The PIAA requires its officials to read a statement on sportsmanship to team captains and coaches before each event, and many schools have taken that a step further, offering an announcement to the crowd reminding them that each person present has a job, and that those in the seats are to be supportive, not critical. Sometimes, being a good sport is easy. Sometimes, it means a sacrifice. But the lesson of sportsmanship is worth it. Twice in a matter of days, two Indian Valley athletes and their coaches made that ultimate sacrifice. On the basketball court, a player was taken out of a game because he lost his cool and acted in a way that coach Bob Sealy considered inappropriate. Some have attacked Sealy, claiming it cost his team a victory, perhaps a trip to the state tournament. I can’t say what would have happened in what everyone knew was going to be a close game. But I can tell you this: Sealy’s action, in my opinion, deserves acclaim rather than derision.