Coach Jimmy and his boys pulled out Allen Park’s first district playoffs win in seven years with a double overtime thriller over the mighty Crestwood Chargers. This means that our own Coach Jimmy now has a better post-season record than Bo Ryan.
UPDATE #1: Well, Coach Jimmy and his crew rolled into the District Semi’s – Dios mio, man – and faced Dearborn High. Now, some of our faithful readers might not know that Coach Jimmy’s troops lost on a last second 3/4 length shot to Dearborn during the regular season, but it happened and this game was a fitting sequel to that tilt.
The game was back and forth but the Jags opened up an 11 point lead late in the 3rd quarter. But Dearborn came back – fueled by some questionable calls – the Jags had a chance at the end of regulation but had to settle for an even score. The teams went back and forth in the first OT and after an extra four minutes the Jags went to double overtime for the second time in as many games. The score was tied with 2 tics left in the second OT and wouldn’t you know those pesky Dearborn kids got a last second miracle to win with no time left. It was heartbreaking. But Coach Jimmy kept his guys’ heads up and has a lot to be proud of – they fought hard and started to build the foundation for future success.
It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, the “Tourney Trip APHS Boys Hoops Booster Club” is proud of our own Coach Jimmy.
UPDATE #2: EMU dropped a tough double OT game of their own in the MAC Quarterfinals about an hour ago. It was a tough one and it looked like the Eagles had a win in the waning seconds of the first OT but Akron pulled a shot out of it’s rearend and EMU ran out of gas in the second OT. The game ended ugly and Charles Ramsey was ejected but he went down in grand meltdown style and really had some pretty legitimate beefs with an officiating crew that lost control of the game. Oh well, maybe the Eagles at 17-15 are CBI bound? Hey, a guy can dream can’t he?
