Every year we see stories come out of youth sports about massive blowouts.

Blowouts are a part of sports, and they usually happen once you get to the high school level.

You’ll see it in high school basketball a lot, and sometimes in high school football.

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And even more ridiculous than the final score was the shot totals of this game being 141-0.

It’s one thing to get completely obliterated and scored on nearly once a minute during the game.

But they couldn’t even just let one shot fly from anywhere on the ice?

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When one team is clearly so far superior to another.

Do you keep your foot on the gas and continue to score at will?

Do you call the dogs off and just play a game of keep-away for half the game?

Do you blame the coaches for letting it get out of hand?

Do you think blowouts are just a part of sports and can teach the losing team a valuable lesson?

The debate rages on and on.

Really, there’s no true one way to handle a situation like this.

Each one is unique, and deserves a different approach.

That would be the parents of the Belle Tire team.

I mean what are we even doing here, guys?

Just blame their parents for putting them out there in the first place.

Not everyone is going to the NHL, guys.

At some point you have to be realistic and decide that maybe AAA isn’t worth it.