Thursday, April 03, 2008
The Daily Pooch Punt: 4/3/08
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was Stuarts Draft’s first home track meet in five years, so go ahead and give the school a Bozo Button and all.
So, sure. The Cougars have two dominant high jumpers in Caitlynn Filla and Christina Fenske, yada, yada, yada.
And, blah, blah, blah, Waynesboro’s 4x100 relay team of Tim Brown, Will Walter, Terrell Thompson and Ian Henneman ran in their first meet of the season and finished with the gold.
Of course, yawn, R.E. Lee’s Rajah Jenkins, who could be Virginia Military Institute’s version of Devin Hester next year, says he’s going to focus more on track now that the season has started.
I guess what I’m saying here is, yep, all this stuff is fine and dandy. Good on you. Hand out kudos and what not. But let’s take a few seconds to examine the real story that took place Wednesday in the quiet hamlet ot Stuarts Draft on that asphalt track we’re sure those kids love hammering their ankles and knees on — what’s up with Fenske’s socks? Seriously folks, did you see those things?
She had them pulled up to just below her knees and had enough hues to make Joseph and his amazing technicolor dream coat blush. What are these socks called? Where can I get a pair? And, it is wrong that as a man, I would wear of pair of socks like hers with pride and confidence knowing that no matter how dark it was someone could see me walking down the street a mile away? I think not.
So let’s get to one of the other issues here: After the rest of the high jump field was gone, kaput, see ya’ lata’, Fenske and her friend in flops Filla, passed on the 5-foot mark and upped the bar to 5-foot-4. Neither of them were able to clear it, but hey, at least they tried.
“That way we didn’t have to wear our legs out before next week,” Fenske may or may have said. I couldn’t quite tell since it was tough to hear her over those sweet, I-Want-A-Pair socks.
And another thing: Wilson Memorial softball hammers away at Group AA Draft for a 20-0 win the same day Waynesboro goes all crazy on Charlottesville 23-1 — the latter game saw Brittnie Siron and Kayla Bartley combine for a no-hitter and push the Little Giants’ record to 3-3 on the season. Siron had seven strikeouts whilst picking up the win and, for Wilson, Summer Ramsey (enter a sarcastic “surprise, surprise” right here please) picked up the win for the Hornets while recording five Ks (and allowing only two hits). But 43 runs for two teams in one day? Silly me, I thought football season didn’t start until the the end of August.
Let’s ask an expert: OK, so Mr. Glorified Ad Director, is it time to blog about how Waynesboro and Wilson run up softball scores? That’s OK, just tell that parent to stop interrupting you (you remember how to take control of an interview when you decide to play sports writer for a night, right?) and let us know. Please.
OK, here’s your answer: No, it’s not running up the score. Now go back to glad-handing at your Chamber of Commerce meeting and leave sports writing to the big boys. Capisci? (Yeah, let us know how your brackets are doing because, you know, we all really care about that. It’s the spring season after all, so I understand if there’s not enough local sports to write about.)
But it wasn’t just pitching for Waynesboro in its win Wednesday. The Little Giants also got 3-for-3 days from Brenda Price and Jonquil Brown. Brown knocked in a three runs and scored one herself and Price added two RBI and scored three times.
OK, we’ll go there: Looks like the Price is Right. (Booooooo!)
Living the cliché: Mickie Holbert slaps an RBI single for Stuarts Draft, giving the Cougars two of their three hits on the day as they pick up a 4-1 win over Wilson Memorial. Yep, with the way things have been rolling lately for Draft baseball, that win was just what the doctor ordered. (Or something like that.)
Back to track: That new-look Little Giants’ relay team bobbled its first exchange yet still managed to win thanks to Thompson’s first leg that saw the speedster jump out to a 30-meter lead. “Terrell got us ahead and we just kept going, that’s pretty much it,” Walter said.
Yeah, but Will, did you see Fenske’s socks?