? Fan-tastic Day 2 opening game! 

Congratulations Dragons on the OT win!

Dragons baby!

Dragons!  I thought WC’s athleticism would match up well with Male.  Congrats!

Some poor decision making by Male late in that OT!

That's a pretty decent start to the day. 

111 total points scored in the game, just like I predicted.

All of you are always a step behind Randall.

Mildly surprising I guess.  Just read yesterday that Male hasn’t won a state title since 1975, which is pretty hard to believe.  Was talking to a Louisville high school coach yesterday, he said the Ballard job is the best job in the 7th region (which makes it probably the best job in the state).  I tend to think of Ballard and Male as 1 and 1A, but I guess that’s not the common perception - there’s more distance than that between the two in terms of pecking order.  Eastern is a mystery - it’s in some ways a mirror of Ballard, but for whatever reason isn’t in the same stratosphere.  The coach’s point was it’s ironic the best job in the 7th Region and the best job in the 8th Region are open at the same time.

Congratulations to Warren Central!! 

Fun game, congrats Dragons.

In all seriousness, that's an excellent win for the Dragons.  

That was a fun game to watch!

6 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

111 total points scored in the game, just like I predicted.

All of you are always a step behind Randall.

Yeah, but you're walking backwards. 

Don't make me break out the GoT gif.

Great game! Congrats to Warren Central!

21 minutes ago, Mojocat said:

Mildly surprising I guess.  Just read yesterday that Male hasn’t won a state title since 1975, which is pretty hard to believe.  Was talking to a Louisville high school coach yesterday, he said the Ballard job is the best job in the 7th region (which makes it probably the best job in the state).  I tend to think of Ballard and Male as 1 and 1A, but I guess that’s not the common perception - there’s more distance than that between the two in terms of pecking order.  Eastern is a mystery - it’s in some ways a mirror of Ballard, but for whatever reason isn’t in the same stratosphere.  The coach’s point was it’s ironic the best job in the 7th Region and the best job in the 8th Region are open at the same time.

So Male now almost a half century and Ballard a nearly a quarter century since their last titles. Perceptions, eh?

I'm a fan of both, but I grew up watching Jim Huter and Wade Houston coached High teams. The Male "brand" for me still has the best cache'.

Trinity is now in the mix. Winning a title, top program or not, is still a rare thing to be savored. Until the Bulldogs or Bruins is the last team standing at the dance at Rupp, are they now really battling for more than Louisville supremacy?

I was a senior when Warren Central lost to Male in overtime in 2002. This exorcised some demons.