Our 14-year-old grandson, Jon, was visiting us recently and since he had never seen my favorite sports movie, “Hoosiers,” Lin and I decided to pull out the DVD of the 1986 film and watch it with him.

If you haven’t seen it yet, (I urge you to rent or buy a copy) or don’t remember the story, “Hoosiers” is about a small town Indiana highschool basketball team that wins the state championship. The film is set in 1952 when all high schools in Indiana, regardless of school size, competed in one state championship tournament. That was the case until 1997. Read the full story