John Riggs Scrimmages with Yakima Special Olympics Basketball

We were asked if we'd like to come play some 5-on-5 basketball matchups with some of Yakima's best athletes Friday afternoon -- and I couldn't wait! I knew they were good, but I didn't know exactly how good until I got there.

We played four 10-minute games and also helped others practice dribbling and shooting. It was a lot of fun!

The first game pitted myself, Kelly West from 94.5 KATS and Rik, Michele and Cefus from 92.9 The Bull against some of the best players they had. We started out as if we were there just to have fun until the other guys easily passed through us and scored bucket after bucket. That's when we knew it was time to step it up.

But no matter how much we put ourselves into it, we couldn't even score one basket against these guys!

The next few rounds we got a few points, but not as many as the other guys. Wow, they were fantastic!

I knew several of the players from my involvement with Children's Village. It was a pleasure to be there.