If there's anything to the old adage of the strongest steel being forged by fire, are we not seeing that in the post-season basketball tournaments? And, isn't it something you'd want for your student athlete?
Carla Siegel's program, the one she's played in and coached in for 34 seasons, becomes the first girls basketball program in Ohio to win 1,000 games. And the Redskins did it in dominating fashion to win their 31st district championship.
The Troy Trojans had a comeback in them, led by Bryce Haught and aggressive defense, but they still couldn't quite find a way to earn a tournament victory.
Eli Heitkamp's shooting in the fourth quarter (above) helped get Fort Loramie going. He finished with 7 points for the game (five in the 4th quarter) in the Redskins's 47-37 win over Lehman Thursday at the Piqua sectional. Read about the game....
What's it's like to play Fort Loramie? Their pressure defense created turnovers and transition points, and their perimeter shooting caught on in the second half to crush Twin Valley South in Wednesday's Division VII district semi-final . Read about the game..
