Photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostEven for some of the best teams and competitors, there are times when that championship seems just out of reach. It takes longer for some than others.It took Andy Reid until his 21st year as an NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl. It took Dale Earnhardt 20 tries to win a Daytona 500. It took the Chicago Cubs 108 years.Take the St. Joseph Central Scholar Bowl team. They had been to the state tournament every year from 2014-2021. They finished fourth twice, third last year and second four times before that.In three of those seven runs, the Indians were one question away from winning it all. But this year, Central finally broke through. In their eighth consecutive year at state, Central defeated Parkway West of St. Louis 430-310 in Columbia to claim the program's first state championship.Making what once seemed unattainable a reality."We've had two runs like the Buffalo Bills in the 90s," Central coach Jeff Carter said,
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