This Is Not Your Father's High School Basketball!

Once a sportswriter, always a sportswriter.

At least, that's the case with me. I go through the state high school scores on the agate page, or I go online to look over scores, Why? Cuz I like to see what high schools around the state are up to.

So, while looking over the regional boys' basketball scores from Tuesday, the ol' jaw hit the floor. First off, seeing that Sheboygan Lutheran beat University Lake 121-14. Yes, that's not a typo. One hundred and twenty one to fourteen. The winners led 80-5 at halftime, and were led by 6-8 senior Jacob Ognacevic's 38 points. Ognacevic is the top scorer in the state, averaging 38.8 points per game (along with 16.2 rebounds, second in the state).

At what point in this whipping did the Sheboygan Lutheran coach turn to the crowd and ask "anybody here wanna play?"

After spotting that game, I got curious. So after looking over the regional results, I find another five games in which the winning team topped the century mark. And with one exception (HOPE Christian beat Destiny 103-97), the winners all crushed their foes.

Here's an old-guy-on-the-porch-moment: I can only recall ONE game involving my alma mater in which we allowed 100 points. In the 1960s and on, teams rarely got to that magic figure.