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Fall down 7 times, get up 8
Join Date: Aug 2000
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State Championship - Who has been to one for themselves or their kids?
Let me caveat. My daughter (sophomore) was not Varsity, but played on the Varsity team for 5 games and the tourney. She is still just JV.
Further Caveat: State Championship run: She only played in the District and Sectional and just pinch ran in the Quarterfinals and didn't play at all in the State game against Jeff City. But nonetheless we were a small part of the State Champion Liberty Blue Jays softball team. We had the banquet tonight and I must say that this is an amazing feeling. I went to a rinky dink Catholic high school that did well in Math Competition and the local High School quiz shows, but we were poster children for geeks when it came to sports. We were hammered time and time again in everything from baseball to football, volleyball, basketball, etc. We tried to get revenge in golf, but no other school even had a team; therefore, we were just an eternal practice squad. Anyway, this is Liberty's first softball championship after 5 attempts. We lost only one game all season, had 5 shutouts, 3 no-hitters, and only a single loss to Blue Springs South by a lousy run. The JV team won district as well. What a rush for us, our family, and my kid. I am beaming with pride. Which of you guys have participated in a state championship or had your kids do so? |
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Fall down 7 times, get up 8
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Oh, and Zach, I hate you and wish ill things upon your knees and shins after beating us in football last week.
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Ran state track and finished second Junior year and finished first senior year.
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What event and time? What state? What school?
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Glory days....right?
'90 and '91 state champs in baseball, 6A in KS (Shawnee Mission NW). Went something like 9 for 13 in the tourney my senior year....got myself an article in the paper. I was a slightly above average hitter....more of a defensive guy. Nothing like going out a winner and on a personal high note. Winning state is certainly a feeling I'll never forget. |
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I have a buddy from those teams who still runs Seniors track meets - he regularly runs 48 second 400's. For a 35 year old man, that's blazing. |
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During high school I won $20.00 in a game of eight ball.
Well......it was a school day. ![]()
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We got to the 2A semifinals vs Putnam County in 1990, and lost... by a field goal. Our coach before the game told the whole team that today wasnt gonna be "****a left, ****a right" today... it was gonna be a team effort [referring to our star running back]
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Played in probably the toughest Class A sectional in the state my senior year in basketball. I think at least 4, maybe 5 of the 6 teams in the sectional were ranked in or got votes for the Top 10 of Class A at some point... and a team from that sectional went to the title game the year before, state semifinals this year, and state finals the next year (to give you another barometer, our rival high school in this sectional had Brody Boyd, who as Iowa fans know was a starting guard for you guys and helped win you a Big 10 title, 3rd leading career scorer in the long history of Indiana basketball, and they didn't even make the sectional final this year)... so yeah, we didn't do anything. First game of the sectional my senior year we were playing a 14-7ish team that was probably the 4th best odds-on "favorite" in the sectional (my school was 10-10, but we'd played a tough schedule and beat some good teams)... trailed the whole way and finally made a run late to get the lead down to 4 with momentum when somebody on our team got an awful technical foul, killed the momentum and we never got it back. Boy how I'd love to coach a team in that situation, have a packed blaring loud gym with people having to stand all around the concourse because there's nowhere in the "bowl" to sit....all for high schools that have 300 kids or less with everything on the line... can't beat it.
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Hell, I played on one. We beat kee High Of Lansing
Iowa 8-4. I had two hits, 2 runs scored and a throwing error. I've broadcast several state championship baseball games too. I've broadcast several state wrestling tournyments too. Nothing like actually knowing the kids on the field or court that your covering or watching.
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I won the class 3A state golf championship. Of course that was back when the ball was stuffed with feathers.
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4A state (Kansas) football champions, 1992.
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When I played little league our Bronco baseball team made it to the State Tournament representing our city.
We played well eliminating two teams but alas,we were to find out that we were still just small fish in a big pond.
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we played in some like mid west state championship in little league It was funny our school was so small we only had one bench player and the other school could'nt find our little town so they almost had to forfeit, but we beat 'em ...that is still to this day the best memory of my life
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