Congratulations to South Medford High Basketball Team

This weekend my wife and I spent the weekend in Eugene, Oregon at the State 4A High School Basketball Championship. Our Son traveled down from Salem Oregon to join us. South Medford was in the final eight that made the trip to Mac Court on the University of Oregon Campus. On Friday night we saw the South Medford Panthers beat Jesuit High on a last second basket to take the lead in the game for the first time. This put the South Medford Panthers into the Championship game on Saturday night against Lake Oswego High. To celebrate we went to Track Town Pizza to watch the end of the Oregon vs Cal basketball game on TV down at the Pac-10 Basketball Tournament in LA. ( the Duck's lost and thus their season ended) Lake Oswego is a very rich suburb of Portland. We got in line for the Saturday night game 11/2 hours before the game. It looked like the entire city of Medford had traveled the 3 hours up I-5 to Eugene for the game. Medford fans out numbered Lake Oswego three to one. As I told my son "All Medford is here today" A line I stole and changed from the movie Gettysburg. The game was like a prize fight between two champions. However South Medford dream season ended when they missed a three point shot in the last second to lose by 2 points and take second at State. It was a great ride from the games in December all the way through the playoffs. Way to go South and thanks! Congratulations to Coach Murphy and all the players. You made a cold and rainy winter, a winter to remember. A season like this doesn't happen very often and it should be treasured. For those of you who have never gone to a high school state basketball tournament you have missed something. Go rent the movie Hoosiers on DVD. Go Panthers!