A few minutes ago my dear wife, Carrie, and I pulled in the driveway.  It was a quick drive from Seymour.  Our friend Steve Hanger was with us.  When Steve and I get together time flies faster than our stories.

Tonight at the Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium in Seymour, the Lady Cats of North Harrison High School were defeated by the Bedford North Lawrence Lady Stars 47-39.

God Bless the fans from North Harrison.  They showed up in GREAT numbers given a 6 o’clock tip-off in Seymour some 60 miles from Ramsey.  I was so proud of all our folks.  I was especially proud of the Lady Cats.

The Lady Cats fought hard to the very end.

Much has been made of the Lady Cats being moved up in class from 3A to 4A just because they made appearances in the last two 3A State Final games but did not win either one.  I have made noise about it.

Look, I just speak the rights.  No need to stop now.  The three officials doing tonight’s game wanted to be more of the story than the ten girls on the floor.  They seemed like they were not there for the right reasons.  I have NEVER called out refs before.  These guys were beyond terrible.  They were showy and demonstrative when they relayed calls to the scorer’s table.  One guy out there looked like he was auditioning for the part.  It was sad.  It was sad because I know the NH team worked so hard to get there.

This is not to say that a few more free throws in the hole for North and a few less in the hole for BNL would not have made a difference.  Sure it would have.  But I had a great sense that country mouse was not welcomed in city mouse’s gym…on many levels.  And that is a shame.

The IHSAA got it wrong again when they moved NHHS to 4A in girls basketball.  I say again referencing to a football snafu after a storm ten years ago that cancelled a football game that never got played.  But that is ancient history.

What won’t be ancient history is the run the NHHS Lady Cats have been on the last three years.  The ball will keep bouncing and the Lady Cats will keep rolling.

I am proud of all of them.

Speaking the Rights…

Danny Johnson