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One of my favorite lines from the movie Christmas Vacation was when Cousin Eddie asked Clark W. Griswold if he was surprised by his unexpected visit, to which Clark replied, “Eddie, if I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn’t be as surprised as I am right now.”… Continue

The Montrose season is finally over. We lost our final home game (senior night) by one point.



The final 14 seconds of the game epitomized our entire season. The game was tied and we needed to inbound the ball at mid-court. We called a 30 second time-out and drew up our final play, which called for our best player to get the ball on the wing and look to score with 3 seconds left, and have the other four players crash the boards for a last second put-back. Instead, two players went to t… Continue

For those of you keeping score at home, here is a quick Montrose update:



After weeks of adversity, an emotional team meeting, and then the subsequent best practice we have had all year… our team played pretty well last weekend as we won the 54th Annual Sleepy Thompson Invitational Championship in Alexandria, VA. We beat Fork Union Military Academy, St. Albans, and Episcopal. We still aren’t playing as well as we are capable, but we did take a giant step forward and are very thankful f… Continue

For those of you who have been following, you know we (Montrose) have been going through some team adversity the past few weeks. How did we respond this past Friday? Horribly. Ballou High School, out of Washington D.C., beat us in every statistical category and won by 14. It was painful to watch (we had 26 turnovers). To put this loss in its proper context, it was the first time we lost to a local team in 8 years. It is the first time in Coach Vetter’s 34 year career that he has lost 3 games in… Continue