Scottie, The Sweeper

William Browning: Saturday night, moments before halftime, and Scottie Mason wraps what have to be longest fingers in the building around the handles of a dust broom.

The buzzer sounds, players head toward locker rooms. A voice through the PA system pipes out his name and Scottie — who, like Oprah and LeBron, achieved no-surname status years ago — begins sweeping the hardwood to a hero's applause.

This 41-year-old son of a cook and shoe factory worker is something of a cult figure for the way he handles the broom during halftimes of the Wyoming State High School Basketball Championship games.

He works diligently to the tune of his de facto theme song, "Johnny B. Goode." Head down, gaze up.…