State athletic association cancels seasons after on-court brawl

Griffith is now in the state final for Class 3-A, which is either a damn shame or a win for the powers of a judge to grant an injunction.

 

Griffith PD recommends criminal charges for some of the participants:

Griffith police recommend criminal charges in basketball melee

 

Remember this team? Today they were headed to their state semifinal game when they were sideswiped. The bus overturned. It's an absolute miracle no one was killed or even seriously hurt, from all indications.

UPDATE: Spilled drink leads to Griffith bus rollover on way to semistate

 

Mayhem.

 

Wow.

 

Here's a page of 31 photos. Wow. The roof collapsed a bit, but thankfully it didn't completely crush flat.

Photos: Griffith High bus rolls over on way to semistate

 

They are now going to play the state semifinal on Wednesday night. If they win, I suspect that the state final will become a pretty massive cross-over national story. The Miracle on I-65.

 

Not a miracle if they lose.

 

God -- or the IHSAA -- sure works in mysterious ways.

 

Correct. If they lose, there's no miracle. So winning would be the miracle, not surviving the crash with basically no injuries.

 

Read the sentence again. "If they win" refers to whether Saturday's final would become a national story or not.