Slaying a dragon is no easy task, but the Green Bulldogs were up for it.
Keeping the East Orientals on the ropes all night, it looked like an upset was about to occur in the district semifinal at Copley High School. But a last second shot by East's Trevoris Bell that sat the on the rim before dropping in saved the No. 2 seed from an upset Wednesday night as East earned a 62-60 victory.
As the game wore on, like Chavez in his 1990 title fight against Taylor, Jackson landed the more thudding blows before finally wearing down and stopping a battered but resilient Blue Streaks team to advance to Saturday night's Division I district title game with a 56-49 decision that will have made the 47-year-old Mexican boxing icon proud.
