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Post by blue2blue on Feb 10, 2011 16:30:50 GMT -5
And yes, Elkhart did lose to small schools. Jefferson Twp., Middlebury and Wakarusa all defeated the Blazers during the 60's before those schools were closed.
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Post by blue2blue on Feb 10, 2011 16:43:32 GMT -5
Funniest memory of a sectional at Elkhart. Penn was playing Elkhart and in pre-game the 2 mascots were on the floor. The Blazers mascot was a kid who must have easily weighed 300 pounds and was wearing a Blue Blazer letter sweater about 2 sizes too small. He had on some type of head gear and was holding a lightning bolt about 4 to 5 ft. long, very pointy on the end. Penn's mascot was a knight, decked out in a chain mail look, (imagine a medieval knight), very well decked out. The Penn mascot was, sorry to say, a bit of a jerk, not necessarily liked by many of the Penn fans. During the warm-ups the rotund Blazer mascot shuffled over while the Penn mascot was turned the other way and lets' just say, the point of the lightning bolt was injected into a part of the body where the sun don't shine. Even the Penn fans had to cheer at the look on the Kingsmen mascot's face. Priceless.
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Post by MapleLeaf99 on Feb 11, 2011 7:32:24 GMT -5
You are making the assumption that those schools want to play us, rather once we were not on those teams sectional they did not. You brought up the example of Northridge, when they moved to 4a they were not interested in playing us. I didn't mean to imply that Northridge had nothing to do with the decision. I just seem to remember that there were quotes from both coaches saying it was the right thing to do because the games were no longer very competitive. Although I realize Coach Buller may have been saying those things to not make Northridge out to be the bad guy! As you point out, you would match up really well some years but that's not always going to be the case. So I'm not completely convinced you would still be playing Northridge (or other larger schools in the area) if there was still one class. Of course, this wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong! Bottom line...I think a person's opinion of class basketball comes down to what you're used to. I grew up in Oregon where, like most states, they have multiple classes for every sport. Schools rarely, if ever, even played a school from a different class. While I can totally see the appeal of one class, I just don't necessarily think it's hands down the best way to do things. And I certainly don't think it cheapens a championship just because a school is on a level playing field with other schools.
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Post by Kyle Feller on Feb 11, 2011 8:09:03 GMT -5
You are making the assumption that those schools want to play us, rather once we were not on those teams sectional they did not. You brought up the example of Northridge, when they moved to 4a they were not interested in playing us. And I certainly don't think it cheapens a championship just because a school is on a level playing field with other schools. Well....whether it's the best way or not the best way...it was certainly the most profitable, IHSAA has been in a major financial struggle every since their decision. And unless I'm mistaken....no matter the size of the school it was 5 on 5 with 12 dressed players.....2-3 officials and the same set of rules. How much more level can you get?
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