I hit a high school game this past Friday. I didn't know about it until someone told me a couple of days before that the high school season was about top crank up. What the.....? It was the 20th of August. The question is, what in the wide, wide, world of sports are games starting in the middle of August for? It was 94 degrees that day. Thankfully, there were some storms that blew through about 5:00 p.m. and cooled things down enough to make attendance bearable.
The teams weren't significant. 5A Rehobeth vs. 3A Providence Christian. It was the fact that the pads were popping, bands were playing, people were cheering and I got a horrible cheeseburger from the concession stands. Football was back.
I watched until the 4th quarter when the game was getting out of hand, so I could get home in time for the Friday Night Highlights starting at 10:00. I was doing a happy.
After the highlights show, I flipped over and found a game from the left coast. Miami Central was playing a school called St. John Boscoe. Never heard of them, but apparently, they've been a pretty big deal in recent years. Plus, they were bitch slapping MC, who I watched handle Hoover a couple of years back. On a side note, being the heights and weights guy I am, I've noticed Max Preps has picked up it's game. I was thinking these are some pretty big dudes, so I pulled up their rosters on Max Preps. There was only one guy on Miami Central's O-line under 300 pounds, which was the center. I couldn't find anyone under 300 on St. John.
Anyway, high school football is back in full swing, and we've got some college kicking off this weekend. Anybody catch a game? Wiregrass, I know you did. Details man, details.