Boulder Ball

Just a quick post about the Final Four game.

After our 1-1/2 hour drive in crazy-bad traffic, we finally arrived in Boulder, only to miss exits, make multiple u-turns, and become disenchanted with the whole town (actually, only the semi-hormonal did-I-remember-to-change-my-patch anxious shotgun passenger was.  Disenchanted, that is).  We finally oriented ourselves a bit, cursed our not-so-trusty phone GPS, and found a nearby Tokyo Joe's to grab a bite before heading to the game down the street.

We had purchased our reserved seat tickets online per a suggestion from a presumed reliable source.  We would get better seats that way, he said.  I forgot to think it through (the story of my life), and neglected to realize that, when purchasing the price-inflated-with-a-service-charge online tickets, we were never asked what team we would be there for.  Upon arrival to our average seats on the opposite side of the arena from the LHS student section, we decided to switch sides, eventually maneuvering ourselves to a prime spot.  Duh.  Those reserved tickets were good for the entire tournament that day (4 games), and it would be natural to suppose that not every person who had purchased a ticket would be staying the entire time.  As teams finished play, prime seats naturally opened up for the next game.  I'm sharing only so I will remember next time.  If there is one.  General admission tickets = prime seating if you're willing to shuffle around SHOULD someone actually have the reserved seats you have acquired by stratagem and stealth.

On to the game.

Legend had the best student section.  EVER.  Here's a little clip:

That sea of blue?  All students.  Students that made their way in crazy-bad traffic to a college town over an hour away to support their team.

This was the opposing team's student section:

Fittingly, LHS was positioned under this:

Mauri and Lauren dug up some old cheer stuff to wear to the game.

Here's the scoreboard story:

Legend was in the game the first half, fizzled a bit the second.  But it was a great run.

Denver East, seeded #1, did not win the State Championship the following day.  One of their starters was injured in our game (knocked a tooth out and injured his shooting hand, due to a trip-and-fall face-plant), and since their starters pretty much played the entire game (we think they subbed 2 other guys for short stints vs Legend), it probably had a big impact on the final game.  Eaglecrest pulled it out and handily won the Championship despite the fact that Denver East had won them by 20 points earlier in the season.

I know.

More than you ever wanted to know.