The Burrall Blog – Buffalo Again? No, Sir

3/13/10 – 7:30 PM

Have you seen who won the 3A boys state championship in hoops?  No, it wasn’t Buffalo, led by former Dogies assistant coach Paul Prosinski.

It was Torrington.  The Blazers rallied from 7 down in the 3rd quarter to dethrone the defending champs, 42-39.  Given how Torrington looked at regional, I’m not totally shocked, even though the Bison were a very good team.  With all due respect to Casey Esponda, David Greininger and Jeremy Beehler, E.J. Zimmerman was the best player in 3A East boys hoops this season.  Jason McManamen had another great year, and the return of Kyle Nighswonger made a huge difference for the Blazers.

Mick Bohn and I are sorry we left the regional title game when Buffalo led Torrington by 11 points.  The Bison ended up winning by 2.  Torrington rode that into knocking off Worland and Pinedale before rallying for the title over Buffalo.

Unbelievably, new head coach Jon Raciecki had his detractors within Torrington this season.  They can’t possibly complain now that Torrington has its first boys championship since 1987.

By the way, I really missed being at state basketball.  Maybe we’ll be back next year.

OK, back to watching college hoops….What a great time of the year for us basketball fans!