Upon Further Review

Hey, I’m done knocking the scheduling crews at Stuarts Draft and Waynesboro. Seriously, I am. Why? Because if you’re the only two schools in the Southern Valley District with enough sand to schedule boys and girls basketball games on the same night at the same site, well, you’re OK in my book. Seriously. You are.

But the past two days have baffled me slightly. The Stuarts Draft and Waynesboro baseball, softball and tennis battles were supposed to take place today, but they moved them to Thursday because of the expected weather. Then, since it poured Thursday, they moved them back to today. Now they won’t be played today.

So to summarize: Originally supposed to be today, rescheduled for yesterday, then back to being today now tennis is on the 27th and baseball and softball are May 14.

Someone make the rain stop. Now.

And another thing: When you read this “I know it’s my senior season, but I know we aren’t going to be as good as last season. I’m kind of worried about the future for everybody. I still want the Waynesboro program to succeed in the future, so I’m just trying to help the best I can.“ You don’t have to read the rest of the story to know that only a Lucas would say something like this. But here’s the link just in case.

Yep, the Little Giants’ Joseph Lucas ain’t just James’ little brother anymore.

There’s no way on the gods’ green Earth that the Stuarts Draft baseball team should be 1-5 with only three hits in its last four games. There, I said it. Now somebody fix this.

Anytime anybody—and we mean anybody—wants to start scoring goals on Waynesboro’s boys soccer team, please, feel free to do so. They only need to play Rockbridge and Fort Defiance to complete their first cycle and they’re already outscoring district opponents 20-2. Goodness. Gracious.

They play Spotswood next. Why? These guys are no longer in your district. If you want to go far in regionals and states—and this team has had the talent to do so—it’s time the Little Giants start scheduling opponents out of the region. Or maybe head to a soccer jamboree. Something. Anything. Stop playing these Massanutten schools in soccer and start heading over Afton. (Sure, scheduling Western Albemarle this year is a start.) What’s the problem here?

You’ve been hearing about Steven Brown the baseball player for a while. And, finally, in his senior season he’s on the varsity roster. This is what you call making it count.

Lock. The. Thread.

Wait, I think someone just scored on the Little Giants. Nah, I kid. I kid.

Congrats to Aaron Lamb. Good kid. Hard worker. Following his dreams. Jealous?

I love. Absolutely love U.Va.‘s men’s basketball hire. I mean what’s not to like about Tony Bennett? First off, come on, his name’s Tony Bennett. If a guy named Dean Martin was available for the job, it’d be a push as to who should get it. (Sorry Tubby.) Secondly, he’s a spitting image of Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane and, well, you know that’s going to go over great in some hazy, patchouli stanking dorm room.

(What, I thought this was an all-local sports blog? Well, I gotta give my two cents on this. Bully for me, I’m hell on retreat. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Us. There. Does that qualify as a “Friday Lunch Chat” now? Or can I run a story about me above the fold in the freakin’ newspaper? Puh. Leese.)

Thirdly, he’s a heck of a recruiter. And, finally, wooing away his old pal Ritchie McKay away from Liberty. After what the Flames did to the Cadavaliers this season, a move like this isn’t just Goliath extending an olive branch to David after getting knocked on the head. No sir, this is that big Philistine lug converting to Judaism.

Good moves so far all around.

Oh, and don’t tell me you weren’t happy to hear his kids are 8- and 6-years-old. That means he can’t hire them to be on his staff only to use them as scapegoats for his failures later. (Um, we’re looking at you Al Groh.)

But something tells me Bennett won’t be failing.

Just call it I’m-no-fanboy intuition. I know, I know, unique around these parts.