Answers to last week's quiz:
1. Medora has the longest drought since its last sectional title. The Hornets cut down the nets for the only time in their history in 1949 - 59 years ago.
2. Five schools have gone 50+ years since their last sectional crown: Medora (1949), Morton Memorial (1953), Mississinewa (1954), Eastern (Howard) (1956), and Howe Military (1958).
3. The move to class basketball hasn't been very good to Richmond. The Red Devils, who last won a sectional in 1996, won 62 championships in the pre-1997 era, but none since the state switched to class hoops. (No opinions here about how it's easier to beat up on Hagerstown and Centerville than Anderson and Muncie Central, only the facts.)
4. Including Richmond, 10 schools won 20 or more sectional championships in the pre-class days, but haven't won a title since: Richmond (62 sectionals), Connersville (57), Logansport (56), Frankfort (46), Seymour (44), Crawfordsville (40), Tell City (34), Wabash (26), Boonville (23) and Linton (21). (Of note: the '70s, '80s and '90s weren't good to Wabash, either, as the last of the Apaches' 26 titles came in 1967.)
5. In 1997 - the last year under the single-class system - one school won its first sectional title, and hasn't won another championship since. That year, Pike Central won both its only sectional title and only regional title in school history.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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