Wooden Shoes Basketball

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Hopefully everybody is having a great weekend. Today's topic is about the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes basketball team. Their season came to an end last night after the 4th ranked team in state beat them -- the Marshall Lions. The Lions won by six points, but they were up by 16 points earlier in the game. The Shoes battled back to tie the game up in the 3rd quarter and had a chance to take the lead. The Shoes did not take the lead, but stayed with them until the end. The Lions were too much for the Shoes. T-town is graduating five seniors this year, and every one of these seniors worked their hearts out to make it farther in the playoffs, said coach Andy Fahrenbacher.

The Shoes finished their season 26-4, ranked 9th in state losing in the Regional Championship game. The game was held at Effingham St. Anthony's Enlow Center. The Enlow Center holds 2,100 people and last night's game was a sellout for the first time ever at the gym. They sold 70 standing room tickets, which is the most they have ever sold. The shoes fans brought 1,200 people and the Lions fans brought 900. Now, I know T-town's populations is 1,600, so three fourths of their population showed up to this game last night -- simply remarkable. Just shows how much basketball means to the village of Teutopolis.

That is it for today's topic. Next time on the RitzBitz blog I will be talking about a suprise topic. Until next time, be kind and rewind.