Out of Luck in Mad Town

As the radio announcer so accurately stated: Luck was not on the side of the Cardinals today. My hometown boys lost 57-45 to the undefeated Suring Eagles in the semi-final basketball game at state.

But don't let the wide gap in the final score fool you. It was a close game for the first three quarters with Luck holding a one-point lead at halftime and the score all tied up 38-38 at the end of the third. I don't know exactly what happened to the Cards in the fourth. I mean I was listening to it on an Internet radio station, but all I heard was the remarkable Josh Regal from Suring taking charge.

To Luck's credit, they hung in there pretty well for being the underdogs. Not only was Suring undefeated this year, they crushed their playoff opponents, outscoring them 371-183. (Coincidentally, during the regular season, their closest game was against Iola-Scandinavia, who they beat by only 4 points.)

Although it would have been a great game to see, it was cool to listen on the radio and still hear our fans cheering in the background (some of the same cheers we did in high school!) and hear the announcers draw comparisons to our 1973 team who went to state.

Congrats on a great effort, guys. Let's hope our little village doesn't have to wait another 35 years to find luck in Mad Town!