PARKER CITY, Ind. — They sit together near midcourt, starting about six rows up from the Monroe Central scorer’s table and ascending to the top of the bleachers. They don’t miss any games. Some drive from Muncie. Some from Yorktown. Some from Indianapolis. On any given night, there will be about 15-20 Nashes here to see the last of the late Keith’s 10 sons, Israel.
The woman now alone at the center of the family, Staci Nash, rocks one of her 11 grandchildren Emmersyn on her lap. Before the varsity team takes the floor for warmups against Eastern Hancock, the young girl asks her grandma.