Old school works at Mount St. Joe
The new stadiums, ball parks and arenas that have popped up everywhere are all fine with their huge scoreboards, roomier seats and all the other updated conveniences.
As for me, I'll take Wrigley Field any day of the week. Friday night, I was treated to a fine boys high school basketball game when visiting Calvert Hall answered the bell and knocked off Mount St.Joseph, 65-57.
The play was excellent and the atmosphere matched it. The gym at Mount St. Joseph is 'old school' at its best -- a sturdy hardwood floor, worn wooden bleachers, two basic scoreboards on opposite walls made of concrete block and championship banners hanging from the rafters. There's even some gymnastic equipment stored in the far corner.
It made for a great setting to watch a basketball game with the place nearly filled to capacity. A Calvert Hall assistant coach even did his part, sporting a bow tie. Hoosiers coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) would have felt right at home.
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As a MSJ alum, Memorial Gymnasium is a great place to watch a basketball game especially when the Gaels are good. (They are a little down this year due to injuries).
Those games between MSJ and Spalding in the early part of the decade were some of the best games to watch. It will be sad when the new gym goes up in a couple of years.
Posted by: Greg | January 26, 2009 5:38 PM