While the spelling may not be perfect, the message is, in this sign on Main Street Hancock.
A touching moment as one of the players hugs "super fan" Art Durkee, a long-time Hancock area resident who watched numerous UM-Morris Cougar teams over the years as their bus driver, while also being a steady and faithful Hancock Owls fan. Art suffered a stroke about one year ago, and he is in our prayers and will always be in our hearts. The girls were truly blessed to have him following them all season long, culminating with his courtside "pep talk" he gave the team prior to their State Quarterfinal matchup. (See photo below in the update on the Chisolm game.)
During a cool and windy Sunday afternoon today, a rousing welcome-back celebration was held at the Hancock High School for the Lady Owls basketball team. Complete with a police and fire truck escort around town, horns blaring, the team was greeted by a host of friends and family in the school parking lot as they entered the gym.
Once inside, chairs were gathered at the stage end of the gym for the girls, tied with school-colored balloons, and they gathered there for various speeches by coaches and players for the crowd.
The highlight of the day most likely was the complete "overhaul" of assistant coach Chad Christianson's hairdo, as the team met a challenge he gave them earlier in the week by beating Chisolm in the state quarterfinals.
In this week's Hancock Record, a special section will be printed including numerous photos by myself and Gregg Cunningham, as we both covered the three state tournament games (myself on Wednesday, Gregg on Friday, and both of us on Saturday). Also, CD's are available that include almost 900 of my photos from the regular season, playoffs, and "State", as well as a few Sound Clips of my play-by-play from a couple playoff games. E-mail me at littleguy56289@hotmail.com if you want to learn more about that.
Also, be sure to take time to click through the links on the right, where you can go back to games from December of this season for photos from the Ortonville and Minneota games. This website will run all through the off-season, allowing friends and family from anywhere in the world with internet access to re-live this exciting but finished basketball season. Posts began on December 19, so information on games before that is not included. Be patient if you are on dial-up internet, as it will take many minutes for all the photos to load up each time you view pages on this site.
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