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Five years ago on this date, March 3, 2004, the Mechanicsburg boys basketball team upset Fort Loramie on a last-second shot by Seige Bostick in the sectional final. Complete story on the jump.
The Indians did it again on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, beating Jackson Center 45-44 on a 3-pointer by Kyle Bossetti in the final 20 seconds in a sectional tournament game in Piqua.
Published March 4, 2004
INDIANS SHOCK LORAMIE
BY STEVE BLACK, News-Sun Special Writer
PIQUA — When one talks about slaying a giant, Mechanicsburg’s victory over Fort Loramie on Wednesday would come to mind.
“We had four things which we believed coming into this game,” Mechanicsburg coach Darren Long said. “Believe in yourself. Believe in your teammates. Believe in your coaches. And believe you can beat Fort Loramie.”
That’s exactly what Long’s Indians did Wednesday in a Division IV sectional semifinal. They topped the Redskins, the second-ranked team in the state in Division IV, 57-56 on a picture-perfect shot by Seige Bostick at the buzzer.
“I came off a double screen and got the ball,” Bostick said. “I knew I had three or four seconds left, so I took the shot and prayed it would go in.”
The shot sailed through, and the Indians advanced to the sectional final at 5 p.m. Saturday against Fairlawn.
The show and the game really belonged to Mechanicsburg sharpshooter Tim Patten. He lit up Loramie with 31 points, including six 3-pointers. His biggest shot of the night came with 41 seconds left when he hit an off-balance trey at the top of the key to put the Indians on top 55-54.
“I expected everything to go in. You have to have confidence in your shot,” Patten said. “It was a back-and-forth game, and we never gave up.”
Mechanicsburg looked impressive from the tip, and with the help of 20 points by Patten, went into halftime up 30-27.
The Redskins came back with the inside presence of Jordan Pleiman and outside shots of Mitchell Goldschmidt. They went up 45-40 after three quarters.
The 6-foot-8 Pleiman finished with 22 points for Loramie, while Goldschmidt had 18, including four treys.
“I thought we did a decent job on the big kid,” Long said. “Every timeout in the second half, I kept telling the kids we were not out of his game.”
The Indians tied the game at 47 with 5:04 left, setting up the furious finish.
FORT LORAMIE (56) — Turner 3 0-0 6, Goldschmidt 7 0-0 18, Luebke 1 3-4 6, Pleiman 10 6-9 22, Ratermann 0 3-5 3, Hoying 0 1-2 1. 19 13-21 56.
MECHANICSBURG (57) — Patten 13 0-0 31, Bostick 6 2-2 18, Marsh 1 1-3 3, Bline 2 0-0 4, Dunlap 0 1-2 1. Totals: 23 4-7 57.
Fort Loramie11 27 45 56
Mechanicsburg17 30 40 57
3-point goals: Loramie 5 (Goldschmidt 4, Luebke); Mechanicsburg 8 (Patten 6, Bostick 2).
Records: Fort Loramie 19-2; Mechanicsburg 14-8.
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