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Shelby Valley 73 - Ballard 61 (State Championship)
Thanks Robert and Uncle Greg, all the years of hard work and preparation culminated in one final game, and there is NO better way to send these guys off!!!

Knowing they will never play together under the same premise and name is sad, but all things must come to an end. As these boys go their separate ways, the way they played the game will always stick with me. I've never had more fun watching a group of guys play basketball, and that all started when they were young and came together for the first time.

They surprised the heck out of every crowd that happened upon their games. After Shelby Valley beat Mason County today, I heard Robert say, teary-eyed, "We've been doing this for years now, going up against the big guys and winning. People would laugh at us as we came into the gym, but before you knew it, they couldn't help but come back to watch us play, again."

I'll always wish I could watch them play one more time, but instead, I will always have this perfect memory of the final game at Rupp. Together, this was the biggest stage and the highest stakes they could EVER be able to play for, and they went out victorious. What a story-book ending to a tale that started years ago.
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Shelby Valley 73 - Ballard 61 (State Championship) - by asdfasdf - 03-21-2010, 02:56 AM

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