One of the things that’s always been most important to Ted O’Brien is family and it’s the reason why the Southridge boys basketball coach put in his resignation from the basketball program a few weeks ago..

The Forest Park boys basketball team had a season that players and the community will remember for the rest of their lives but the magic ran out in Indianapolis.

You might assume that Forest Park’s journey to the Class 2A boys basketball state championship started with summer workouts last June, but for the Rangers’ group of seniors, the journey began a long, long time ago.

From hitting the fadeaway game winner against South Spencer in the sectional to helping lead the way in scoring in the semistate victory against Indianapolis Scecina, Forest Park senior Collin Hochgesang has had some big moments in his final year with the Rangers.

After Saturday’s semistate victory against Indianapolis Scecina, Forest Park boys basketball head coach Jeff Litherland briefly paused and looked at the scene unfolding around him. It didn’t seem real. None of it seemed like it could be happening.