On the day of January the fifteenth in the year of our lord two thousand and ten a great event took place right under our very noses.  On this day the 02536 was partly responsible for a great victory on the courts of the Robert V. Antonucci field house (which $80,000,000 dollars later, looks suspiciously exactly the same as when the goat was grazing in the lacrosse field out back on a daily basis, but I digress) We will get back to the great victory, but for now we must go back to earlier in the day to explain the significance of the 02536s involvement.

On the previously mentioned day a great leader of the 02536, a shaper of young minds, Paul Lundberg, brought forth 14 warriors dressed in the maroon and white battle gear of the mother town. These young men are the Falmouth High School varsity boys basketball team, and the site of their visit was none other than the East Falmouth Elementary School. This may seem like a trivial event which may be commonplace in some communities, but there is a twist to this story. The Athletes were not walking in as unkown, faceless entities, you see they were meeting their friends.

At the beginning of every basketball season Coach Lundberg assigns each child in his fourth grade class to one of the members of the varsity basketball team and they become pen pals. A novel idea and a great addition to the youngsters of the 02536 early educational experiences, but it does not stop there. While the day the basketball team comes to school is no doubt one the children look forward to, it is only the beginning of the 0253spectacle to continue on into the night.

The Clippers take to the court a few hours later and it is not just any other night, ladies and gentleman, the evening is TITLED East Falmouth Night! That’s right the 02536 is not only being represented, but celebrated on this evening. With most children from the East Falmouth Elementary in attendance, the evening starts off with every Falmouth player and his respective pen pal being introduced together.

As the game nears it is the children of the 02536, the apples of the center of the universe, the chosen ones, who sing the national anthem. At halftime the Easty little ones git down and boogie on the court with the Falmouth cheerleaders. (In the goats experience for most 02536 bred boys this will not be the last time they do this)

At the opening of this article, we claimed the 02536 was partly responsible for a great victory that day. The Falmouth Basketball Team took it to Plymouth North that beautiful night and tallied a 24 point victory, winning the battle 70-46. If you don’t think that the team and the students of East Falmouth Elementary were working together as one in order to win that game then you know nothing of the camaraderie of athletics.

In front of the largest crowd for a game this season some of the Falmouth school systems oldest students and some of its youngest simultaneously learned a life lesson that no classroom can teach, they learned about community, and that my friends is the spirit of East Falmouth Night. That is also why it is an event worthy of waking the slumbering goat and forcing him to action.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the 02536 this event happened with no pomp or circumstance and would go untold had it not been for the many ears of the stewards of the center of the universe on the street. (Namely Uncle Ya’s Nephew)

Since the Basketball team is doing their part for the community we think it is time for the community do their part for the basketball team. This Friday the 5th of February first place in the ACL will be on the line when Falmouth squares off against Marshfield at 6:30 p.m. The last time these two teams played Marshfield claimed victory in front of a large and boisterous crowd on their home turf.

Let us, the 02536 rally behind these young men who have selflessly given their time to our village and children and show up in record numbers to help them claim the league lead on their way to the State Tournement.

Godspeed Falmouth Basketball players, Coaches Lundberg and Patterson, and godspeed to the 02536!

p.s. Yes the rumors are true, Joe2536 went to the Highfield Ball and our cameras captured it, stay tuned for episode 2 of the Adventures of Joe2536.