Youth sports and the parents who try to ruin them
Feeling pretty irritated this afternoon, everyone. Had a negative experience while attending my grandson's junior varsity hockey game last night here in Lexington. Here's the lowdown, and no real names are included. I’ve watched Lexington teams play against Louisville teams for a long time, and it seems that the Louisville players always approach these games with more desire not just to win, but to humiliate their opponents from Lexington. Last night’s game between my grandson's junior varsity hockey team was tied 1-1 and there had been numerous penalties against both teams. Midway through the second period one of our players was at our defensive blue line with the puck and a Louisville player met him there, banged him pretty hard and took the puck. Our player responded in kind and the next thing you know, three Louisville players were on top of him. He fought his way out from under them and play was stopped, because you know there were going to be penaltie...