Big black eye and a hotly debated topic on our local board. That is up in "Da Region" where they have a different time zone (with Chicago) and think they are more Illinois than Indiana. Gary/Hammond/Whiting and those areas hate the downstate and always claim they have better players and anyone south of us 30 has no concept of hoops. They are mean, undisciplined and try to be inner city tough.

Both schools had the remainder of the season cancelled by the IHSAA prompting a quote from a former director dating back to Everett Case (google that one for some bball history) and his scandals in the 1930's "The rule is clear and the penalty severe."

Post from our board.

Hammond, Griffith seasons cancelled Reply
"The rule is clear and the penalty severe."

See link.

This post was edited on 2/10 12:25 PM by Sports Guy

Link: IHSAA press release http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/news%20med...

I am OK with the IHSAA finally showing some spine and telling those parents it is not ok to go out on the floor following an malicious attack by a player on another player. Compounding the poor sportsmanship and actions with parents getting out of hand is insane. Officials got it right. Call the game, clear the gym and get the governing body involved. If parents and kids do not know there are consequences for actions there is no way they will be better humans down the road