Nick Mitchell discusses the fourth-down score that put gave Monroe Central a regional title. Jake Fox/The Star Press
PARKER CITY, Ind. — With four minutes left in Monroe Central’s first-ever regional game against Southwood, John Hochstetler had a message on the headset to his fellow coaches: I’m not sure how, he said, but we’re going to win this game.
Hochstetler had been to four regionals before this one, and they were all close losses. Not to mention the heartbreaking losses Monroe Central has suffered in the postseason the last two years.