Bearcat Bob

Manassas Park v. Giles in championship game.

It is amazing how Riverheads manages to stay just below the 2A level while the other schools in close proximity fluctuate so much.

Imagine Madison County’s disappointment.Defending state champs, return all starters, only to lose in state quarterfinals. Now Abington, on the other hand, with their ace on the mound looked to be as close to a sure thing as possible. Oh well! That’s why they play the games on the field.

I thought Abingdon had it in the bag when they beat Fluvanna. Didn’t think Spotsy had it in them. I thought the Bearcats would struggle if Page threw the lefty freshman. The kid is polished. Not sure how long he went. Page has 3 dominant pitchers. Maybe next year SWVA.

Was ‘84 the Trey McCall year(s)?

Congrats! VHS and Abingdon in respective finals. How cool would it be with 2 titles?

Just FYI. Fluvanna has a set of twins, Andrew and Kevin Ward. They both pitch (lefties) and both hit the daylights out of the ball. You will probably see one of them. The other pitcher is Algeri(?). This team has been together since about 1st grade. They played a lot of travel ball as the Fluvanna Extreme. They have a new coach this year. Really solid team.

Madison allowed 2 unearned runs in bottom of 7th. All three KW runs were unearned. Gotta make the plays. Tough end for a team who returned 8 starters from last year. 8 returners for next year as well. Good luck to the remaining SWVA teams.

Nothing back hand about it. I thought our recruiters could have persuaded an old bearcat to bring his son home. Must be slipping!

Happens all over. Today one of the East Rock dads declared that ER could win the 5 or 6A state. I still get a smile recalling his exuberance and hubris.

I’ve been at a team camp all weekend with East Rockingham. 5A teams—Albemarle and Orange Privates—St Anne’s Belfield and Highland Western Albemarle, Culpeper, William Monroe, George Mason, Madison, Kettle Run, and East Rock East Rock is killing it against all comers. I’m going to get out front early and say that they overtake RE Lee in the district and contend for a state 2A title. You heard it here first! They split with Lee last year in the regular season. Western Albemarle will be in the 3A Hunt.

Madison’s first loss of season after sweeping Page in regular season. Apparently, due to all the rain outs, Madison agreed to travel to Page and play their semifinal game against Wilson, which they won 8-2. They played Page about 30 minutes later and went with pitcher number 2. Lost 5-1 to end their 30+ game win streak. So instead of hosting a state quarter, they will travel to Region A. My son dates one of their players so I get all the details.

Congrats to Francisco on breaking the record! Too bad Coach Mike didn’t get him back to Bristol. I want to say good luck in the hunt for a state title but can you imagine the Abingdon blowhards on here if they win it? Oh what the heck...good luck Abingdon! It would be cool if both Abingdon and VHS brought home titles. But VHS has its work cut out for them. Page County has 3 stud pitchers. That lefty freshman, TR Williams, is more than a hand full (especially against LH hitters). Eppard is pretty impressive as well.

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit is it?

The thing is that I like Frito. Played with him in Bristol. But, their fans can be hemorrhoids.

Now I recall why I never liked Abingdon sports...

If Frito was okay with it, why the stink? If they could not have played through the finals what would be the point of starting?

This is not uncommon this year. The lone D1 team in the Bull Run opted out of the district tourney. They chose to prepare for their region tourney after rain outs moved the district tourney back. Non-issue IMHO.

Congrats to GC. That was a special team and McClung is a rare talent. ALso would love to have seen the only Virginia team to beat GC play this year as well. A couple of those Lee players are a pain and some of the staff is completely classless. I will not mention my feelings on some of their fans.

There is parking along Broad Street...especially in the evenings. Do not park in the Lowe’s lot. They tow!

I saw Lee play twice season this against East Rockingham. We split with them. They are not as good as last year. Vaughn is good but can be a head case. I think this match up favors GC. Lee kind of plays like they are in a school yard.. try to block everything, try to push when it is not there etc. But they are really athletic. They used their athleticism to beat most teams. Central Woodstock is a poor mans GC and they could have beaten Lee twice if their coach had a clue. GC has better horses than CW. I think McClung will score at will. If Hatcher was still the Lee coach, I would say GC by 15-20. Their new coach is just a little smarter and MAY try to play defense against GCs perimeter players. Can’t believe I am saying this but Go GC!

And Nottoway returns 7 starters. They were reportedly the best team Madison played last year. Their game went 12 innings in the playoffs so there are a lot of top quality young teams in softball.

Looking at the state program and it looks like Madison started 6 freshmen 2 sophomores and one senior last year.

The VHSL would never pay the rental for some place like VT.

I guess Richlands has a chance but didn’t Madison County return their entire team from last years state championship team?