Postby Spiritsword » Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:33 am
My high school is known for football. It's a bit strange because in the 80's I think we lost about 30 games in a row over the course of several years, but since we won our class at state in 1993 we've made the playoffs every year. It is very tough for my HS to win state championships in most sports because of the way the classes (HS sports classifications, based on factors related to school enrollment) are arranged in IL. In almost all sports there are only two classes--big and small. And my HS is stuck at the bottom of the big class. In other words, we're a public HS of 850 students competing against large private schools or public schools of up to 2500-4000 students.
As far as college goes, My alma mater, Illinois Wesleyan, is in the non-scholarship division of the NCAA, NCAA Division 3. In other words, we sell our school based on tradition, quality, and academics--but not scholarship money. IWU has a longstanding tradition of excellent men's basketball. God has used IWU men's basketball to draw me back and closer to Him, as He knows I am a huge sports fan, and a fan of IWU basketball (and my HS's football team) in particular. So He has been glorified a lot in IWU's success. They have been to three D3 Final Fours during the last 10 years, won two third places (they have a third-place game in D3) and one championship, all of which God brought about. I'm excited because this year's basketball season is only a little over a week from starting!