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When I was in junior high and high school, this was about the time of year that the boy's sectional basketball tournament was held in Seymour. Before I was old enough to be on the varsity team, I would go to the games simply as an excited young spectator.

The biggest day was a Saturday. There were early afternoon games followed by the championship game on Saturday night. The time in between the afternoon games and the night game was a special time -- Seymour would be flooded with kids from the participating schools. There were two movie theaters: the Vondee and the Majestic. There was Hart's Sandwich Shop, the best place to get a greasy hamburger, french fries, and Coca-Cola. Baldwin's Drug Store had soda fountains, something that has sadly been lost in the generations that have flown by. As a kid in junior high, roaming the packed streets of Seymour for hours on a Saturday afternoon felt like an early taste of being an adult -- at least that's what I remember.

This view, without the mural, was a familiar view all of us kids saw as we walked the streets of Seymour -- and that John Mellencamp guy -- back then, he was just one of us, another young kid walking the streets of Seymour between games. Except he was probably already dreaming of becoming exactly who he became, and already smoking a cigarette. Those days.....well, they were pretty cool. And back then, Seymour won the sectional almost every year. Barney Scott, the Seymour boy's basketball coach, was already an icon in the sport, and was nearly as synonymous with the Sectional Tourney as the big dill pickles and popcorn that were served in Shields Gymnasium.

Seymour, IN
2023
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Taken on: September 19, 2023
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