Congrats to the Mighty Oaks!

I know that this blog is about television, but sometimes there are other things that just need to be talked about.

This is one of those things, so I hope you’ll forgive me…

Last night in Athens, the Oak Hill High School boy’s basketball team defeated Newark Catholic to win the Division IV regional title.

So why do I care about that? Because that means the king of Ohio high school basketball is headed to Columbus.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Norm Persin is going to state—finally.

If you’re a longtime reader, you know what high regard I hold Coach Persin in. When I was his student at Chesapeake High School, he taught me everything I know about American History—which at one time was quite a lot. Too bad I can’t remember most of it now. It might come in handy sometime…

There were a lot of frustrating basketball seasons for the Panthers when I was in school. When it came to the boy’s team and state, it was just like the Hall and Oates classic, “So close, yet so far away.” One year we were so close we were already trying to figure out how we were all going to get to Columbus. But that trip never came.

My senior year we didn’t even make it to Athens—even though we were ranked #1 in the state. I guess that’s what we get for having “2 Legit 2 Quit” as our theme song.

But now, the Oaks have given Coach Persin what all those Panthers teams couldn’t—no matter how hard they tried—a trip to Columbus and an opportunity at a state title.

And even though I have never set foot in the Oak Hill gym, I couldn’t be rooting for them any harder…

The Oaks are back in action Thursday, March 26th at 2 p.m. at Value City Arena…

GO OAKS!!!