BB: Uncle Mikeâ€™s Notebook Week 5

By Mike McGraw
Executive Director

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. Uncle Mike’s family, however, can only stand just so much of the old curmudgeon before they send him out to a ballgame somewhere just to get rid of him.

So, here is a little holiday cheer from the original scrooge. By the way, he is giving us a bonus with some comments on the girls side from the Dec. 26-27 action.

Boys games
Princeton 78, Wood Memorial 36
How do you know that basketball season has started? Princeton actually wins and Wood Memorial is still losing.

Terre Haute South 69, South Vermillion 31
The Wildcats were beaten by one man – literally! Terre Haute’s John Michael Jarvis outscored South Vermillion 34-31 by himself. That is downright embarrassing.

Delta 67, Richmond 50
There was a time when this score would have been news.

Guerin Catholic 78, Indianapolis Chatard 62
It is OK for this to happen in basketball, but if Guerin starts to compete like this in football, Chatard may ask the Vatican to step in.

Mississinewa 53, Oak Hill 47
This means war! Oh wait, they have already been at war for 40 years.

Marshall (IL) 55, Rockville 53
This is disappointing. Everybody in Western Indiana was looking forward to the game between Rockville and Terre Haute South.

Lafayette Central Catholic 65, Franklin Central 59
People are going to have to face facts. The Knights may not be easy to like, but they are good. By the way, I would not want to be in Franklin Central’s practices this week.

Girls games
LaVille 61, Caston 12
Seriously, this is too bad. Caston is a school with a proud tradition in a basketball-crazy part of the state.

Bloomington South 56, Indianapolis Tech 19
This game was a gift from J.R. to his Lady Panthers.

Borden 46, Brown County 45
I thought Borden was a dairy. Wow, did I just show how old I am?

Fort Wayne Elmhurst 60, Fort Wayne South 49
Every once in awhile, Elmhurst has to remind everybody they still exist.

Vincennes Rivet 71, Evansville Mater Dei 60
I would make some crack about being surprised that Rivet has five girls in the school, except they are really good. The bottom line is that when you are baptized in Vincennes, they hit you with the water and hand you a basketball.