2022 HOMETOWN HEROES MAGAZINE

2022 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May / June 2022 Page 43 During The evening, the announcer kept people laughing as well. When a WLB athlete ended up splayed out on the floor desperately hanging on to the basketball as he laid there, the firefightercalled out for “picking on someone not his size.” Perhaps the best joke of the night came at the expense of Lincoln Police Officer Phil Cooper. At the game, the announcer said that it appeared that Cooper might not be in proper uniform for the game. You see his shorts were a little on the long side. The announcer said the rule book was being consulted to see if it was okay for a player to wear pants on the court. While the crowd roared and the WLB athletes yelled for the player to be tossed, Cooper took it all in stride, laughing it off in his typical good nature. While we noted earlier that the WLB team had their young ringer, who stepped in from time to time,the law enforcement team also had a ringer of sorts. The adult teams have been referred to as seasoned because they are older than the WLB players, but in reality, most of those players were not all that old. Of course to an 11 year old, 30 is old. Anyway, one in particular looked to be even younger than everyone else on the team. And he was definitely more skilled. The young law enforcement officer had height and the agility. He could snatch the ball, run the ball and most importantly he could sink balls about every time he went to the basket. Continue 8