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Eastbrook Sectional Championship Recap with Zach Carter (2.193.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_05]: Welcome Sports Fans to a special edition of the Central Indian Sports Report, our recap of class 2A sectional 40, the championship game at Eastbrook on Saturday night between the Black for Bruins and the Wapahani Raiders, a 47-37 victory by Blackford their first sectional championship.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: The program's 13th overall and 3rd this century.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: The first I spoke with Zach Carter, who was covering the game for the Muncie Star Press, and got his recap and his thoughts on Blackford's win, and then I spoke with Head Coach Aaron Daniels, seniors Jacob Dillon, Reggie Durin, and Mason Kitterman, and sophomore Marry Leggett, and got their thoughts on the historic night at Eastbrook.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Last thing, we had some audio issues on our L Wood sectional recap.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: We will have that this might be later this evening or maybe even Tuesday morning.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And again, we will have a preview and a recap of the regional lapel as well.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: I'm here with my friends at Carter covering the class 2A sectional 40 championship game here at Eastbrook High School.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Zach was kind of an odd game wasn't it and Blackford just a little better throughout the entire night.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, I think if you told Head Coach Aaron Daniels a Blackford that his star player more leg you know would be sitting for a minute 30 in this game which is
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Pretty pretty pretty good for a good player.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: It's pretty long time and yet there's still be a Wapahani team by ten Who has been in these situations before he seemed pretty shocked about that, but man tonight It was all about role players and he praised all of his guys.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: I mean when you have your star player to 18 points But you have ten formation kingdom in you have the other guys with four or five and six points adding to it You can't really stop that when shots are falling shots are falling and that's what was happening for the burn tonight
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  [SPEAKER_05]: earlier in the year Frank can be blackford by 30 points and the reason was they couldn't they couldn't keep Frankton from stealing the ball from them.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: It was pretty much every possession and tonight they played keep away from probably three or four total minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah and I think that was a main thing.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: You didn't see a lot of turnovers from blackford and the final five minutes of the game really not many mistakes a few fouls here and there but you know, Wapahani had a
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  [SPEAKER_06]: a pretty big turn over here at the baseline, a few other plays, few other fouls, but really for Blackford just keeping it together, you know, letting Martin kind of take off a little bit, you know, he finished with 18, he can't took off in the second half, but staying poised, you know, other guy stepping up, just playing good basketball.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: And when you do that in March at this time of the year, that's dangerous, and that's what we saw tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And we know how explosive blackford can be, leg it and ketamine or capable of combining for 60 points on a night.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: You know, but tonight they did it with defense.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: They did it with rebounding, no second opportunities.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And it was just a really impressive all around performance by blackford.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, it's kind of like what Coach Daniel said at this point in the year, you got to step up multiple ways and for black for it offensively defensively, you know, holding on to the ball, making shots, not taking bad, you know, looks.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: They did all that.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: I don't think there was one, you know, maybe besides some foul trouble for, for late get when he started the game, but after that they locked in that second half, not a lot of mistakes, not a lot of dumb decisions, just really good basketball, really good team basketball and like, like Coach said, you know, at this point in the year, you do that, you win games and this is how you win games and tournament.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: you want to talk about Wapahani here in a minute but you also work for the Harold Bolton and Rob Haatt have you seen Lapelle this year?
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  [SPEAKER_06]: I have a little bit you know Lapelle is a pretty good team.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: I think it's a team that a lot of people didn't know how they were going to be but they've been strong and really Lapelle's been a good team the last few years that people kind of ride off but you know it's just like a few other teams you could talk about you know a Mark Dowweiler and Delta when it's tournament time teams figure it out and Lapelle's one of those teams so we could see a good one between Lapelle and Blackford.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: How do they match up?
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Well, who do you think would have the advantage?
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Man, well, first of all, you get to prepare for Marley against it.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: So that's already going to be a challenge for the Pelopel.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Pelopel's got some guys.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: I know you know Rob's going to have more on that this week talking about that, but the other thing.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: The depth and balance with the lapel.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Yes, the depth.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: It is great.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: But then you saw the night depth from Blackford.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: So you have two teams who can use that depth to be dangerous and man, I don't know who's going to cover that one for Rob, but whoever it is, I'm jealous because that's going to be a good game.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: It's going to be a great game.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Can't wait to be at Lippell on Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And Zach, let's talk a little bit about Wapa honey.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: There are three year sectional championship street comes to an end.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Of course, new coach, kind of a new...
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  [SPEAKER_05]: a new direction.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: What are your feelings?
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  [SPEAKER_05]: What kind of what did you hear from Coach Andrews the thoughts on what happened tonight?
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: You know Andrews talked on you in the first half and it was for you know there's some shots that weren't falling I think when you know you get to the playoffs and starts a short shots you're not falling sometimes you get a little nervous but in that second half you saw multiple threes go for Wapahani that made this at one plank of four five point game you know in the second half they just could not get over the hum but
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Man, you know, I think Jeff told us, you know, for the seniors for Camden Bell, Eli Andrews for those guys, this is the first time they've ever lost in sectional.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: They've never lost a sectional game in their career, and I think that's just a testament to the program, and you know, talking to Camden Bell after the game, you know, obviously he, you know, he's going to Taylor after this year committed there.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: I've heard of it.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, I've heard it pretty good, pretty good school there.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: It's my album model.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Oh yeah, okay, and he over well, but you know, talking to him, he couldn't have better things to say about the community, the program, but you see guys like Camden Bell, Eli Andrews, Isaac Andrews, Nate loose.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: They come through here because of how the program's built.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: It's built to be a no-nonsense.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: You go out there and you die on the court.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: You play for your community and they do it every year.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: And I think Jeff Andrews and his first year taking over from Atlas did a great job of following that tradition.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: It's also a bit of a testament to Blackford and the run that they just made.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: They went through an Alexander team that came in with a seven game winning streak was playing as well as any, and just beaten Frank in by 20 points, and then you play the home team, a good host team, and Eastbrook come away with a win there.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And then you take on the three time champions.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: I asked Coach Daniels when the draw happened and he said I love it.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Let's go get it done and they were able to get it done.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: When he told us, he's like before the game, even before the tournament, he told these guys, hey, we're going to play some teams that more experience here.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: If we get to the finals and Wapahani's there, we're playing a team that has much more experience than any of us.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: We can't afford to make any mistakes.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: And I could say besides some foul trouble for Marri and a little bit in the first half,
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  [SPEAKER_06]: There weren't a lot of mistakes and they delivered on that challenge from their head coach and I just think when you do that in March Do that in the tournament.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Good things happen.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: That's what happened for Black for the night
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Zach, thanks so much for your time.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Everybody go read Zach's work at the Muncie Star Press and Kate Hampton.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: There's also great, they do great work there.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Kate also one of our favorites over at the Star Press.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Go check out their cover.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: They're going to have great coverage of Blackford as well throughout this tournament run.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And we hope it's a long one.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Thanks so much.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Awesome.
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  [SPEAKER_06]: Thank you for having me now.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Please stay tuned for Blackford Hector and Daniel Seenier.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining me.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: I'm glad you're here.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Thanks a lot, Marty.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Well coach, I know coming into the game you thought you were going to do it, you expected to do it.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Now how's the field that you finally did it?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, it feels unbelievable for our kids and it feels unbelievable the way we did it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, if you would have told me that Mario Legit was going to sit a minute, 30 in this game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, that's more than he sat the entire year combined and it wasn't a, it didn't affect us.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And we just our role players came up absolutely huge tonight and I'm so proud of the effort.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We locked into the game plan defensively did a really good job on them.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's one of the best feelings in the world and to be able to experience that in my second year, and with this group of guys, it's fantastic.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: I do want to talk about the game playing here, but first, when you got the sectional draw, you saw, you got the hottest team first, the home team, which is also a really good team second, then the three-time defending champions third, you know you're going to have to go through it.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: I'm sure you felt like your team was able to do it though.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we arguably got the best role and I told everybody we just want Alex on fresh legs.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, we wanted them Tuesday.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Now, so you turn around and have play Facebook and then Wapahani back to back was tough.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But we knew that we were capable of being anybody on any given night.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think that just builds.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, we needed to be a Wapahani team tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's kids that's played in the state finals.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So for us to be able to do that, we needed the experience that we got earlier this week, winning a sectional game Tuesday and Friday.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think that was a huge factor.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Clearly, this game was won with defense and rebounding, but one thing early in the year, the Franklin game, you couldn't have moved the ball like you played keep away.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: I would have been impossible earlier in the year.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Why were you guys able to go from inefficient to so efficient doing that tonight?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think a lot of it's confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: People defend us to make our role players beat you.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think, growing in the era, kids were thinking, well, that makes us feel like we're not good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, we've got good players.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Reggie Derns is a good basketball player.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Mason McHugh is a good basketball player.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think as soon as that confidence hits, they start to recognize that for three games in a row, our role players have taken care of the ball.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Steps of the ball and taken care of the game and won the game for us.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Was being deliberate?
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Was that part of the game plan or was it something that they just kind of gave you?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it's something that they gave us tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, we weren't necessarily thinking that was going to be it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But you know, that's just the way it came out and you know, just an unbelievable effort bar kids.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Coach, I will talk to you and your players later in the week.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: We'll do a couple of special Blackford Bruins reports because you are a sectional champion.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Please stay tuned for Blackford Junior Mason Kidderman.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's four years coming.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I've gone to school with these kids and since I was, you know, kindergarten first grade or so, you know, it's, it's, if it's amazing to celebrate one of my biggest life of consciousness accomplishments with a bunch of my peers.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that'll be a moment you'll never forget.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, sir.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, well, tell me about what point of the game where you're starting to think, hey, I think we got this.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Honestly, tip off.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we knew we were better team coming into it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We knew every game this week were the best team in the gym.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, you got to go into a game like this.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You got to go in with confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we came in with confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we knew we were the better team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we knew even if they hung with us for a little bit, we were going to prevail.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we were going to come out victorious.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Defense tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: What was the game plan?
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Why were you so successful holding them to, you know, not very many boys?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we know there are double-headed monsters and Bell and Andrews, and you know, Bell can score at any time he wants, and we knew we had to lock him down.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We started out with Marion.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Mario got a quick voucher open and McFeely really just stepped up and really really held him to tough shots and only one shot at a time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So it was, it was a good overall defense by our whole team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We communicated through switching and staying on.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I feel he really just did a really good job on Bobby Finst tonight next week You're gonna be playing an original.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: What's up me do you?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'd honestly don't know you I've never been there, but I can't wait to find out.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: It's right We'll talk about the opponent later in the week, but thank you so much for the time making those celebrate.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you Please stay tuned for Blackford seniors check them in
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  [SPEAKER_05]: All right, we'll come in into this game.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: You guys probably felt like you were the favorites.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: How were you able to get out here and execute for the win?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, our preparation is just a great.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our coaching set is an amazing job, giving us ready for games like this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And coming into, we had to have the mindset that we were going to win and we did.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And they paid off having that mindset, putting our work for it.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: One of the keys, I think, obviously, you played good defense, but not giving them second chances.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: What was the strategy on the boards?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, every game we need to rebound a box up, it's not that I think we did an exceptional job at it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You know, I mean, if I, even myself, I just have to box out of God, it's almost like I'll still get it, you know, we work on that all the time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we have that kind of chemistry in our heads that we know who needs to go for that, who needs to box their guy on, everything like that.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: You're a sectional champion, what's happening to you?
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  [SPEAKER_05]: It feels amazing to be able to do it with this group.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: It's kind of a special feeling about doing it together.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I love these guys more than anything.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I grew up with all these guys.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If I wanted to do it, I wanted to do it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If I was going to lose, I wanted to lose with them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think we all feel the same way about each other.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's no bad blood in the team.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We all, I mean, we all love each other.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We're family.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: And how are you feeling, not talking about a opponent, yeah, we'll do that later in the week, but about the regional and playing in your first regional next week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm excited.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to prepare very well with someone's hardworking and playing again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much, Professor.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you.
• 13:47
  [SPEAKER_05]: Please stay tuned for Blackford Senior Regger.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_05]: More Reggie, a little...
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: It times a little choppy offensively, but when it came down to it, the defense got it done.
• 14:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, you're right.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, we just stick to the game plan, stick together, and find a way to win.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: What do you feel like the difference was down the stretch, why would we be able to pull away?
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  [SPEAKER_03]: More started again.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: Go and we started knocking down shots and letting our defense take over the game.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Last time, this program did it while you were seventh grade, probably seventh or eighth grade.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: What does it mean to you as this group of seniors to be able to be the next ones?
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  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it feels good.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll always be in the banner hanging up.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll always be remembered.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: It's been a goal.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: And while it's that moment like holding up the trophy, celebrating with your fellow students and while it's that like chaotic, fun, crazy, all of it.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Regiday so much for your time.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you.
• 14:50
  [SPEAKER_05]: And please stay tuned for Blackford's sophomore, Martin Legit.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: All right, Mari Legit, here as a sectional champion, how's that sound?
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  [SPEAKER_04]: Man, amazing.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: So good.
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  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, it's everything I've imagined.
• 15:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: At what point were you started to think, hey, we're sectional champions?
• 15:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: Fourth quarter, I think I got that, uh, and we want to put us up ten, and I was like, we got it, we got it.
• 15:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: What do you have, is it, what's so funny?
• 15:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, just, just how he talks.
• 15:20
  [SPEAKER_05]: Just in a ruptured by Reggie Durin, it's been a joyful night.
• 15:23
  [SPEAKER_05]: Describe your feelings when the buzzer went off.
• 15:26
  [SPEAKER_05]: You got the trophy, your mob by your student section.
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_05]: What was that like?
• 15:30
  [SPEAKER_04]: You got to be honest, probably might be one of the best moments of my life for all time.
• 15:34
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, just one of my boys didn't want anything more than that.
• 15:38
  [SPEAKER_05]: We'll talk later in the week.
• 15:40
  [SPEAKER_05]: Congratulations and go party.
• 15:43
  [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you so much to Coach Daniels and...
• 15:46
  [SPEAKER_05]: Mason, Jacob, Reggie and Mari for joining me.
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  [SPEAKER_05]: We'll talk to them and more this week as we prepare for the regional Genslipel.
• 15:55
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