The time has come, Saint Ignatius. After a grueling offseason of extensive lifting, conditioning, and pickup balling, the true athletes of Northeast Ohio are once again ready to take the stage. With massive amounts of trash talk flying left and right on a daily basis, we all know what this means. That’s right, the CYO basketball season is officially upon us. This weekend, the season kicked off in earnest as division play–and with it the difficult road to the state title–began. I am not here to give you the power rankings (those are coming soon), but I will say that there appears to be a very strong crop of ballclubs headlined by Ignatius players this year. Among these teams are two squads that will actually be wearing the name of our famed Alma Mater, the defending state runner-up Our Lady of the Lake/Holy Cross Falcons, the high-flying St. Albert the Great Mustangs (nobody likes them though), the tough St. Ann Sabres, the always-dangerous St. Joseph and John Vikings, and several other respectable teams. Overall, there is no doubt in my mind that this season will bring plenty of classic CYO action.
In order to properly document the 2013-2014 season, I will be running a blog that will highlight the action of each weekend and potentially update the power rankings as well. I am open to any and all suggestions as to what I should be discussing in each post as well.
Good luck to all CYO ballers this year.
