| MIRACLE MILLENNIUM MUSTANGS PAGE FIVE |
| - - - - EPILOGUE - - - - Before the coming of Willie Schlarman I never, ever, honestly believed I’d live to see the day when my Brossart Mustangs would play in the Kentucky State High School Basketball Tournament. But enthusiasm and confidence are contagious. In spring of 1998 we entered “The Fieldhouse” to actually play for a trip to the Big Show in the 10th Region Championship Game.. We were playing a heavily favored Fleming County team that night which was the best team from Flemingsburg since 1954. While I dared dream that night, we came up short, but it was then that I began to feel that maybe someday off in the distant future this ’98 team might reinvent itself and we might actually grace the floor at Rupp Arena or Freedom Hall. I hadn’t a clue that it would happen this soon. For this particular team with no household name superstars, to reach the Big Dance was unthinkable, and then to defeat a veteran State Tournament team with a 27-3 record in our first appearance was even more unfathomable. For those of us who have followed this program from its infancy when we were known as St. Mary High, through the tough early days as Bishop Brossart before 1986 when we had no gym, and are now fortunate enough to have seen this program come of age and the crowning achievements of the 2000 season, the comments of alum Connie Spaw pretty much sums it up …….. “ I guess we can die now!!!” To those of you who find yourself in the position we were in during the early days of our program, I guess the best encouragement I can give is to continue to work hard and never quit believing in the dream, and some day when you least expect it, it may happen for you as it happened for us. Perhaps the most appropriate quote of all is the old Tug McGraw – “Miracle Mets” quote - “Ya Gotta Believe!!!” Coach Dave Schabell Staff Assistant Bishop Brossart Mustangs |
| SENIOR PLAYER QUOTES |
| "There Is No Better Place To End Your Career Than In Rupp Arena" Jeff Clark |
| "By Playing In Rupp Arena I Feel That I Accomplished Every Goal That I Had Ever Set Forth When I First Picked Up A Basketball" David Enzweiler |
| "It Is Special To Me To Be A Part Of Our First State Tournament Team. We Were Blessed To Have Such Confident, Dedicated, Coaches Who Never Quit Believing In Us." Justin Seiter |
| "The Greatest Thrill Of My Life Was After Four Years Finally Getting To Cut The Nets Down In The Mason County Fieldhouse, Knowing That We Were Going To Rupp Arena." Scott Ruth |
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| In the picture at left the Brossart Mustangs celebrate after being presented with the 10th Region Championship Trophy. The Mustangs defeated favored Mason County 52-50 in the championship game at the Mason County Fieldhouse on March 11, 2000. The game was won on a last second shot by Justin Seiter who scored 28 points in the contest. |
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