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By Lynn Houser 331-4381 |
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October 29, 2008 Jahkeen Gilmore played four years at IU and never went to a bowl game. Lee Becton played for Lou Holtz at Notre and came within a field goal a national championship, only to have to settle for second. Israel Thompson was an Indiana Mr. Football, yet never got to play for a state championship. Aaron White guided Edgewood to a sectional final but walked away without a title. Saturday night, these men and their teammates were united in a common cause, to win a championship. They were playing in the championship game of the Interstate Football League, a league for amateurs who still have a passion for football. They were playing for the Indiana Cutters, a Bloomington-based unit, against the Kosciusko Mustangs, a northern Indiana squad. While the rest of the state paid little attention to this game, it meant the world to the men who played it. To them it was a chance for redemption, a chance to fill a void left by their careers in organized football. |
