Everybody and their baby’s momma’s momma, Ms. Jackson, Uncle LeRoy, Cousin Bubba, Ray-Ray, Man-Man, Jim Bob and Aunt Lucy piled into Seymour High School Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon at 3pm to see the No.1 team in the state Warren Central pull in to play No. 2 New Albany.
The young thunder cats from the Far East Side showed up 30-0 with a complete team lookin’ for some pockets to go through and New Albany showed up with Romeo Langford. When the smoke cleared and the dust settled boyz from the east side were dancin’ on the court holdin’ the semi-state championship trophy after a David Bell floater at the buzzer to send the Bulldogs to the crib with a 64-62 “L.”
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Y’all can say it ain’t when it is all you want but I told you in “The HILARIOUS Class 4A Seymour Semi-State Preview” back on Tuesday that David Bell would be the X-Factor in this ball game and it literally came down to him at the buzzer. He’s the best athlete in the state and he was goin’ to be the difference maker in this ball game.
Ole boy finished with 17 points and the game winner. I’d say that makes him the X-Factor playboy. Don’t get it twisted, Romeo balled out finishin’ with 35 points but he was the only cat on the floor for New Albany like I told you he would be.
That’s why in the Preview I called them the Romeo Langford Bulldogs. It’s hard to show up and beat a TEAM full of athletes when you’re playin’ by yourself. It’s a huge credit to his ability to play the game because he almost did it. Anytime a kid scores 35 of a teams 62 points he’s out there by himself.
Now that Warren Central has beaten New Albany on their temporary home court because the IHSAA allowed them to play there three weeks in a row, which was a HUGE advantage for them, I say that they change the name of the gym. It should now be called “The Far East Side Trainin’ Center for Big Time Playas Makin’ Big Time Plays” and a statue of David Bell’s floater should be sittin’ out front for all to see forever.
Now it’s an All-MIC (Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference) state title game next week because Carmel went up to Lafayette and completely destroyed previously unbeaten South Bend Riley 63-43. On some real talk, it should have been an All-MIC Class 6A Football State Title Game last fall with No.1 Ben Davis and No.2 Warren Central but the powers that be loaded them into the same sectional to knock each other off but that’s for another article later this week.
While I’m on my soap box this mornin’ why is the biggest newspaper in the state located in Indianapolis got Romeo Langford on the cover of the sports section on Sunday mornin’ instead of the LOCAL team from the Far East Side? Why aren’t they singin’ the praises of Warren Central for makin’ it to the Class 4A state title game unbeaten at 31-0 for knockin’ off New Albany?
Why isn’t both Carmel and Warren Central the lead story this mornin’? Two teams from the same powerhouse conference are playin’ for the Class 4A State Title on Saturday and the biggest newspaper in the state is talkin’ about a kid all the way down in New Albany. If that isn’t the ultimate level of disrespect I don’t know what is. Major shout out to Warren Central and Carmel for holdin’ down the MIC and you can stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.
2) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase – to make it as elementary as possible. To put it at ground level so everyone can understand it.
3) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talkin’ about.
The G is excluded from the endings of all words because the G is near and dear to my heart because I’m from “The G” which is Gary, Indiana. So I only use the G when I’m talkin’ about “The G!”
The caption under the photo isn’t real but its real talk!