Quite an Impressive Winning Streak is Halted

611. Huge congratulations to the Anna Lady Rockets for their very impressive 51 game winning streak.  It was halted yesterday in the Division III State Championship game, but they have nothing to be ashamed of.  Here is a picture from the game and the first few paragraphs of Sonny Fulks' excellent article about the game.

Anna fell in overtime for the Division III title with the worst of realizations.  A second title could have been…should have been… theirs!

Columbus - Notwithstanding the disappointment of the final score.
Nothwithstanding the fact of a heroic comeback in the last 45 seconds of overtime to force overtime.
Notwithstanding the fact that Anna Rockets’ bid for their 51st consecutive win and their second state title in as many years went by the boards…the Rockets left Value City Arena Saturday afternoon knowing that the outcome and disappointment was squarely on them.  It was, in proverbial terms, a title they could have won…should have won…the one that got away!
It’s all true, the Rockets falling to Columbus Africentric 70-66 in overtime for the 2013 Division III state title.
True, the issues that thwarted their winning a second consecutive title, right down to Ashley Frohne being out of the game with her fifth foul, leaving the Rockets forced to play the last two minutes of regulation and the overtime period with a patched lineup…particularly hard to swallow, after Frohne, for the second time in three days had been brilliant.  The 6’0″ senior scored 21 points and was unstoppable, including her defensive contribution…four clean blocks of Africentric shot attempts at the rim.

click here for the entire article and more pictures 

612. that is all for today - more NCAA basketball to watch and see how poorly I am doing on my brackets
613. an excellent you tube video of Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer