In the first installment of the We Grow Basketball Here documentary series, the incredible story of Blackford High School's ascendent basketball team — with an old coach and a young star — is told by award-winning director Kirby Bradley in "The Old Man and The Team."
When we say "We Grow Basketball Here," the "here" in this story is just north of Muncie, Indiana in Hartford City, a town that like much of rural America, has been hit hard by industrial decline.
"It has been tough economically for us," said Tony Uggen, the Athletic Director Blackford High School.