Bloomington High School South

Um, but, but, uh, Bloomington North has been real dominant on the boys side.

Bloomington South's been real dominant on the girls side lately.

But we've closed the gap down there.

We see that.

That's, that, those two sectionals have tightened a lot, and those are very, very, very lightly put, uh, big rivals.

[laughs] Yeah, that, that is lightly put.

Uh, Bloomington South and, uh, Bloomington North and Bloomington South, uh, like you mentioned earlier, on this day probably don't like each other a whole lot.

You know, they respect each other, but, but there's a rivalry, and there, there is respect.

But a lot of the games, man, it's like there are so many games, like, out of our area that are more interesting this week.

Bloomington South and Center Grove is another one that we'll cover.

Uh, it's again-

Mm

... non-conference game, but, uh, I think of interest because Bloomington South is ranked second in the state in 5A, uh, going up against one of the, you know, premier 6A teams.

So it's kind of a good measuring stick to see what Bloomington South can do.

Uh, but then it's like Roncalli goes down to East Central, which is a game I'd love to cover, but I kinda need to be closer to handle some other things on Friday night, uh, with editing and whatnot.

So I would love to go down there and cover that game.

Uh, you know, they, they, they upped the schedule, as you can kind of do in the independent.

They play Bloomington South, who's now seven and one, beat them 37-0.

Then they go to Harvest Prep, sitting two and six, have kind of put themselves out of the playoffs 'cause how difficult their schedule is, and they beat them 38-0.

And in both of those games, they started slow [laughs].

I think he'll be back soon.

In fact, they actually finish with a non-conference game against 5A number two Bloomington South, uh, coming up on Friday night.

I think Oscar might be playing in that game, Center Grove.

Mm-hmm.

Along the way, the Vikings built their identity around unselfish basketball, disciplined defense, toughness, and finding ways to win.

For Heath, this championship was another chapter in a coaching journey that has included stops at North Posey and Evansville Memorial, as well as experience as an assistant coach at programs including Bloomington South and Evansville Harrison.

He has now accumulated 14 seasons as a head coach and more than 180 career victories.

After a season like this, there are a lot of questions worth asking.

Yeah, that's what, you know, after Ironton was unable to be in the playoffs last year, that's what they're going to want to look for this year and every year moving forward.

They've got a big one this week with Bloomington South unbeaten, going to be coming in, obviously, from Indiana.

That'll be a different test.

We don't know how they compare to Big Walnut, Ironton, but... there's a reason why they're taking the test to come over to Ironton as well.

I was there for eight years.

And then prior to that, I was an assistant at several stops, including Evansville Harrison, Bloomington South, Eastern Green, Evansville North.

So all those stops helped prepare me to be a head coach.

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, but you happened to get on, uh, with one of the places that it was a Bloomington North.

The, uh, was that with coach Holmes?

Yeah, Bloomington South.

Bloomington South.

Yeah.

Bloomington South next week, two undefeated teams coming in.

Just an outstanding schedule, but that win over Jackson was really impressive to me.

Like, getting to see it on field level, they fly around, they hit hard, and then they just kind of go about their business.