Happy Valley bound
The high school basketball season, with the exception of a few all-star games, ends with this weekend, with the state finals at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College.
Last year, for a variety of reasons, one being the location (move to State College from Hershey), was the first year in about two decades are more, our group didn’t make the trip.
The state finals, at least the Friday games, have long been a tradition. When it was in Hershey, Chocolate World and Parkside were two of the traditional stops. You know, had to take the tour and get those tasty cheeseburgers between games.
I’ve been to the BJC once years ago when someone named Bob Knight was coaching Indiana and they played the Nittany Lions. Don’t remember much about the place, other than Knight’s post-game news conference carried on the closed circuit television.
So, it will be a new experience, finding new things to do before and between games. It will also be new that we’re actually planning on staying for the Saturday games as well.
Okay, when we planned the trip we were hoping that Columbia was going to be playing on that Saturday. So, hopefully Strawberry Mansion will be playing. It would add a nice touch to the season to say that Columbia played a state champ.
The games we will see on Friday are the Girls AA, Boys A, Girls AAAA and Boys AAA.
We’re going to see either York Catholic or Trinity in the girls’ AA game and I have to admit that if it’s Trinity, it will be tough not seeing the late Harry DeFrank on the sidelines. We’re most likely going to see an All-District 3 final in Boys AAA between Susquehanna Township and Steel-High.
We’re probably going to see Chester in the Boys AAAA game.
While the state finals is now more than two hours from our town, I would highly recommend the trip, not only for fans but athletes as well. Same goes for the state wrestling finals.
I think its important for our young athletes to get a taste of what they can do with their talent. Get that hunger in their stomachs that they want to get to the big game.
Also, by the way, there are a couple of Columbia ties that might come into play this weekend. Don Holt, a 1974 grad of Columbia, has a daughter, who is a starter on the Trinity team and “Tink” Lutz, the equipment manager for the football team, has a grandson playing for Kennedy Catholic, who just might be playing in the Boys A title game.
Who knows, if he’s not suspended for a fight last Saturday, we might even hear that Terrelle Pryor from Jeanette is going to Penn State to play football and the legend himself, Joe Paterno, might even make an appearance.
Last year, for a variety of reasons, one being the location (move to State College from Hershey), was the first year in about two decades are more, our group didn’t make the trip.
The state finals, at least the Friday games, have long been a tradition. When it was in Hershey, Chocolate World and Parkside were two of the traditional stops. You know, had to take the tour and get those tasty cheeseburgers between games.
I’ve been to the BJC once years ago when someone named Bob Knight was coaching Indiana and they played the Nittany Lions. Don’t remember much about the place, other than Knight’s post-game news conference carried on the closed circuit television.
So, it will be a new experience, finding new things to do before and between games. It will also be new that we’re actually planning on staying for the Saturday games as well.
Okay, when we planned the trip we were hoping that Columbia was going to be playing on that Saturday. So, hopefully Strawberry Mansion will be playing. It would add a nice touch to the season to say that Columbia played a state champ.
The games we will see on Friday are the Girls AA, Boys A, Girls AAAA and Boys AAA.
We’re going to see either York Catholic or Trinity in the girls’ AA game and I have to admit that if it’s Trinity, it will be tough not seeing the late Harry DeFrank on the sidelines. We’re most likely going to see an All-District 3 final in Boys AAA between Susquehanna Township and Steel-High.
We’re probably going to see Chester in the Boys AAAA game.
While the state finals is now more than two hours from our town, I would highly recommend the trip, not only for fans but athletes as well. Same goes for the state wrestling finals.
I think its important for our young athletes to get a taste of what they can do with their talent. Get that hunger in their stomachs that they want to get to the big game.
Also, by the way, there are a couple of Columbia ties that might come into play this weekend. Don Holt, a 1974 grad of Columbia, has a daughter, who is a starter on the Trinity team and “Tink” Lutz, the equipment manager for the football team, has a grandson playing for Kennedy Catholic, who just might be playing in the Boys A title game.
Who knows, if he’s not suspended for a fight last Saturday, we might even hear that Terrelle Pryor from Jeanette is going to Penn State to play football and the legend himself, Joe Paterno, might even make an appearance.
Labels: state edition, View from the Sidelines
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