The Antioch Sequoits (17-12, 11-1) lost to Notre Dame (16-15, 2-6) on Wednesday night at Notre Dame in the 3A Regional semi-final.
I thought maybe this might a 12-5 upset situation. The Dons jumped out to an early lead. In the third quarter, Sequoits coach Sean Connor dialed up the pressure with put on a 1-3-1 defense. It worked. Antioch battled back and had it to a four point game.
The 12-5 upset wasn’t going to happen. The Dons made their free throws and forced outside shots in the closing minute that did not fall.
Notre Dame advances to play Deerfield tonight for the Regional championship.
I got to see me first cousin twice removed, Logan Lennon, play for the Sequoits. Logan is the great great grandson of my grandfather and namesake, John J. Lydon, who came to the United States from Ireland in 1912. Logan is a freshman on the Antioch varsity and paid quite a bit in the game. I understand he is a gift football player. We’ll have to coach him up, getting in the gym shooting jumpers so we can be part of Sean Connor’s championship future in Antioch.
