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SECTION SEV EN Recognition

The Oregon-Davis Lady Bobcats celebrate their Class 1A girls
basketball state championship. Oregon-Davis is located in
Hamlet, Indiana and is known, appropriately enough, as “the
little school with the big dreams.”

CELEBRATING EFFORT; These two concepts—effort and excellence—teach
essential life lessons that young student-athletes learn
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE in high school and use throughout their lives.

The Indiana High School Athletic Association recog-
nizes effort and excellence in numerous ways from
crowning state champions in 21 high school sports,
to presenting the coveted mental attitude award at
every state finals tournament event, to awarding Cato
Scholarships to 13 deserving student-athletes enrolled
in high schools located in every corner of our state.

While only a few go home with hardware to put in
their school’s trophy case or a plaque to hang on their
bedroom wall, virtually every teenager who puts on a
uniform graduates from high school understanding the
relationship between effort and excellence. And that’s
what participating in high school sports is all about.

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