reclegend22;387483 wrote:The Roger Bacon game is the most exciting high school game I've ever been at. The ENTIRE lower bowl, sans Akron fans, wanted LeBron to go down, and that's the truth (which is funny considering all the Ohioans who are pining for him to stay now). And it wasn't because Bacon had a great underdog story, which it did. It was because Akron acted like a bunch of entitled punks the entire weekend. The night before the game, on local Columbus news, LeBron stated that he would let no one come in the way of him bringing a title to his team. "I'm a warrior."
And to think Alter almost had them the following year ...
I agree with this...everyone wants the underdog to win. But if you look at that Roger Bacon roster....not really an underdog. Anyhow, this was also the case when a tremendous Ironton team played North College Hill and all those recruited players.
Side note: I was at that game and me and a buddy sat with the 1981 or 82 Roger Bacon team that won a state championship...it was funny. Tickets were so high that 2 of their players scalped their tickets to us...the others from that team couldn't believe it...lol