[Joe Friday]

Pike Central is scheduled to play in the Allen Central panorama on Thanksgiving eve. Also, Allen Central plays Pike Central for its home opener in December.

Best of luck to both teams and coaches.

Remember, it is a game and we are talking about kids and their schools. We need to support and enforce sportsmanship rules, in particular emphasizing 'positive values' and create a sense of 'respect, responsibility, and perspective.'

Since this post, the AC 'faithful' came out in force. Judging by their posts throughout this thread and most other threads that pertain to AC, it appears the spirit of high school sports has been forgotten. The persistent drum beat of opinions presented as fact concerning the administration and the current coach at AC is detrimental to Allen Central and its students.

What is forgotten is that high school sports are all about the kids. Sure, the coaches play a big part but it comes back to supporting the kids who take the time to participate in sport, particularly basketball. Remember, the constant barrage of bitter and inflamatory comments / opinions are being read by those kids. I suppose for some people it is more important for the coach to win at all costs than it is to support the home team.

All this poster is trying to do is present fair and balanced information that clears the murky waters that have flooded this forum for the past couple of years; using a format that is very familiar from the old TV show DRAGNET, 'I don't shave my legs...' Not really...just kidding...but, "Just the facts ma'am."