between our local Romeo High School Bulldogs and the Pontiac Northern Huskies Wednesday night. The best high school games I have seen in a very long time though we lost by a point in overtime.
Romeo jumped out to a seven point lead after the first quarter but Pontiac Northern cut into the lead in small chunks until the third quarter when PN jumped to a five point lead I attribute mainly to the PN press against a team having little game experience against their quickness. But to the amazement of most fans, the Bulldogs catch them. Seesaw through the fourth quarter and we are tied at the end of regulation. In overtime the teams play very close until eventually PN makes a two-pointer to take a one-point lead with 11.9 seconds on the clock. A Romeo timeout produces a play that gets a running one-hander from about 8 feet--too high off the backboard it bounces off the front of the rim and the Dawgs lose by one point.
A 22-1 season earns this team a spot in RHS record book with the most wins by a boys basketball team.
More impressive is the way the players conducted themselves all season, a team humble in victory and gracious in defeat (at a time when players, coaches, and fans that want to not just win games but to humiliate opponents).
This team returns their most versatile and talented player Blake Cushingberry next season and a group of juniors who got prime time playing time throughout the season.
We will follow them again next year.
GO DAWGS!
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bVery cool to hear about Romeo's success this year.
BTW...I am sitting here with Spencer reading blogs and he thinks "Reagans in the Mitten" is a silly name.
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