MikeHonchoLives

The image of Coach Hinson falling to the floor in despair is seared in my memory forever. In my stupor this morning I failed to recall that game. Sorry for making that mistake. Question my allegiance if you want, but, you’ll find that no one knows the Polar Bears and loves the Polar Bears like me.

Boys. I can’t go to the igloo tomorrow night. So you’ll find the Honcho at the palatial digs of the Blue Jackets, cheering on one of my all time favorite Benedict Arnold Coaches, Sam Elsbernd. He brings such a Northern Kentucky Swagger. His Wildcats are peaking at just the right time, and I have a feeling he’s gonna have coach Kelsch number! Side note: what’s the best thing to eat at NC? They got good pork tenderloin?? It might help my gout if they don’t...

You know. I woke up today. My landlord was yelling at me, and I uh, had quite a headache so I had to yell back. I said “mom, you were there, you saw us lose the game! We had it won!” But then I realized there is much to celebrate in Antarcticsville (Brooksville) we almost beat Mason! It’s been a long time since I could say that. And coach Reed is getting us there! Now I just get to sit back and enjoy my time in Winchester and the sweet 16. Next year, we’ll be taking buses to Rupp!

There are no words for the anguish I feel. With the jersey of Warren Cooper looking down the game was snatched from us by zebras who thought I paid an half hours wage to watch them. They clearly let Mason get away with murder. Heckuva game, disastrously bad officiating. Coach Reed pulled out all the stops and tricks. After the game I got to give him a high 5. That was a special moment. I know he’s already working on next years chess board. We’ll be back. The BC way will be back.

54-50. I’m going home to drown my sorrows.

54-50 and Jhace Cummins fouls outs 24 seconds. I’m not going to make it!!

Royals up 54-47with 45 second left I’m ashamed of these officials. Heartbroken for our boys.

48-44 Royals 1:30 to go. These refs are atrocious!

We started playing chess in October. It’s almost time for a check mate!

4th quarter and were down 2. Polar Bears writing a story book ending!!

I can only imagine that halftime speech. The hair on my neck is raising up just thinking about it!

Royals and their striped teammates have them up 27-24 at half. Coach reed pulled a zone out of his polo and Kirk was not ready! I need more pork tenderloins if I’m gonna make it through this second half! I can’t wait.

Them Bears up 18-16!! 5:00 to go in 2nd. To no ones surprise the Royals have twice as many foul shots. Refs don’t want coach Reed to win!

Woooooooo boy! You won’t believe how electric it is here in the field house tonight! The bands are rocking, the energy is through the roof! It’s a night like this that we added on that new concession stand and hall of fame for! The ultimate dream of playing in the field house is on the line, and I have no doubt that Coach Reed’s short sleeves are filled to the elbow with tricks for Coach Kirk tonight. Coach has been focused all day, I’ve been texting him and he hasn’t responded once. He’s probably too locked in to reply! I know this. I’m down front and center if anyone wants to share my pork tenderloin sammies I got 4 more to share... It’s gonna be a good night! Bears by 90.

Head Honcho likes to say: if you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying!

Absolutely. All the focus tonight was on Jhace and Blake. No need to win this one, just get tuned up for Mason!! Coach Reed starts with his polo untucked because he’s so intense it wouldn’t stay tucked! He’s got all kinds of tricks stored in those short sleeves for districts and I can’t wait!

Can’t win on this board. I’ve been telling you all year, all year, that we play 36 scrimmages. Last night was another one. We were focused on getting Jhace his points to get to 1000. We were focused on some other things in order to get ready for mason. We didn’t spend any time this week worrying about that team of scrubs. Enjoy this loss BGP Polar Bear haters... it might be the last one until we’re in Rupp!!!

The Honcho agrees! This smells like a fix!

They'll be lucky to make it out of the district! The matchup between two of my all-time favorite Polar Bear Coaches will be a doozy when Kelsch meets up with Elsbernd! What a game!

Good ole Senior night. One of the most emotional nights of the year for old Honcho. Having watched these boys play and those gals cheer for 4 years it brings a tear to my eye to think about how far they've come, and how they're leaving it all out on the floor for moments that they'll always know are the best years of their life. Jhace Cummins and Jared Zornes gave us some more memories last night in their final Regular Season Scrimmage (Seed the district!) and the Polar Bears left as winners! Ludlow is an EXCELLENT team, that I expect to make some noise in the 9th region tourney. Those folks up in NKY sure know how to play! But they came down to the igloo and knew they were IN FOR IT. Coach Reed has this time primed and ready to make a run in the districts and region, and I am here for it. He's not ready to hang up his polo for this season quite yet, there's still a whoooole lot of tricks up those short sleeves!

This game was all about getting used to playing in the GRC arena. No sense in showing anything to any wandering eyes. Since we can’t play at the field house— we had to be ready for our run at a strange place. It’s nice— but I don’t think it matches up to the igloo in Brooksville. Our hall of fame is one in a million!!

Yes. There aren’t enough Polar Bears on this roster.

Coach Hinson got ejected tonight. I’d say he deserved it. He’s not been the same since he left Brooksville. Doesn’t quite have the same Polar Bear Panache anymore. It’s like he switched hair gels or something. He just can’t get it right. It goes to show that if the grass is greener on the other side, water your own grass! Meanwhile, Coach Reed is over in Brooksville manicuring, mowing, fertilizing and treating our grass!

Coach Reed was disappointed. He wanted to win this one bad. When you have a coach who drives passions like Coach you have times where people don’t like it. But those of us who are tried and true Bracken County folks know that he’s a winner. It won’t be long until we’re winning these games!

The fact that they won't seed just shows that it's a participation trophy thing. The KHSAA needs to man up and mandate seeding across every district and even in the state. These bouncing balls, pill drawing shenanigans need to stop. Just this weekend I saw a 1st grade tourney that was seeded. But by golly, don't seed the most important weekend of the year!?!? Ugh. This is one of the best weekends, it would be even better if they would seed not draw!