 10:35am
Did you play in that one? I know I was just watching.
fldnstrm
10/27/21 10:56am
I was playing
oryguncoug
10/27/21 11:06am
Friend "mooned" the crowd because of a cheating ref in the 3rd round of a region
CougsOrDeath
10/27/21 9:38am
Playing in the multi-regional championships about 2 hours away from our ward
TheLoanArranger
10/27/21 9:58am
were they?
BYUFootballisBack
10/27/21 10:10am
That's awesome
AZ Coug
10/27/21 12:22pm
literal lol. Thanks!
cube3_cougar
10/28/21 11:51pm
Not crazy but stupid rules we had for our Stake YM league that I was a coach
RealSimsShadY
10/27/21 10:42am
I guess that's one way to force good behavior
HiLife
10/27/21 10:59am
Too Soccer-y for me. Pretty good epitome of youth sports now
RealSimsShadY
10/27/21 11:06am
I gave up playing Church Ball after a few over the top dirty plays
DazeofBlue
10/27/21 10:51am
I gave up church ball when I got so frustrated with the refs (just volunteers
Hoopster
10/27/21 11:02am
Don Ainge, not a member of the church, got invited to play ball
Parker Schnabel
10/27/21 11:13am
Sorta a church ball story, was in the MTC playing volleyball with a bunch of Samoan elders. Most were actually from
vegasnative
10/27/21 11:13am
Twin Falls, ID had some crazy church ball back in the 90s
AZ Coug
10/27/21 12:19pm
I was officiating - had a member of the stake presidency yell at me for a call.
marticorp
10/27/21 12:30pm
I grew up in the 80's with church basketball and softball. For basketball we won
Osteotome
10/27/21 4:04pm
But you missed out on Larping
Cougero
10/27/21 4:11pm
Dad is the Bishop and is asked to tone it down.
Blue for Life
10/27/21 11:55pm
I was asked to play goalie for the opposing team as a 6 y/o. I let a few past me
Cougs4Lfe
3/14/23 5:37am
Back when I was younger I could dunk pretty well. I had just learned some 180 type things…
Robert Baratheon
3/14/23 5:25pm
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