First round close one

Corydon 49, North Harrison 47

As an assistant coach said, at this point it doesn't matter how many points you win by, what matters is moving on to the next round. It didn't really seem like North Harrison was going to get control of the game, even when they finally went up by a point in the 4th quarter. Still, the close contest had more than a few hearts pounding in the small but vocal Corydon crowd.

Showing my age -- my thanks to Alan Stewart who pointed out that I had put "North Central" in a headline this morning instead of "North Harrison". As Alan said, it hasn't been "North Central" for decades. Mea culpa.

Awesome victory

A 33-point first quarter, three-point goals seemingly at will. That was amazing. Sixth victory in a row. Bring on the sectional.

Sectional pictures

The IHSAA has specific rules prohibiting the sale of pictures taken at IHSAA tournaments, beginning with sectional competition. We maintain galleries at lifeincorydon.smugmug.com so that you can easily obtain pictures of the events we cover.

But because of IHSAA regulations, we won't be posting gallery pictures from the Scottsburg Sectional, or from the upcoming boys Madison Sectional, either, for that matter.

We are planning to be at Senior Night against South Central this Friday.

End of the road for this year

As Meghan Bussabarger's grandpa said at halftime, the Lady Panthers "couldn't buy a basket." Icy shooting (less than 20% and a fired-up Madison teamed pretty much settled the issue in the Scottsburg sectional final. We were paying less than complete attention as equipment problems shut us down until the fourth quarter, when girls soccer coach Kyle Jones came to the rescue and lent us his camera for the whole fourth quarter.

Thank you, Kyle. We couldn't have provided game coverage without you.

Sectional sensation

So the Scottsburg Warriorettes were the team to beat in the Scottsburg sectional. So be it. Corydon was mentioned only as one of a group of other contenders. But the Lady Panthers showed their grit. Composed and confident, they jumped to an early lead and by the end of the third quarter, had built it to 15 points.

They needed it, though, because Scottsburg finally realized they were going to have to play hard to win and play hard they did. In a furious rally, they scored 24 points in the fourth quarter before time finally ran out on them, two points short.

Meghan Bussabarger led the Lady Panthers with 14, C.J. Reed had 12 and Teresa Greer 11.

Next game is against Salem, Friday, 6 pm.