They weren't born.
Their parents weren't born.
1969.
Gas was 35 cents a gallon. Man took his first step on the moon. The Beatles were big. The Miracle Mets won the World Series. Richard Nixon was President. There was Woodstock, not the little bird from Peanuts, but the music festival. It was the last time the Oran Eagles basketball team advanced this far in the state basketball tournament.
1969.
Oran falls to Dixon in the Class M finals in a controversial finish.
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43 years later the Eagles have upset Advance to win their 2nd district tournament in a row. Next they defeated Crossroads College Prep to advance to this rarefied air. Now they must defeat the Hayti Indians to punch their ticket to Mizzou Arena and the Final Four.
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