(Photos by John Armuth and Zach Spicer)

The Tribune has devoted five pages of Section B of the Friday, March 27, 2009, print edition of the paper for the boys basketball state-bound Brownstown Central Braves. The Braves will play for the Class 2A state title Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

In the section, you will find a front-page story that includes comments from Braves coach Dave Benter as well as an analysis of the other team, the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights.
Information regarding team rosters, recaps of both the teams’ seasons, notes on each team (including a comparison of each), information regarding tickets for the game, directions to Conseco Fieldhouse, complimentary programs, coverage via radio, TV and the Web of all the games, and more can be found in the print edition.

Also, look for pictures from the regular season, sectional, regional and semistate games. There is so much we could have included, picture-wise, but we tried to use as many new things as we could, and we also wanted to be sure to include at least one picture featuring each sectional team player.

So I hope you find the information helpful and valuable and I hope you like the pictures we chose. It is something many people will want to keep, so we tried to put as much info in there as possible. And the pictures really tell a story of the Braves’ stellar season.

You can also visit tribtown.com to read the stories and get all of the information you need. Just click on the blue “Sports” tab at the top of the main page. You can view the photo galleries as well and look around at the sports photos by month and there’s also a special gallery for the Braves’ sectional and regional wins.

If you go to Saturday’s game, I hope you enjoy the experience. Conseco Fieldhouse, I think, is one of the premier sports arenas in the nation, and Indianapolis also is lucky to have the new Lucas Oil Stadium, which is the home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts and it’s also where the girls high school basketball state finals games were played.

Here’s to the Braves, and best of luck to the team. You’ve made Jackson County proud so far, and win or lose, you can still look back on a great experience that you’ll remember the rest of your lives.

***Feel free to leave feedback to me, the sports editor, either here on my blog or e-mail me at zspicer@tribtown.com. Also, you can give me a call at 523-7080. I’d be happy to hear your thoughts on the special section, the Braves, etc.

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