Learning Not to Tempt the Fates ; Bruins Prove -- Again -- It's Never Over.

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When the Rock Bridge boys basketball team bolted to a 24-4 lead in the first quarter of its Class 5 semifinal Friday against Chaminade and took a 21-point advantage into the second quarter, I had seen enough.

"It's over!" I exclaimed to my sportswriting colleagues crammed in an upper corner of Mizzou Arena and even emphasized the point with one of those thoughtless throat-slashing pantomimes that used to be all the rage.

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Learning Not to Tempt the Fates ; Bruins Prove -- Again -- It's Never Over.

I've got to quit doing things like this.

As soon as my index finger finished sliding across my throat, an image of the Hickman girls semifinal collapse in 2007 flashed before my eyes.

"That'll never happen again," I told myself.

I've got to quit thinking things like this.

You know the rest.

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