Another perfect regular season
A couple of things have kept me from blogging the last few weeks: my father-in-law passed away earlier in the month, then this week, I decided — based primarily on where I live and where our stringer lives — to send our stringer from Bloomington to cover East at BNL while I went to the Greensburg-North Decatur game. I expected to see a much closer game than I’m used to, but the Pirates had to go and make me feel “at home” with a blowout of the Chargers. Thanks.
But you’re here to read about the 4A No. 1 Olympians, who finished a 9-0 regular season and enter the tournament as one of the favorites to battle for the state title at Lucas Oil Stadium on Nov. 29.
The sectional draw certainly helps. All due respect to Seymour and other teams in Sectional 15, but let’s face it: the favorites are East, East Central and Shelbyville. And while the Trojans and Golden Bears are in the top half of the bracket, the O’s are in the bottom half.
The tournament begins with East hosting Seymour. Should the O’s prevail — and keep in mind, the Owls did stun the O’s in the first round of the 2005 sectional — then East has a long road trip ahead of them.
Regardless of who wins between South Dearborn and Madison, that team will host East in the second round of the sectional.
Personally, I’m hoping for the Cubs to pull the upset, because Madison is a lot easier to get to than South Dearborn. Trust me, we’ll be printing directions in the paper if East should have to travel to Dearborn.
Of course, should East reach the sectional championship, the game will be played at the friendly confines of John Stafford Field.
And beyond that? Well, if I’m reading the IHSAA site correctly, East should hit the road yet again for the regional.
That’s right. Another trip to the Reitz Bowl, anyone?
