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friends, why can·t we be friends ... on the court?

by Maddie Lorenzen
It all began with some trash talk tweeting between The Basket Brawlers "I t was kind of weird because basketball does get pretty physical and
and The Black and Blue Bailers , intended to create hype for the intramural you 're not usually having to do that with people you're good friends with.
basketball semifinals
But we knew the winner of the game would go to the championships and
"I had a bunch of football players on my team [The Basket Brawlers[, so win the gilt card so thot was good motivation to play intensely ," Thorson
I'd just tweet about how we all were going to win another championship said
together," senior Cody Thorson said. Thorson 's play helped give the Brawlers a 4-0 lead at the start, but
Though the competition was heightened, it was all "good fun " as the rival despite the threat of losing , the Bailers came back and won the semis 13-7.
teams were, in reality, close friends - friends that really wanted to destroy However, it wasn 't the end of the rood for the Brawlers.
each other on the court. "We all shook hands and wished them luck on the championship We
"Cody and I were so competitive against each other. We have had a ri- had one more game to play for third place, so we began focusing on that
valry dating back to when we would have FIFA tournaments every Friday," instead I could tell they were happy they beat us, but it was a friendly
senior Thomas Prinz, player for the Black and Blue Bailers , said. [finish)," Thorson said
With a championship and fifty dollar gift card to Mama's Pizza up for Even though the game was fraught with emotion and play, the loss and
grabs, the two teams cast their friendships aside for the lime being, igniting victory were handled with grace, Twitter trash talk was put aside, and
the competition. friendships were not in the least bit hindered