The Quest: A Backseat Inventory

There used to be a floor

Backseat Inventory
(3/11/11)

It's a good thing that The Quest 2: 150 calls an S.U.V. "home" most of the basketball season.  If this quest were achieved by using a mid-sized car, it may have burst with empty coffee cups, granola bar wrappers, and fast food waste.  On a day off, here's a backseat inventory.

Game 153: Moline vs. Normal Community (Boy's Basketball)

Moline Maroons

Game 153
Moline vs. Normal Community (Boy's Basketball)
IHSA Class 3A Sectionals (@ Wharton Fieldhouse)
(3/9/11)

The end of the road.  There was a 50% chance that this would be my final broadcast of the 2010-11 season.  With a Moline win tonight, I would head back up to Wharton Fieldhouse on Friday for the Sectional championship.  If not, it would be time to focus on spring sports. 

Game 152: Bolingbrook vs. Zion-Benton (Girl's Basketball)

Class 4A State Championship
Zion-Benton & Bolingbrook Warmups

Game 152
Bolingbrook vs. Zion-Benton (Girl's Basketball)
Class 4A State Championship
(3/5/11)

The final game of the night, the last high school girl's basketball game of the 2010-11 season.  Really?  You're kidding, right?!  This can't be the end of the season, already!!!

Game 151: Maine South vs. Whitney Young (Girl's Basketball)

Maine South Celebrates 3rd Place

Game 151
Maine South vs. Whitney Young (Girl's Basketball)
Class 4A Third Place
(3/5/11)

Between the Class 3A and 4A sessions, I had pondered going out to get a bite to eat in Bloomington/Normal, however I did not cover the 4A games on Friday night, and wasn't as prepared as I would like to be, so I hung out at Redbird Arena doing my homework. 

Game 150: Montini vs. Hillcrest (Girl's Basketball - State Championship)

Montini Lady Broncos: State Champs

Game 150
Montini vs. Hillcrest (Girl's Basketball)
Class 3A State Championship
(3/5/11)

Here it is.  The promised land!  The quest has culminated at Redbird Arena, and the 150th game will come in a state championship game.  How about that perfect (wink, wink) planning....

Game 149: (Chicago) Marshall vs. Springfield (Girl's Basketball)

Marshall Warmups (IHSA Network filming)

Game 149
(Chicago) Marshall vs. Springfield (Girl's Basketball)
IHSA Class 3A Third Place
(3/5/11)

It certainly wasn't the start to the day that I was looking for.  Apparently, I didn't set my alarm clock at the hotel correctly.  Fortunately, I woke up around the same time (actually about 20 minutes earlier) that I had "set" the clock.  Then, I went 0-3 in my quest to find breakfast....

150!!!

The Quest 2: 150 has been reached!!!

Two weeks before the high school basketball season ends, the Quest 2: 150 has been reached.  The 150th broadcast concluded at 3:45 Saturday afternoon, March 5th at Redbird Arena.  Montini beat Hillcrest for the Class 3A state championship in girl's basketball.