HUDSON– Hudson freshman Roland Blood has decided to transfer to Beaver Country Day School. The varsity point guard was offered a full scholarship to the school in Newton, MA, and has chosen to reclass, repeating the ninth grade.
This scholarship is the next step for him in basketball. Blood started playing basketball at five years old; his first team was Hudson Rec where he stayed for three years. Throughout the years of playing basketball, he created lifelong connections with his teammates.
Blood has always been on the court with them and this change is something that is going to take some time getting used to.
When asked what his biggest worry was he said, “I would definitely say leaving my teammates because they are people that I have built a bond with over a long amount of time.”
Not seeing his friends at school everyday was something that weighed on Blood´s mind, but with time he started to feel better about it
“At the end of the day I’m not moving towns, I’m just going to a different school. I will be able to see everyone outside of school like at football games, baseball like everything, I’ll be at the basketball games as well.” said Blood
Him leaving is an upsetting but wonderful thing for both him and his high school career.
“It’s definitely really sad but I think it would just be the best choice for me and my family,” he said.
Blood is excited to be playing with a more basketball focused group and ready to face his new competitors.
“It feels really good because I feel like this is only the start of my journey and it just feels good starting it off,” said Blood.
He’ll be the youngest player on the team but that is something that won’t bother him since he is used to being the youngest on the court.
After meeting his new teammates and coach he feels a lot better for the upcoming season and thinks that the chemistry will improve with time.
“My relationships with the people at my new school are pretty strong and I’ve only known them for a couple of weeks so I think it’s only gonna get better. I really like my new coach. I think he is like a really really good basketball coach and on top of that he is a great guy outside of it like he is really easy to talk to.” he said.
He isn’t worried about how the Hudson team will do without him, in fact he thinks that they will do really well.
“I think they are actually gonna do great because of the people that they have on the court, the good
coaches and chemistry, I think they will be fine.” he said.
This opportunity is a big breakthrough for his future and an amazing chance for him to showcase his talents.
“It’s the next step forward, because playing at Hudson I was doing really well and it was really fun, but going to a school where I can play better competition is way better for my future and it just means and helps me a lot, it’s really beneficial for me.” said Blood.
Although basketball will be the main focus for him there, Blood is also focusing on education and all of the options that the new school provides him.
“I’m definitely taking a lot of things around the same stuff like obviously math, english, history but overall the academics are just better and it would be better for my future.” Blood said.
Supposing that his 288 points transfer over Blood hopes to hit all of his goals at Beaver school.
“I actually plan to hit 2,000,¨ Blood said. ¨At Hudson, there are around 22 games in the season and at prep school I’d say there’s around like 40 games so I have a higher chance of reaching that.” he said.
His family has always been there for him and he feels proud to be following in his father’s footsteps. He believes that his family and coaches are the reason that he has been able to get this opportunity.
“Over my basketball journey my parents have helped me a lot because they brought me everywhere and they paid for all of the stuff that I needed. Also all of my coaches and everything that they do for me helped span new opportunities and helped me get more exposure.” Blood said.
Blood’s skills have brought him this far and he hopes that they continue to improve so he can get better and accomplish all of the dreams that he has for his future.
“Thousands of people apply to that school each year and only a few get a scholarship and I think that since I got the scholarship it just shows how the coach believes in me and my talent.”
