Waynesboro is good. Got it?
If Waynesboro’s boys soccer team wants to score nine goals in four matches, that’s fine with me.
If Waynesboro’s boys soccer team wants to put six of those goals in during a blowout win over Group A (Division 2?) Wilson Memorial, that’s fine with me.
If Waynesboro’s boys soccer team wants to score two goals against the always-tough Blue Streaks up in Harrisonburg on Monday, that’s fine with me.
If those two goals Monday are enough to beat said Blue Streaks, that should be fine with everybody. Right? Good.
And another thing: If you’re three tennis matches into the season and think you have a heck of a shot at making a run at the Group A (Division 2?) girls title like Wilson Memorial, that should be just fine with everybody too. Of course, there are those who will label this as “cockiness” or “arrogance.” But, hey, let’s do everybody a favor and just call it confidence. “The start has really been awesome,” said Wilson’s Christine Coffield. “We have been changing things up this year and taking it a lot more seriously. Our level is so much higher than anytime in the past.”
The start can be as awesome as it wants to be, here’s hoping the end is just as gnarly. (Do the kids still say that? Just asking.)
Of course, if the Hornets’ Kala Guy is only half as good at tennis as she is in volleyball, well, um, that’s kind of scary.
If first-year Wilson baseball coach Derek McDaniel is still looking for “that” arm to slap on the hump, he may have found another hurler to take into consideration. Enter D.J. Curry and his six-strikeout performance against R.E. Lee on Monday in the Hornets’ 5-1 win. Curry only walked two in five innings of work.
“This is our rebuilding year,” said Riverheads softball coach Jenn Colvin, “we lost seven seniors last year and we have a freshman pitcher out there.”
My question: When did they start rebuilding in any sport in Greenville? That’s a joke, of course, not a knock on Colvin who is without star pitcher Annie Sandridge thanks to a little something called “graduation.”
Leah Pagett, you know, the girl that went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Wilson’s 5-4 softball win over R.E. Lee on Monday, your table is ready.
By the way: If you don’t know who the first San Francisco Giant rookie to start at shortstop on opening day since Royce Clayton did it in 1992 was, then ask anybody who played baseball in the old Valley District. They’ll tell you.
