Watch: Lake Catholic Holds Spirit Rally For Boys Basketball Team

The Cougars celebrated their boys basketball team's first final four appearance in school history

Posted Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:29 pm ET|Updated Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:26 pm ET

congratulated the boys basketball team on its with a spirit rally Wednesday afternoon.

They will play Dunbar of Dayton in the state semis this Friday morning in Columbus.

The team and Coach Mark Chicone thanked the students for their support throughout the season.

Frank Soria noted that no Lake County team has ever won a state basketball championship.

"We're going to be the first," he told the students to enthusiastic cheers.

I originally misidentified Frank Soria as Rick Koenig -- both in the story and the video. My apologies for the error.

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