MARCH MADNESS

ITS THAT PART OF THE SEASON WE CALL "MARCH MADNESS" AND THE HIGHSCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL PLAY UNTIL EIGHT TEAMS WILL WIND UP IN LANSING OR ANN ARBOR FOR THE PLAYOFFS.  FANS WHO GET TO THE GAMES WILL SEE SOME REALLY GREAT BASKETBALL AND MANY FUTURE STARS IN ACTION.

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I WAS PART TO THE WHTC CREW THAT WENT TO THE STATE FINALS. IF ONE OF OUR LOCAL TEAMS WAS IN THE RUNNING, WE WOULD GO UP ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND BROADCAST THE SEMI-FINALS. TWO BREAKS IN THE ACTION SATURDAY WOULD ALLOW THE THOUSANDS OF FANS TO RUSH OUT AND PATRONIZE THE SURROUNDING EATERIES, GULP DOWN SOME FOOD AND RETURN FOR THE NEXT GAMES.  A GOOD BROADCAST WAS ASSURED BY THE PRESENCE OF A TELEPHONE COMPANY TECNICIAN IN THE BOOTHS.  IT WAS MORE FUN WHEN WE COULD BRING HOME A VICTORY WITH ONE OF OUR LOCAL TEAMS. BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED BACK IN HOLLAND IT WOULD BE AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT WHAT A DAY OF SPORTS WE HAD.