Did I ever mention I love Maine, basketball, and the people who play it (past and present)
Growing up in North Anson in central Maine, sports games and especially basketball games were a great way to spend an evening in a town without a movie theater for 25 miles. The stage was the basketball court and the players were the kids, the crowd and the dreaded referees. The drama in wintry high school gyms I played in often escalated to a state of pandemonium not unlike march madness.
If you ever need to reference a maine basketball related historid factoid then go here -> http://frank.spanky.googlepages.com/index
and for up to date chatter and scores mbr.org is also a heavy in the area. The Maine Boys High School Basketball forum has around 27000 posts! Why maine high school ball is such a religion is pretty easy to understand... maine winters are awful and people need an outlet. It is kind of like the TV show "survivor" only as a player you happen to be driving on a bus over icy roads and braving brawls with rowdy cabin fevered kids.
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That is awesome!! My husband grew up in an itty bitty town in SW Iowa. It was much the same way for him. He was one of the star players and has fond memories of those days. Yay for Maine!! ;o)
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