No football for me, and a great loss
What a weird start to the high-school football season — at least from where I have been sitting.
First, I witness a 30-minute lightning delay, the first I have ever been a part of while covering a football game, at the Glenn-North Davidson game on Aug. 21. Last Friday, it was another first for me. Showed up at Mount Tabor at 6:30 in a pretty steady rain and sure enough, the game was postponed until Saturday. Never have made it to a game and seen it called before the first play.
Never saw a single player in pads either, just some old friends in the pressbox — Rick Anderson, who was my JV baseball coach at Mount Tabor in 1985 (and is now the varsity girls basketball coach) and Dick Jamback, the former boys basketball coach (and now JV girls basketball coach) who has retired from teaching, but will never retire from being one of the most enjoyable characters around.
So instead of watching a game, I headed into the office to handle the other area games being called in.
And so it was no football for me last week. I was already booked on Saturday with my wife Kristin’s high-school reunion (thanks to the good folks from Davie High for a good time — especially for allowing my wife to win the cash raffle!).
Couple of quick thoughts — how about Mount Airy winning at Thomasville? Yes, both teams are vastly different than last season, but still! Granite Bears with an 18-game winning streak and counting. And also, how about the solid play of 2-0 West Forsyth, as well as the Reynolds getting at 2-0 in explosive fashion.
Wondering if there will be a dominant team to come out of Forsyth County this season? Looks like it will take a while to determine, but Carver, East Forsyth, Reynolds and West, congrats. You guys are 2-0.
On a sad note, my profession — and society in general — lost a truly great man on Sunday morning when Tom Berry, longtime reporter for the High Point Enterprise, died after suffering for more than a year with cancer. Tom was one of the nicest men you could meet and was a pro at his job. He leaves behind a wife and three daughters and a whole lot of sad people. He will be greatly missed.