The National City Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen Tournament came to a close this past Saturday night in Rupp Arena, and we couldn’t have asked for a better game to end it all. Mason County and Holmes fought hard until the very end, and proved why each of them made it to the finals to begin with. Before the game began, a video montage was played on the four LED screen around the arena that recapped some of the highlights from the previous days as well as built hype and anticipation for the final game. Thanks to Joseph Lloyd, our Video Event Technician, I was able to get a copy of that montage and put it up on Youtube (and thus on this blog). Kick back and watch an excellent recap of this years Sweet 16.

I was able to attend the finals on Saturday night and of course took some pictures. Here are a couple below that you can have a look at. I must say that having watched Mason County play most of their games, they definitely deserved to win the whole thing. Their players are all extremely skilled, co-ordinated, and graceful. You rarely see that level of basketball played in high school, but they definitely raised the bar high. Here are a couple photos I took, one of which shows just a sampling of how crazy and packed the crowd was.

For more in-your-face action shots, we had one of our house photographers, James Crisp, on hand with a steady hand and quick shutter finger who captured some great action from the game as well as celebration and the group shot afterward. Have a look!

If you were able to go to any of the games Wednesday through Saturday and took some photos then we would love to see them. Please send them along to rupparenablog@gmail.com and we can add them to the fan section of our Flickr site.