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The Bisons lost to a fine Central team 71-55 tonight, giving the Scarlet Dragons a good game. Moral victories sometimes don't mean much when you're on a losing skid, but the Bedford boys, with four of their beginning of the season starters injured or no longer part of the team, played hard and looked pretty dang good. Cory Arnold played like a man possessed. He scored 16 and probably had double figures in rebounding too. Hats off to everyone else too. As a former Bedford player, teacher, coach, and forever fan, I was proud of the Bisons. Though my kids played/play for Ridge and the current Bisons players are the Lions' opponents, I was glad to see no one was even thinking of giving up.

Despite the nightmarish season the Bisons are having, people should also be proud of them, though I guess nobody wants to get on BC and give them some props, especially with the wrestlers doing so well. Nothing new there, though. I certainly am aware that wrestling is the winter king and all that in this area -- it was that way in 1966 and still in 2006-- but even when the Bisons are successful there isn't much support except for parents and some die hard fans.

I know one thing: the remaining teams on the Bedford schedule better have their heads together, especially if they're coming into the Bison gym.

You speak the truth. But with a 2 win team, you gotta applaud the kids that have stuck it out all year, and play hard night in and night out.

That Arnold kid, I guess his motor just isn't in high gear for football season...

Moral victories aren't much, and when it comes down to it, teams that play 10 kids really have an advantage when they sub 4 in at a time. Tonight, Bedford didn't have 4 kids dressed on the bench. 8 dressed for varsity. I have all the respect in the world for those that stuck it out, and have not tucked tail and called it a season. All the athletes that Bedford had on the football field, and 3 are on the basketball court. Doesn't seem right.

(I'll be a little bad and ask....) Did Cory's dad get to see the entire game against Central ....or was he asked to leave like at Saxton?

The old man behaved fine, but then again, I'd be the last person in the world to give someone grief for getting kicked out of a game.

I wasn't there, of course, but I'm sure those sweet-tempered, well-behaved, fair-minded TM fans sitting in the Terror Dome (which really should be renamed the Temple of Brotherly Love) were aghast.

I played on a 1-20 team and then two years later on a 16-5 team. It's a lot more fun when you win, of course, but I learned more about myself, my teammates, and my coaches during the losing season. Adversity in sports is good for the soul though not for a coach's heart or digestive system.