Nationally ranked Olympic (22-0) has been dominant all season. Last week was no different with convincing wins against Berry (70-48) and Charlotte Catholic (84-50).
The Trojans, No. 1 in the Observer's Sweet 16 poll, begin ME-GA 7 conference tournament play Thursday at Charlotte Catholic.
At the CMS conference tournament seeding meeting Saturday morning, Charlotte Catholic coach Mike King told Ardrey Kell’s Mike Craft that he was impressed that a team like Olympic, with an abundance of individual talent, shares the basketball as well as it does.
“Hearing that from an opposing coach is good,” Trojans coach Ty Baumgardner said, “but it’s true. This group is just common, especially in this day and age when it’s all about me, me, me. They could care less who scores and who shoots. They just want to win. They share the ball and play well together and it all goes back to how close we are.”
Baumgardner said he’s been most impressed with how consistent his team has been. There haven’t been a lot of times when he didn’t think his team was playing at 100 percent effort and commitment.
“We’ve been real steady and I don’t read too much into scores,” he said. “I know people like to read into that, but you start doing that you start thinking about other things instead of playing the game the way you’re supposed to. I told the guys after the game Friday, ‘Hey proud of you for a great regular season, but a new season starts this week. The playoffs is a whole different ballgame.’”
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/02/16/3860475/northside-christian-stays-sharp.html#storylink=cpy
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Olympic, readying for conference tournament, hitting its stride
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A few thoughts on Harry Giles, best freshman I've seen in 20 years
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I went to the High Point Wesleyan-Raleigh Ravenscroft state quarterfinal playoff game today to see and write about Wesleyan's 6-6 junior guard Theo Pinson. That story will run in Friday's editions of the Observer.
Pinson is as good as advertised. He's ranked No. 13 in the nation and it's easy to see why. He can jump out of the gym and get to the basket at will. I very much enjoyed his skill set.
I wrote in my notebook during the game:
-- "Reminds me a little of how Jerry Stackhouse attacked rim in high school.'
-- "Really wants the ball on defense when he wants it. Could be a lockdown defender if he chooses."
-- "Very long, athletic and as fast as anyone on the floor."
-- "Will be a major problem if he develops a jump shot."
But as I'm observing Pinson, I can't help but notice Wesleyan's freshman 6-8 power forward Harry Giles. He caught a pass flat footed -- in traffic -- and jumped off two feet, cocked the ball back with his right hand and slammed it in traffic.
Giles reminds me of former Clemson center (and LA Laker) Elden Campbell with how he looks, and Giles -- besides the obvious need for physical strength -- doesn't appear to have many weaknesses.
I saw him dribble the full the length of the floor a few times. I saw a smooth outside jump shot, stroked with the kind of confidence that only comes when you have made a lot of them in big situations. I shot shot blocking with the proper hand and phenomenal rebounding technique.
Giles runs the floor the way I used to see Antawn Jamison do it when he was at Providence High School. In fact, the 6-9 Jamison was the guy I kept thinking of when I saw Giles, and I don't think I've seen a better freshman since Jamsion, way back in the early '90s.
And a national college player of the year award and two max NBA deals later, Jamison's playing career didn't turn out too badly.
"Harry's special," said Wesleyan coach Keith Gatlin, a former ACC point guard at Maryland. "He's only 14 and doesn't turn 15 until April. It's amazing to see a kid who can move and handle (the ball) and pass like that. He's a joy to coach and he's a great kid."
I don't think Giles is done growing either. I spoke with his father, Harry Sr., who is a elementary school teacher in the Greensboro area. Harry Sr. is 6-6 and Giles' mother is 6-foot. There are 7-footers in the immediate family.
Last fall, Giles attended a USA Basketball mini-camp in Colorado for players who may be selected for this summer's U-16 team. ESPN national recruiting analyst Dave Telep, who attended the camp, thought Giles was the best player there.
"I spent three days with Harry Giles at USA Basketbal Tryouts," Telep said, "and you just left shaking your head at the things he can do as a 14-year-old basketball player. His awareness in the lane, his passing ability, his feel for the game is amazing. He was the best 2016 player at the camp."
By the time he's a senior, Giles may have a real shot to be the best high school player in America.
NCHSAA Boys Basketball Playoff Pairings
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NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Games are hosted by higher seed and will be played Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Game time is 7 pm unless a doubleheader is played at 6:30 pm and 8 pm. Records include conference tournament results. Seeds are indicated.
CLASS 4-AEAST16 Holly Springs (12-13) at 1 Clayton (25-2)9 Wilmington Ashley (16-8) at 8 Wilmington New Hanover (15-9)12 Knightdale (14-11) at 5 Hope Mills South View (22-4)13 Fayetteville Terry Sanford (13-11) at 4 Wilmington Hoggard (16-8)14 Greenville Rose (10-14) at 3 Fayetteville Seventy-First (24-2)11 Fayetteville Pine Forest (15-11) at 6 Garner (21-4)10 Southeast Raleigh (15-10) at 7 Richmond Senior (18-8)15 East Wake (8-16) at 2 Hoke County (24-2)
MIDEAST16 Cary Panther Creek (10-13) at 1 Durham Jordan (21-4)9 Southern Pines Pinecrest (14-9) at 8 Apex Middle Creek (18-8)12 Raleigh Wakefield (13-11) at 5 Durham Hillside (18-7)13 Lee (14-12) at 4 Cary Green Hope (21-5)14 Lumberton (10-15) at 3 Apex (18-9)11 Northern Durham (13-9) at 6 Raleigh Millbrook (16-10)10 Roxboro Person (14-10) at 7 Ralelgh Leesville Road (18-8)15 Raleigh Enloe (11-13) at 2 Raleigh Broughton (22-5)
MIDWEST16 Greensboro Grimsley (7-17) at 1 Southwest Guilford (26-0)9 Pfafftown Ronald Reagan (19-5) at 8 Northwest Guilford (17-8)12 South Mecklenburg (13-12) at 5 Charlotte Ardrey Kell (22-5)13 Jamestown Ragsdale (12-13) at 4 Greensboro Dudley (20-6)14 Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds (12-14) at Charlotte Independence (22-5)11 East Forsyth (14-12) at 6 Davie (20-5)10 Greensboro Ben Smith (16-10) at 7 Greensboro Page (19-7)15 Charlotte Myers Park (12-14) at 2 Winston-Salem Mount Tabor (23-3)
WEST16 East Mecklenburg (12-14) at 1 Charlotte Olympic (24-0)9 Charlotte Garinger (8-16) at 8 South Caldwell (8-14)12 East Gaston (11-13) at 5 Watauga (13-10)13 Charlotte Mallard Creek (18-8) at 4 Monroe Sun Valley (17-8)14 Lake Norman (12-12) at 3 McDowell (20-5)11 Charlotte Vance (20-6) at 6 Cornelius W.A. Hough (20-5)10 Indian Trail Porter Ridge (7-17) at Asheville A.C. Reynolds (12-12)15 Mint Hill Rocky River (9-15) at 2 West Charlotte (24-3)
CLASS 3-A
EAST16 Jacksonville (10-15) at 1 Rocky Mount (22-2)9 South Brunswick (3-20) at 8 Currituck (9-16)12 Pikeville C.B. Aycock (13-12) at 5 Hertford (12-12)13 Greenville D.H. Conley (15-11) at 4 West Brunswick (12-11)14 North Lenoir (13-13) at 3 West Craven (22-4)11 Nash Central (13-9) at 6 Wilson Hunt (20-5)10 Winterville South Central (17-9) at 7 Havelock (16-9)15 Northern Nash (8-13) at 2 Erwin Triton (22-3)
MIDEAST16 Eastern Guilford (12-13) at 1 Chapel Hill (22-4)9 Eden Morehead (15-8) at 8 Spring Lake Overhills (17-8)12 Mayodan Dalton McMichael (16-9) at 5 Southern Wayne (16-8)13 Asheboro (13-13) at 4 Oxford Webb (21-5)14 Orange (10-14) at 3 Eastern Alamance (22-5)11 Southern Guilford (11-14) at 6 Southern Lee (14-10)10 Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (15-11) at 7 Northern Guilford (15-12)15 Fayetteville Douglas Byrd (10-15) at 2 Fayetteville Westover (21-4)
MIDWEST16 Central Cabarrus (10-15) at 1 Concord (22-2)9 Weddington (14-12) at 8 China Grove Jesse Carson (17-10)12 Anson (12-13) at 5 Charlotte Harding University (13-10)13 West Rowan (12-13) at 4 Waxhaw Marvin Ridge (14-9)14 Northwest Cabarrus (15-9) at 3 Statesville (20-3)11 Kannapolis A.L. Brown (19-7) at 6 North Forysth (20-6)10 Charlotte Berry Academy (13-10) at 7 Concord Cox Mill (17-10)15 North Iredell (10-14) at 2 Northeast Guilford (22-3)
WEST16 Gastonia Forestview (10-14) at 1 Gastonia Hunter Huss (21-3)9 R-S Central (13-13) at 8 Franklin (18-8)12 Shelby Crest (13-9) at 5 Asheville (16-9)13 Asheville Erwin (14-11) at 4 Morganton Freedom (20-5)14 Morganton Patton (7-18) at 3 Newton Fred T. Foard (22-4)11 Hickory St. Stephens (19-7) at 6 Hickory (21-6)10 Enka (12-14) at 7 Gastonia Ashbrook (18-8)15 West Henderson (5-17) at 2 Waynesville Tuscola (23-4)
EAST16 Northwest Halifax (13-9) at 1 Kinston (22-2)9 Warren County (17-0) at 8 Pittsboro Northwood (16-10)12 Wilson Beddingfield (12-10) at 5 Bertie (20-3)13 Roanoke Rapids (14-11) at Elizabeth City Northeastern (21-4)14 North Pitt (11-12) at Corinth Holders (22-3)11 South Granville (16-01) at Farmville Central (20-5)10 Edenton Holmes (14-7) at Bunn (20-6)15 Durham School of the Arts (9-10) at 2 Carrboro (22-3)
MIDEAST16 SouthWest Edgecombe (13-10) at 1 Jacksonville Northside (22-3)9 Newport Croatan (19-5) at 8 St. Pauls (16-8)12 Siler City Jordan-Matthews (19-7) at 5 Burlington Cummings (20-4)13 South Lenoir (14-10) at 4 North Brunswick (16-8)14 East Duplin (8-17) at 3 Fairmont (21-5)11 Eastern Randolph (16-10) at 6 Whiteville (19-7)10 South Columbus (15-7) at 7 Clinton (19-7)15 East Bladen (15-10 at 2 Graham (22-5)
MIDWEST16 High Point T.W. Andrews (8-16) at 1 Waxhaw Cuthbertson (24-3)9 North Surry (9-16) at 8 Lexington (10-16)12 Marshville Forest Hills (14-11) at 5 West Stokes (21-6)13 East Davidson (8-17) at 4 Wilkes Central (21-5)14 Ashe County (6-18) at 3 Trinity (19-4)11 Randleman (17-7) at 6 Trinity Wheatmore (21-5)10 Boonville Starmount (9-16) at 7 Monroe Piedmont (20-5)15 Salisbury (9-17) at 2 Central Davidson (21-3)
WEST16 South Iredell (6-18) at 1 Sylva Smoky Mountain (23-3)9 Lincolnton (13-11) at 8 Canton Pisgah (16-10)12 Black Mountain C.D. Owen (11-16) at 5 Burnsville Mountain Heritage (18-9)13 North Lincoln (10-15) at 4 East Lincoln (19-4)14 North Henderson (9-14) at 3 East Burke (22-5)11 Newton-Conover (16-10) at 6 West Caldwell (20-5)10 Madison (11-12) at 7 East Rutherford (21-6)15 Claremont Bunker Hill (7-17) at 2 Shelby (23-3)
CLASS 1-A
EAST16 Williamston Riverside (10-14) at 1 Plymouth (23-0)9 Weldon (10-14) at 8 Mattamuskeet (3-11)5 Rocky Mount Prep (19-3, independent qualifier) at 12 Southeast Halifax (8-13)13 Chocowinity Southside (13-13) at 4 Columbia (12-12)14 North Carolina School of Science and Math (6-14) at 3 Saxapahaw River Mill Academy (14-12)11 Franklin Academy (9-13) at 6 Robersonville South Creek (21-6)10 Camden (18-7) at 7 Durham Voyager Academy (16-9)15 Gates (6-18) at 2 Northampton (15-7)
MIDEAST16 Hobbton (11-13) at 1 East Carteret (21-5)9 Rosewood (16-6) at 8 West Columbus (5-15)12 Red Springs (6-16) at 5 Southwest Onslow (17-5)13 Lakewood (10-13) at 4 East Columbus (11-12)14 Princeton (9-16) at 3 Wallace-Rose Hill (19-7)11 Pamlico (11-12) at 6 Union (15-11)10 Pender (12-13) at 7 Ayden-Grifton (13-11)15 Dixon (7-18) at 2 Goldsboro (17-6)
MIDWEST16 Chatham Central (7-15) at 1 Winston-Salem Prep (26-2)9 North Moore (14-11) at 8 Monroe Central Academy (9-15)12 Mount Airy (13-11) at 5 Albemarle (20-3)13 West Montgomery (10-12) at 4 Lake Norman Charter (21-4)14 East Montgomery (12-13) at 3 Monroe (21-4)11 Gastonia Highland Tech (9-14) at 6 Bessemer City (18-7)10 Kernersville Bishop McGuinness (14-11) at 7 South Stokes (15-10)15 South Stanly (8-16) at 2 North Rowan (24-3)
WEST16 Cherryville (11-14) at 1 Hendersonville (21-3)9 Cherokee (14-12) at 8 Avery (12-14)12 Mitchell (3-22) at 5 Swain (19-7)13 Robbinsville (15-9) at 4 Highlands (15-10)14 East Surry (15-11) at 3 Elkin (20-7)11 Blue Ridge (8-16) at 6 North Wilkes (12-12)10 West Wilkes (10-15) at 7 Hiwassee Dam (12-14)15 Murphy (13-12) at 2 Hayesville (20-6)
Jack Daniel's parent company picks Ala. for mill
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STEVENSON, Ala. (AP) - Alabama is getting jobs tied to Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
Jack Daniel's parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., has announced plans to open a mill in Stevenson that will produce white oak material for whiskey barrels. The vice president of Brown-Forman Cooperage, Greg Roshkowski, says dozens of sites were considered in the Tennessee Valley before deciding on Stevenson. He said the area has an abundant supply of white oak logs. The new mill is supposed to employ more than 30 people.
The president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, Dus Rogers, says the northeast Alabama county is getting an employer with a name known around the world.
Brown-Forman Cooperage currently operates mills in Jackson, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn.
Jack Daniel's parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., has announced plans to open a mill in Stevenson that will produce white oak material for whiskey barrels. The vice president of Brown-Forman Cooperage, Greg Roshkowski, says dozens of sites were considered in the Tennessee Valley before deciding on Stevenson. He said the area has an abundant supply of white oak logs. The new mill is supposed to employ more than 30 people.
The president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, Dus Rogers, says the northeast Alabama county is getting an employer with a name known around the world.
Brown-Forman Cooperage currently operates mills in Jackson, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn.
Oak Grove High School student charged with capital murder in parents' slaying
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A 17-year-old Oak Grove High School student is formally charged with capital murder in the slaying of his parents.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies obtained the warrant this afternoon against Drew Brennan Thacker.
Thacker is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
"A kid murdering anyone is hard to understand but to take the lives of his own parents is pretty twisted," Christian said. "God rest their souls. Our hearts and prayers go out to the surviving brother and extended family members."
Deputies were called to the home in the 9900 block of Taylor's Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting.
They discovered the bodies of Ronnie and Barbara Thacker, ages 53 and 55, dead inside the home. Both had been shot in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered from inside the home.
Drew Thacker's brother, 20-year-old Luke Thacker, told deputies his brother called him at 3:30 p.m. and asked if he wanted to go get something to eat. His brother acted normal while they were at a fast-food restaurant, Luke Thacker told deputies, like nothing had happened. The two then went to visit friends.
When they got home around 9 p.m., they pulled up to the home. The suspect told his brother not to go inside. When he asked why, the suspect told him he had shot and had killed their parents.
The brothers got into a physical altercation, Christian said. The suspect told him they had pushed him too far and he could not take it anymore.
The other brother ran next door to ask for help, and the suspect fled in his father's truck. Drew Thacker was taken into custody a short time later at an Adger home.
Drew Brennan Thacker (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A 17-year-old Oak Grove High School student is formally charged with capital murder in the slaying of his parents.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies obtained the warrant this afternoon against Drew Brennan Thacker.
Thacker is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
"A kid murdering anyone is hard to understand but to take the lives of his own parents is pretty twisted," Christian said. "God rest their souls. Our hearts and prayers go out to the surviving brother and extended family members."
Deputies were called to the home in the 9900 block of Taylor's Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting.
They discovered the bodies of Ronnie and Barbara Thacker, ages 53 and 55, dead inside the home. Both had been shot in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered from inside the home.
Drew Thacker's brother, 20-year-old Luke Thacker, told deputies his brother called him at 3:30 p.m. and asked if he wanted to go get something to eat. His brother acted normal while they were at a fast-food restaurant, Luke Thacker told deputies, like nothing had happened. The two then went to visit friends.
When they got home around 9 p.m., they pulled up to the home. The suspect told his brother not to go inside. When he asked why, the suspect told him he had shot and had killed their parents.
The brothers got into a physical altercation, Christian said. The suspect told him they had pushed him too far and he could not take it anymore.
The other brother ran next door to ask for help, and the suspect fled in his father's truck. Drew Thacker was taken into custody a short time later at an Adger home.
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Jack Daniel's parent company picks Ala. for mill
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STEVENSON, Ala. (AP) - Alabama is getting jobs tied to Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
Jack Daniel's parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., has announced plans to open a mill in Stevenson that will produce white oak material for whiskey barrels. The vice president of Brown-Forman Cooperage, Greg Roshkowski, says dozens of sites were considered in the Tennessee Valley before deciding on Stevenson. He said the area has an abundant supply of white oak logs. The new mill is supposed to employ more than 30 people.
The president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, Dus Rogers, says the northeast Alabama county is getting an employer with a name known around the world.
Brown-Forman Cooperage currently operates mills in Jackson, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn.
Jack Daniel's parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., has announced plans to open a mill in Stevenson that will produce white oak material for whiskey barrels. The vice president of Brown-Forman Cooperage, Greg Roshkowski, says dozens of sites were considered in the Tennessee Valley before deciding on Stevenson. He said the area has an abundant supply of white oak logs. The new mill is supposed to employ more than 30 people.
The president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, Dus Rogers, says the northeast Alabama county is getting an employer with a name known around the world.
Brown-Forman Cooperage currently operates mills in Jackson, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn.
Oak Grove High School student charged with capital murder in parents' slaying
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Share Email Print Drew Brennan Thacker (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A 17-year-old Oak Grove High School student is formally charged with capital murder in the slaying of his parents.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies obtained the warrant this afternoon against Drew Brennan Thacker.
Thacker is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
"A kid murdering anyone is hard to understand but to take the lives of his own parents is pretty twisted," Christian said. "God rest their souls. Our hearts and prayers go out to the surviving brother and extended family members."
Deputies were called to the home in the 9900 block of Taylor's Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting.
They discovered the bodies of Ronnie and Barbara Thacker, ages 53 and 55, dead inside the home. Both had been shot in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered from inside the home.
Drew Thacker's brother, 20-year-old Luke Thacker, told deputies his brother called him at 3:30 p.m. and asked if he wanted to go get something to eat. His brother acted normal while they were at a fast-food restaurant, Luke Thacker told deputies, like nothing had happened. The two then went to visit friends.
When they got home around 9 p.m., they pulled up to the home. The suspect told his brother not to go inside. When he asked why, the suspect told him he had shot and had killed their parents.
The brothers got into a physical altercation, Christian said. The suspect told him they had pushed him too far and he could not take it anymore.
The other brother ran next door to ask for help, and the suspect fled in his father's truck. Drew Thacker was taken into custody a short time later at an Adger home.
Drew Brennan Thacker (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A 17-year-old Oak Grove High School student is formally charged with capital murder in the slaying of his parents.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies obtained the warrant this afternoon against Drew Brennan Thacker.
Thacker is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
"A kid murdering anyone is hard to understand but to take the lives of his own parents is pretty twisted," Christian said. "God rest their souls. Our hearts and prayers go out to the surviving brother and extended family members."
Deputies were called to the home in the 9900 block of Taylor's Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting.
They discovered the bodies of Ronnie and Barbara Thacker, ages 53 and 55, dead inside the home. Both had been shot in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered from inside the home.
Drew Thacker's brother, 20-year-old Luke Thacker, told deputies his brother called him at 3:30 p.m. and asked if he wanted to go get something to eat. His brother acted normal while they were at a fast-food restaurant, Luke Thacker told deputies, like nothing had happened. The two then went to visit friends.
When they got home around 9 p.m., they pulled up to the home. The suspect told his brother not to go inside. When he asked why, the suspect told him he had shot and had killed their parents.
The brothers got into a physical altercation, Christian said. The suspect told him they had pushed him too far and he could not take it anymore.
The other brother ran next door to ask for help, and the suspect fled in his father's truck. Drew Thacker was taken into custody a short time later at an Adger home.
The Waiting Game... It's Worth It
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Savage Indeed
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe it’s the excitement related to teams who have never battled one another or maybe it’s the opportunity to attend a daytime game where I’ve never been, but I find the height of the Montana Class C (both eight-man and six-man) season comes during those first two weeks of the playoffs—the first round and the quarterfinals. It’s a “rich” time in that there are still so many venues to choose from and often the outcomes are very uncertain.
With the title games on the docket this coming weekend, and the available games are now whittled down to the bare minimum (even if they are the title games), I found myself reflecting on this juncture of the football season while attending the semifinal game at Big Sandy this past weekend.
It seems with each passing year, the ongoings of the other playoff games (i.e., those that are happening at the same time) become more available—even the other classes. For example, during the Big Sandy-Savage six-man shoot-out, we were updated several times by the announcer on the progress of the eight-man game at Chinook with Power-Dutton-Brady. Later we heard updates on the score in the other six-man semifinal game between Denton and Hysham. I suppose we can credit the infusion of cell phones for this effortless flow of scores between the obscure towns of Montana and other western states.
Oddly, there came no word from the showdown at Wibaux with Drummond nor was there anything mentioned about the other class games around the state. I wondered, was this simply because the games that were reported were fairly close by? It seemed reasonable that there might be someone from Big Sandy attending the game in Chinook because their nephew was playing, or something like that. And, wouldn’t Big Sandy have sent a scout to the Denton game should the Pioneers emerge victorious, allowing the scout to call in scores while working up a fresh scouting report on the victor from that game?
Elevator Stage
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe I read too much into this little sidebar of an event. Even so, with improved and more ubiquitous technology and communications, I wonder if the day will come when we will see the scores from other six-man and eight-man games around the state posted on the scoreboards like they’ve been doing for years in the professional stadiums. It seems like a stretch here in 2010, but few of us probably thought cell phones would be so prolific a mere twenty years ago.
As the Big Sandy-Savage game was drawing to its exciting close, we were informed that Chinook had overtaken Power-Dutton-Brady in the fourth quarter and Denton was still in control of their game with Hysham. Despite all of this, after the Warriors of Savage were crowned the victors at Big Sandy, there was never another word on those other games. Walking to my truck afterwards, I kept my ears perked for that one last announcement, but it never came.
Into the Montana darkness and on to Eddie’s Corner, I remained in the metaphorical darkness as well regarding the outcome of those other games. At first I considered checking on-line via my phone to see if the scores were posted, but decided I would wait and hear about the outcomes via the old-fashioned method—reading about them in the next day’s newspapers.
I half expected to hear about one of the other games while eating my dinner at the Eddie's Corner café—given it is such a central junction in the state. If that had been the case, I would have welcomed the news.
Nevertheless, after dinner I walked out into the darkest outlying areas of the truck stop’s parking area—beyond the parked semis—climbed into my cold sleeping bag in the bed of my pickup and wondered if Chinook had indeed held their lead after claiming it late in the game. “And what about Drummond and Wibaux,” I asked myself as I set the alarm on the cell phone? Was the Rainbow Club in Wibaux jumping with delight or were they drowning their sorrows again, almost a year later after losing to Drummond at home in the title game?
In an era that is being defined for its instant gratification, I fell asleep at Eddie’s Corner content with the idea of waiting to read about the scores in the Sunday newspapers, and therefore in synch with the rhythms of small town high school football.
Going Deep
Originally uploaded by mdt1960 ShoutoutHere’s to the Big Sandy football team in giving the undefeated Warriors of Savage all they could handle. I’d especially like to salute the savvy play of sophomore quarterback Trevor Lackner. He may have thrown three interceptions in battling a swift Savage defense but he also connected two of his four touchdown passes to his “big men.” The Pioneers’ first touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Dallas Briese—a five-foot, ten-inch, 220-pound junior and later in the game he found sophomore Kaden Beck on a 34-yard strike who stands at six-foot and tips the scales at 260 pounds. It’s doubtful that Briese and Beck could outrun any of the Warriors on the field, but it was Lackner who saw them open and had the confidence to throw in their direction.
Savage Indeed
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe it’s the excitement related to teams who have never battled one another or maybe it’s the opportunity to attend a daytime game where I’ve never been, but I find the height of the Montana Class C (both eight-man and six-man) season comes during those first two weeks of the playoffs—the first round and the quarterfinals. It’s a “rich” time in that there are still so many venues to choose from and often the outcomes are very uncertain.
With the title games on the docket this coming weekend, and the available games are now whittled down to the bare minimum (even if they are the title games), I found myself reflecting on this juncture of the football season while attending the semifinal game at Big Sandy this past weekend.
It seems with each passing year, the ongoings of the other playoff games (i.e., those that are happening at the same time) become more available—even the other classes. For example, during the Big Sandy-Savage six-man shoot-out, we were updated several times by the announcer on the progress of the eight-man game at Chinook with Power-Dutton-Brady. Later we heard updates on the score in the other six-man semifinal game between Denton and Hysham. I suppose we can credit the infusion of cell phones for this effortless flow of scores between the obscure towns of Montana and other western states.
Oddly, there came no word from the showdown at Wibaux with Drummond nor was there anything mentioned about the other class games around the state. I wondered, was this simply because the games that were reported were fairly close by? It seemed reasonable that there might be someone from Big Sandy attending the game in Chinook because their nephew was playing, or something like that. And, wouldn’t Big Sandy have sent a scout to the Denton game should the Pioneers emerge victorious, allowing the scout to call in scores while working up a fresh scouting report on the victor from that game?
Elevator Stage
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe I read too much into this little sidebar of an event. Even so, with improved and more ubiquitous technology and communications, I wonder if the day will come when we will see the scores from other six-man and eight-man games around the state posted on the scoreboards like they’ve been doing for years in the professional stadiums. It seems like a stretch here in 2010, but few of us probably thought cell phones would be so prolific a mere twenty years ago.
As the Big Sandy-Savage game was drawing to its exciting close, we were informed that Chinook had overtaken Power-Dutton-Brady in the fourth quarter and Denton was still in control of their game with Hysham. Despite all of this, after the Warriors of Savage were crowned the victors at Big Sandy, there was never another word on those other games. Walking to my truck afterwards, I kept my ears perked for that one last announcement, but it never came.
Into the Montana darkness and on to Eddie’s Corner, I remained in the metaphorical darkness as well regarding the outcome of those other games. At first I considered checking on-line via my phone to see if the scores were posted, but decided I would wait and hear about the outcomes via the old-fashioned method—reading about them in the next day’s newspapers.
I half expected to hear about one of the other games while eating my dinner at the Eddie's Corner café—given it is such a central junction in the state. If that had been the case, I would have welcomed the news.
Nevertheless, after dinner I walked out into the darkest outlying areas of the truck stop’s parking area—beyond the parked semis—climbed into my cold sleeping bag in the bed of my pickup and wondered if Chinook had indeed held their lead after claiming it late in the game. “And what about Drummond and Wibaux,” I asked myself as I set the alarm on the cell phone? Was the Rainbow Club in Wibaux jumping with delight or were they drowning their sorrows again, almost a year later after losing to Drummond at home in the title game?
In an era that is being defined for its instant gratification, I fell asleep at Eddie’s Corner content with the idea of waiting to read about the scores in the Sunday newspapers, and therefore in synch with the rhythms of small town high school football.
Going Deep
Originally uploaded by mdt1960 ShoutoutHere’s to the Big Sandy football team in giving the undefeated Warriors of Savage all they could handle. I’d especially like to salute the savvy play of sophomore quarterback Trevor Lackner. He may have thrown three interceptions in battling a swift Savage defense but he also connected two of his four touchdown passes to his “big men.” The Pioneers’ first touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Dallas Briese—a five-foot, ten-inch, 220-pound junior and later in the game he found sophomore Kaden Beck on a 34-yard strike who stands at six-foot and tips the scales at 260 pounds. It’s doubtful that Briese and Beck could outrun any of the Warriors on the field, but it was Lackner who saw them open and had the confidence to throw in their direction.
The Rivals: Montana's New Co-op
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Six-Man Solitude, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.When it comes to playing football under the circumstances of dwindling enrollment numbers, six-man football is the ultimate story of adaptation. A school with only fifteen players could prop up an eleven-man team with the hope that injuries don’t finish off their season. However, a better scenario would be for the same team to play six-man football and have enough players to scrimmage during practice and field a respectable and competitive team.
But, what if a school doesn’t even have twelve players—enough to scrimmage in six-man? In the case of Highwood and Geraldine—two perennial powerhouses in Montana six-man play—this is exactly what happened.
Since 1988 these two six-man teams have notched 18 championship game appearances… that’s 18 of the last 23 title games. Of those 18 title games, 15 resulted in victory. In five of those title games, the two rivals faced each other.
Beginning this year, due to a decline in classroom enrollments, the high-octane rivalry of Highwood and Geraldine will transform into a six-man football co-op that is already turning heads. Lead by Geraldine’s veteran coach, Rod Tweet, the Rivals will be competing in Montana’s Six-Man Northern Conference.
Tweet is cautious about making any kind of predictions regarding his team as a state contender. “We don’t have the number of kids to compete anymore,” declared Tweet. “The kids we have are good kids, but injuries play a big role in the game. So, it’s not like we’re going to get together and have 25 kids to play football.” The Rivals started their first week of practice with 16 kids on the roster.
Talk of the merge commenced during last year’s football season. Both teams starting looking at their (already low) numbers and anticipated that each school would barely have enough to field a six-man team. The initial projections were seven players from each school. Tweet’s first discussions were with his players. “I told the boys we were at a spot where I didn’t know if we could finish the season, because injuries are part of football and we’ve had more than are fair share in the last two or three years.”
Tigers and Mountaineers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.Not only was that a dismal outlook for having a competitive season, but it also threatened either program’s future should injuries force such a small-staffed football team to forfeit games. According to Montana High School Association, if a school forfeits two of its games in a season, they are required to compete at a junior varsity level the following year. This would have been a setback for the upperclassmen of either school if they found themselves competing at the junior varsity level in their senior year.
Born from a need to survive, the two Chouteau County football programs will forego their annual contest on the gridiron and whatever rivalry remains between the two schools will be nourished from the volleyball and basketball courts or the track.
Creating and maintaining any kind of athletic co-op is never easy—ask the folks in Custer and Melstone or Broadview and Lavina. There’s much to consider in all of the messy logistics that come together to make for a successful season regardless of the win-loss record. Some of the trickier orchestrations include: coordinating transportation for practices, selecting a team mascot and colors that both schools will adopt, choosing captains without showing favor to one school over the other, making homecoming week arrangements—all of these while pulling support from the participating communities. This becomes even more challenging and complex when two hotly-contested opponents like Geraldine and Highwood are asked to work together.
Highwood Mountains Network, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that this first year for the Rivals will be a bumpy ride, but how well they fair in their new co-op relationship will be critical in establishing how smooth their co-op runs in future seasons. “The obvious problem with co-ops is getting kids on the same page,” according to Coach Tweet. “You’ve got two towns with their own identities and trying to blend them together takes time. I don’t know how long that really takes to get it so they think of it as one team.”
If there is one thing that might keep the bumps to a minimum, it will be the fact that the two communities have already established and maintained a co-op between their two junior high football programs for the past five years.
Even if the Geraldine-Highwood co-op is not the first, it is likely pushing the limits of daily operations required of a football team given the one-hour travel time between each school. Perhaps they can look to the six-man football co-op of Custer and Melstone for inspiration. These two schools have survived for over ten years with a 40-mile stretch of dirt road between them. But, there are casualties to consider as well, such as the short-lived Rapelje-Ryegate co-op. Rapelje now co-ops with Reed Point, while any Ryegate kids that wish to play football travel to Harlowton.
Despite the rich tradition of winning at Geraldine and Highwood, their real adversary in whether they ever bring a six-man title trophy home again might not be in the stiff competition they see each week on the gridiron, but all of the off-field logistical struggles required in maintaining a healthy and working co-op.
Postscript: The Rivals have four home games on the schedule, two will be played in Geraldine and two in Highwood.
Six-Man Solitude, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.When it comes to playing football under the circumstances of dwindling enrollment numbers, six-man football is the ultimate story of adaptation. A school with only fifteen players could prop up an eleven-man team with the hope that injuries don’t finish off their season. However, a better scenario would be for the same team to play six-man football and have enough players to scrimmage during practice and field a respectable and competitive team.
But, what if a school doesn’t even have twelve players—enough to scrimmage in six-man? In the case of Highwood and Geraldine—two perennial powerhouses in Montana six-man play—this is exactly what happened.
Since 1988 these two six-man teams have notched 18 championship game appearances… that’s 18 of the last 23 title games. Of those 18 title games, 15 resulted in victory. In five of those title games, the two rivals faced each other.
Beginning this year, due to a decline in classroom enrollments, the high-octane rivalry of Highwood and Geraldine will transform into a six-man football co-op that is already turning heads. Lead by Geraldine’s veteran coach, Rod Tweet, the Rivals will be competing in Montana’s Six-Man Northern Conference.
Tweet is cautious about making any kind of predictions regarding his team as a state contender. “We don’t have the number of kids to compete anymore,” declared Tweet. “The kids we have are good kids, but injuries play a big role in the game. So, it’s not like we’re going to get together and have 25 kids to play football.” The Rivals started their first week of practice with 16 kids on the roster.
Talk of the merge commenced during last year’s football season. Both teams starting looking at their (already low) numbers and anticipated that each school would barely have enough to field a six-man team. The initial projections were seven players from each school. Tweet’s first discussions were with his players. “I told the boys we were at a spot where I didn’t know if we could finish the season, because injuries are part of football and we’ve had more than are fair share in the last two or three years.”
Tigers and Mountaineers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.Not only was that a dismal outlook for having a competitive season, but it also threatened either program’s future should injuries force such a small-staffed football team to forfeit games. According to Montana High School Association, if a school forfeits two of its games in a season, they are required to compete at a junior varsity level the following year. This would have been a setback for the upperclassmen of either school if they found themselves competing at the junior varsity level in their senior year.
Born from a need to survive, the two Chouteau County football programs will forego their annual contest on the gridiron and whatever rivalry remains between the two schools will be nourished from the volleyball and basketball courts or the track.
Creating and maintaining any kind of athletic co-op is never easy—ask the folks in Custer and Melstone or Broadview and Lavina. There’s much to consider in all of the messy logistics that come together to make for a successful season regardless of the win-loss record. Some of the trickier orchestrations include: coordinating transportation for practices, selecting a team mascot and colors that both schools will adopt, choosing captains without showing favor to one school over the other, making homecoming week arrangements—all of these while pulling support from the participating communities. This becomes even more challenging and complex when two hotly-contested opponents like Geraldine and Highwood are asked to work together.
Highwood Mountains Network, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that this first year for the Rivals will be a bumpy ride, but how well they fair in their new co-op relationship will be critical in establishing how smooth their co-op runs in future seasons. “The obvious problem with co-ops is getting kids on the same page,” according to Coach Tweet. “You’ve got two towns with their own identities and trying to blend them together takes time. I don’t know how long that really takes to get it so they think of it as one team.”
If there is one thing that might keep the bumps to a minimum, it will be the fact that the two communities have already established and maintained a co-op between their two junior high football programs for the past five years.
Even if the Geraldine-Highwood co-op is not the first, it is likely pushing the limits of daily operations required of a football team given the one-hour travel time between each school. Perhaps they can look to the six-man football co-op of Custer and Melstone for inspiration. These two schools have survived for over ten years with a 40-mile stretch of dirt road between them. But, there are casualties to consider as well, such as the short-lived Rapelje-Ryegate co-op. Rapelje now co-ops with Reed Point, while any Ryegate kids that wish to play football travel to Harlowton.
Despite the rich tradition of winning at Geraldine and Highwood, their real adversary in whether they ever bring a six-man title trophy home again might not be in the stiff competition they see each week on the gridiron, but all of the off-field logistical struggles required in maintaining a healthy and working co-op.
Postscript: The Rivals have four home games on the schedule, two will be played in Geraldine and two in Highwood.
Dubois, Wyoming: America's Newest 6-Man Gem
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12 Players, Count 'em, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.The last time I saw a football game in Dubois, the home team could barely field an eleven-man team. There might have been three to four reserves on the sideline, and anytime a team’s bench is that thin, there’s bound to be someone who is reluctant for any action—a five-foot, four-inch, 115-pound freshman in particular.
Beginning this season, for better or worse, the Dubois Rams are amongst Wyoming’s six-man ranks. Personally, I think it’s a good fit.
Unlike many “six-man towns” I’ve visited, Dubois is a big town. In the last census, they notched 971 residents. In my travels, six-man communities are typically between 200 and 300 residents. Yet, the high school enrollment (9-12) at Dubois is a mere 54, which is right in the ballpark of a six-man program. Might we draw up a theory or two from these numbers regarding Dubois and its residents? One: there are an unusual number of households without children. Two: Many of these childless households are retired folks. Whether I’m right or wrong in my novice demographic analysis here doesn’t really matter. What matters is the Rams have a great fan base to draw on, and should they continue in winning, I suspect attendance could be daunting for home games.
Despite moving down in class, Dubois has at least one outstanding item to improve upon. Most shocking to me was the absence of game programs. Just to be sure, I asked around. I’ve seen many football games over the years in some of the poorest and smallest school districts, but never have I attended a game where programs weren’t waiting for spectators at the gate. Hopefully this was just a one-time slip up at Dubois. Small town high school football has much charm in the things that are not present, but found in larger class games. I’d like to think that missing programs are not one of those charms.
PAT4 Rattlers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.As it turned out, program or no program, I was pretty stoked to be attending this particular game in Dubois, nestled up to the Wind River mountain range. My excitement had nothing to do with Dubois hosting their first home game as a six-man team or the fact that the Rams were ranked number-two and were about to battle Little Snake River, the number-one ranked team. Nope, it was because the game was on Saturday.
It’s been a lament of mine for years when it comes to attending Wyoming small town high school football games. In the past, if a game wasn’t on Friday night because a school didn’t have lights, they would hold their games on Thursday or Friday afternoons—never Saturdays like Montana—which was always extremely prohibitive for me working on Fridays. Even attending a game as close as Burlington (only 40 miles away) has required some conniving and/or sacrifice in the past. But here in the last couple of years (and maybe it has something to do with the formation of the six-man class), there are more games played on Saturday afternoons. So, I’m tipping my hat to the all the schools embracing Saturday games as well as the Wyoming High School Activities Association—I’m sure they’ve had something to do with this new scheduling trend too.
By the way, this particular game at Dubois was not only on Saturday, but at 3:00 instead of 1:00—providing even more cushion for travel time.
On a final and unrelated note… What are we to make of Tongue River’s woes? Playing in Wyoming’s 2A eleven-man class, the Eagles have forfeit their season because not enough kids signed up to play.Those students who did sign up are playing down the road with their 2A rival, Big Horn.
12 Players, Count 'em, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.The last time I saw a football game in Dubois, the home team could barely field an eleven-man team. There might have been three to four reserves on the sideline, and anytime a team’s bench is that thin, there’s bound to be someone who is reluctant for any action—a five-foot, four-inch, 115-pound freshman in particular.
Beginning this season, for better or worse, the Dubois Rams are amongst Wyoming’s six-man ranks. Personally, I think it’s a good fit.
Unlike many “six-man towns” I’ve visited, Dubois is a big town. In the last census, they notched 971 residents. In my travels, six-man communities are typically between 200 and 300 residents. Yet, the high school enrollment (9-12) at Dubois is a mere 54, which is right in the ballpark of a six-man program. Might we draw up a theory or two from these numbers regarding Dubois and its residents? One: there are an unusual number of households without children. Two: Many of these childless households are retired folks. Whether I’m right or wrong in my novice demographic analysis here doesn’t really matter. What matters is the Rams have a great fan base to draw on, and should they continue in winning, I suspect attendance could be daunting for home games.
Despite moving down in class, Dubois has at least one outstanding item to improve upon. Most shocking to me was the absence of game programs. Just to be sure, I asked around. I’ve seen many football games over the years in some of the poorest and smallest school districts, but never have I attended a game where programs weren’t waiting for spectators at the gate. Hopefully this was just a one-time slip up at Dubois. Small town high school football has much charm in the things that are not present, but found in larger class games. I’d like to think that missing programs are not one of those charms.
PAT4 Rattlers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.As it turned out, program or no program, I was pretty stoked to be attending this particular game in Dubois, nestled up to the Wind River mountain range. My excitement had nothing to do with Dubois hosting their first home game as a six-man team or the fact that the Rams were ranked number-two and were about to battle Little Snake River, the number-one ranked team. Nope, it was because the game was on Saturday.
It’s been a lament of mine for years when it comes to attending Wyoming small town high school football games. In the past, if a game wasn’t on Friday night because a school didn’t have lights, they would hold their games on Thursday or Friday afternoons—never Saturdays like Montana—which was always extremely prohibitive for me working on Fridays. Even attending a game as close as Burlington (only 40 miles away) has required some conniving and/or sacrifice in the past. But here in the last couple of years (and maybe it has something to do with the formation of the six-man class), there are more games played on Saturday afternoons. So, I’m tipping my hat to the all the schools embracing Saturday games as well as the Wyoming High School Activities Association—I’m sure they’ve had something to do with this new scheduling trend too.
By the way, this particular game at Dubois was not only on Saturday, but at 3:00 instead of 1:00—providing even more cushion for travel time.
On a final and unrelated note… What are we to make of Tongue River’s woes? Playing in Wyoming’s 2A eleven-man class, the Eagles have forfeit their season because not enough kids signed up to play.Those students who did sign up are playing down the road with their 2A rival, Big Horn.
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Jack Daniel's parent company picks Ala. for mill
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STEVENSON, Ala. (AP) - Alabama is getting jobs tied to Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
Jack Daniel's parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., has announced plans to open a mill in Stevenson that will produce white oak material for whiskey barrels. The vice president of Brown-Forman Cooperage, Greg Roshkowski, says dozens of sites were considered in the Tennessee Valley before deciding on Stevenson. He said the area has an abundant supply of white oak logs. The new mill is supposed to employ more than 30 people.
The president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, Dus Rogers, says the northeast Alabama county is getting an employer with a name known around the world.
Brown-Forman Cooperage currently operates mills in Jackson, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn.
Jack Daniel's parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., has announced plans to open a mill in Stevenson that will produce white oak material for whiskey barrels. The vice president of Brown-Forman Cooperage, Greg Roshkowski, says dozens of sites were considered in the Tennessee Valley before deciding on Stevenson. He said the area has an abundant supply of white oak logs. The new mill is supposed to employ more than 30 people.
The president of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, Dus Rogers, says the northeast Alabama county is getting an employer with a name known around the world.
Brown-Forman Cooperage currently operates mills in Jackson, Ohio, and Clifton, Tenn.
Oak Grove High School student charged with capital murder in parents' slaying
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A 17-year-old Oak Grove High School student is formally charged with capital murder in the slaying of his parents.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies obtained the warrant this afternoon against Drew Brennan Thacker.
Thacker is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
"A kid murdering anyone is hard to understand but to take the lives of his own parents is pretty twisted," Christian said. "God rest their souls. Our hearts and prayers go out to the surviving brother and extended family members."
Deputies were called to the home in the 9900 block of Taylor's Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting.
They discovered the bodies of Ronnie and Barbara Thacker, ages 53 and 55, dead inside the home. Both had been shot in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered from inside the home.
Drew Thacker's brother, 20-year-old Luke Thacker, told deputies his brother called him at 3:30 p.m. and asked if he wanted to go get something to eat. His brother acted normal while they were at a fast-food restaurant, Luke Thacker told deputies, like nothing had happened. The two then went to visit friends.
When they got home around 9 p.m., they pulled up to the home. The suspect told his brother not to go inside. When he asked why, the suspect told him he had shot and had killed their parents.
The brothers got into a physical altercation, Christian said. The suspect told him they had pushed him too far and he could not take it anymore.
The other brother ran next door to ask for help, and the suspect fled in his father's truck. Drew Thacker was taken into custody a short time later at an Adger home.
Drew Brennan Thacker (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A 17-year-old Oak Grove High School student is formally charged with capital murder in the slaying of his parents.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies obtained the warrant this afternoon against Drew Brennan Thacker.
Thacker is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.
"A kid murdering anyone is hard to understand but to take the lives of his own parents is pretty twisted," Christian said. "God rest their souls. Our hearts and prayers go out to the surviving brother and extended family members."
Deputies were called to the home in the 9900 block of Taylor's Ferry Road just after 9 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting.
They discovered the bodies of Ronnie and Barbara Thacker, ages 53 and 55, dead inside the home. Both had been shot in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, which was recovered from inside the home.
Drew Thacker's brother, 20-year-old Luke Thacker, told deputies his brother called him at 3:30 p.m. and asked if he wanted to go get something to eat. His brother acted normal while they were at a fast-food restaurant, Luke Thacker told deputies, like nothing had happened. The two then went to visit friends.
When they got home around 9 p.m., they pulled up to the home. The suspect told his brother not to go inside. When he asked why, the suspect told him he had shot and had killed their parents.
The brothers got into a physical altercation, Christian said. The suspect told him they had pushed him too far and he could not take it anymore.
The other brother ran next door to ask for help, and the suspect fled in his father's truck. Drew Thacker was taken into custody a short time later at an Adger home.
The Waiting Game... It's Worth It
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Savage Indeed
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe it’s the excitement related to teams who have never battled one another or maybe it’s the opportunity to attend a daytime game where I’ve never been, but I find the height of the Montana Class C (both eight-man and six-man) season comes during those first two weeks of the playoffs—the first round and the quarterfinals. It’s a “rich” time in that there are still so many venues to choose from and often the outcomes are very uncertain.
With the title games on the docket this coming weekend, and the available games are now whittled down to the bare minimum (even if they are the title games), I found myself reflecting on this juncture of the football season while attending the semifinal game at Big Sandy this past weekend.
It seems with each passing year, the ongoings of the other playoff games (i.e., those that are happening at the same time) become more available—even the other classes. For example, during the Big Sandy-Savage six-man shoot-out, we were updated several times by the announcer on the progress of the eight-man game at Chinook with Power-Dutton-Brady. Later we heard updates on the score in the other six-man semifinal game between Denton and Hysham. I suppose we can credit the infusion of cell phones for this effortless flow of scores between the obscure towns of Montana and other western states.
Oddly, there came no word from the showdown at Wibaux with Drummond nor was there anything mentioned about the other class games around the state. I wondered, was this simply because the games that were reported were fairly close by? It seemed reasonable that there might be someone from Big Sandy attending the game in Chinook because their nephew was playing, or something like that. And, wouldn’t Big Sandy have sent a scout to the Denton game should the Pioneers emerge victorious, allowing the scout to call in scores while working up a fresh scouting report on the victor from that game?
Elevator Stage
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe I read too much into this little sidebar of an event. Even so, with improved and more ubiquitous technology and communications, I wonder if the day will come when we will see the scores from other six-man and eight-man games around the state posted on the scoreboards like they’ve been doing for years in the professional stadiums. It seems like a stretch here in 2010, but few of us probably thought cell phones would be so prolific a mere twenty years ago.
As the Big Sandy-Savage game was drawing to its exciting close, we were informed that Chinook had overtaken Power-Dutton-Brady in the fourth quarter and Denton was still in control of their game with Hysham. Despite all of this, after the Warriors of Savage were crowned the victors at Big Sandy, there was never another word on those other games. Walking to my truck afterwards, I kept my ears perked for that one last announcement, but it never came.
Into the Montana darkness and on to Eddie’s Corner, I remained in the metaphorical darkness as well regarding the outcome of those other games. At first I considered checking on-line via my phone to see if the scores were posted, but decided I would wait and hear about the outcomes via the old-fashioned method—reading about them in the next day’s newspapers.
I half expected to hear about one of the other games while eating my dinner at the Eddie's Corner café—given it is such a central junction in the state. If that had been the case, I would have welcomed the news.
Nevertheless, after dinner I walked out into the darkest outlying areas of the truck stop’s parking area—beyond the parked semis—climbed into my cold sleeping bag in the bed of my pickup and wondered if Chinook had indeed held their lead after claiming it late in the game. “And what about Drummond and Wibaux,” I asked myself as I set the alarm on the cell phone? Was the Rainbow Club in Wibaux jumping with delight or were they drowning their sorrows again, almost a year later after losing to Drummond at home in the title game?
In an era that is being defined for its instant gratification, I fell asleep at Eddie’s Corner content with the idea of waiting to read about the scores in the Sunday newspapers, and therefore in synch with the rhythms of small town high school football.
Going Deep
Originally uploaded by mdt1960 ShoutoutHere’s to the Big Sandy football team in giving the undefeated Warriors of Savage all they could handle. I’d especially like to salute the savvy play of sophomore quarterback Trevor Lackner. He may have thrown three interceptions in battling a swift Savage defense but he also connected two of his four touchdown passes to his “big men.” The Pioneers’ first touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Dallas Briese—a five-foot, ten-inch, 220-pound junior and later in the game he found sophomore Kaden Beck on a 34-yard strike who stands at six-foot and tips the scales at 260 pounds. It’s doubtful that Briese and Beck could outrun any of the Warriors on the field, but it was Lackner who saw them open and had the confidence to throw in their direction.
Savage Indeed
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe it’s the excitement related to teams who have never battled one another or maybe it’s the opportunity to attend a daytime game where I’ve never been, but I find the height of the Montana Class C (both eight-man and six-man) season comes during those first two weeks of the playoffs—the first round and the quarterfinals. It’s a “rich” time in that there are still so many venues to choose from and often the outcomes are very uncertain.
With the title games on the docket this coming weekend, and the available games are now whittled down to the bare minimum (even if they are the title games), I found myself reflecting on this juncture of the football season while attending the semifinal game at Big Sandy this past weekend.
It seems with each passing year, the ongoings of the other playoff games (i.e., those that are happening at the same time) become more available—even the other classes. For example, during the Big Sandy-Savage six-man shoot-out, we were updated several times by the announcer on the progress of the eight-man game at Chinook with Power-Dutton-Brady. Later we heard updates on the score in the other six-man semifinal game between Denton and Hysham. I suppose we can credit the infusion of cell phones for this effortless flow of scores between the obscure towns of Montana and other western states.
Oddly, there came no word from the showdown at Wibaux with Drummond nor was there anything mentioned about the other class games around the state. I wondered, was this simply because the games that were reported were fairly close by? It seemed reasonable that there might be someone from Big Sandy attending the game in Chinook because their nephew was playing, or something like that. And, wouldn’t Big Sandy have sent a scout to the Denton game should the Pioneers emerge victorious, allowing the scout to call in scores while working up a fresh scouting report on the victor from that game?
Elevator Stage
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe I read too much into this little sidebar of an event. Even so, with improved and more ubiquitous technology and communications, I wonder if the day will come when we will see the scores from other six-man and eight-man games around the state posted on the scoreboards like they’ve been doing for years in the professional stadiums. It seems like a stretch here in 2010, but few of us probably thought cell phones would be so prolific a mere twenty years ago.
As the Big Sandy-Savage game was drawing to its exciting close, we were informed that Chinook had overtaken Power-Dutton-Brady in the fourth quarter and Denton was still in control of their game with Hysham. Despite all of this, after the Warriors of Savage were crowned the victors at Big Sandy, there was never another word on those other games. Walking to my truck afterwards, I kept my ears perked for that one last announcement, but it never came.
Into the Montana darkness and on to Eddie’s Corner, I remained in the metaphorical darkness as well regarding the outcome of those other games. At first I considered checking on-line via my phone to see if the scores were posted, but decided I would wait and hear about the outcomes via the old-fashioned method—reading about them in the next day’s newspapers.
I half expected to hear about one of the other games while eating my dinner at the Eddie's Corner café—given it is such a central junction in the state. If that had been the case, I would have welcomed the news.
Nevertheless, after dinner I walked out into the darkest outlying areas of the truck stop’s parking area—beyond the parked semis—climbed into my cold sleeping bag in the bed of my pickup and wondered if Chinook had indeed held their lead after claiming it late in the game. “And what about Drummond and Wibaux,” I asked myself as I set the alarm on the cell phone? Was the Rainbow Club in Wibaux jumping with delight or were they drowning their sorrows again, almost a year later after losing to Drummond at home in the title game?
In an era that is being defined for its instant gratification, I fell asleep at Eddie’s Corner content with the idea of waiting to read about the scores in the Sunday newspapers, and therefore in synch with the rhythms of small town high school football.
Going Deep
Originally uploaded by mdt1960 ShoutoutHere’s to the Big Sandy football team in giving the undefeated Warriors of Savage all they could handle. I’d especially like to salute the savvy play of sophomore quarterback Trevor Lackner. He may have thrown three interceptions in battling a swift Savage defense but he also connected two of his four touchdown passes to his “big men.” The Pioneers’ first touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Dallas Briese—a five-foot, ten-inch, 220-pound junior and later in the game he found sophomore Kaden Beck on a 34-yard strike who stands at six-foot and tips the scales at 260 pounds. It’s doubtful that Briese and Beck could outrun any of the Warriors on the field, but it was Lackner who saw them open and had the confidence to throw in their direction.
The Rivals: Montana's New Co-op
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Six-Man Solitude, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.When it comes to playing football under the circumstances of dwindling enrollment numbers, six-man football is the ultimate story of adaptation. A school with only fifteen players could prop up an eleven-man team with the hope that injuries don’t finish off their season. However, a better scenario would be for the same team to play six-man football and have enough players to scrimmage during practice and field a respectable and competitive team.
But, what if a school doesn’t even have twelve players—enough to scrimmage in six-man? In the case of Highwood and Geraldine—two perennial powerhouses in Montana six-man play—this is exactly what happened.
Since 1988 these two six-man teams have notched 18 championship game appearances… that’s 18 of the last 23 title games. Of those 18 title games, 15 resulted in victory. In five of those title games, the two rivals faced each other.
Beginning this year, due to a decline in classroom enrollments, the high-octane rivalry of Highwood and Geraldine will transform into a six-man football co-op that is already turning heads. Lead by Geraldine’s veteran coach, Rod Tweet, the Rivals will be competing in Montana’s Six-Man Northern Conference.
Tweet is cautious about making any kind of predictions regarding his team as a state contender. “We don’t have the number of kids to compete anymore,” declared Tweet. “The kids we have are good kids, but injuries play a big role in the game. So, it’s not like we’re going to get together and have 25 kids to play football.” The Rivals started their first week of practice with 16 kids on the roster.
Talk of the merge commenced during last year’s football season. Both teams starting looking at their (already low) numbers and anticipated that each school would barely have enough to field a six-man team. The initial projections were seven players from each school. Tweet’s first discussions were with his players. “I told the boys we were at a spot where I didn’t know if we could finish the season, because injuries are part of football and we’ve had more than are fair share in the last two or three years.”
Tigers and Mountaineers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.Not only was that a dismal outlook for having a competitive season, but it also threatened either program’s future should injuries force such a small-staffed football team to forfeit games. According to Montana High School Association, if a school forfeits two of its games in a season, they are required to compete at a junior varsity level the following year. This would have been a setback for the upperclassmen of either school if they found themselves competing at the junior varsity level in their senior year.
Born from a need to survive, the two Chouteau County football programs will forego their annual contest on the gridiron and whatever rivalry remains between the two schools will be nourished from the volleyball and basketball courts or the track.
Creating and maintaining any kind of athletic co-op is never easy—ask the folks in Custer and Melstone or Broadview and Lavina. There’s much to consider in all of the messy logistics that come together to make for a successful season regardless of the win-loss record. Some of the trickier orchestrations include: coordinating transportation for practices, selecting a team mascot and colors that both schools will adopt, choosing captains without showing favor to one school over the other, making homecoming week arrangements—all of these while pulling support from the participating communities. This becomes even more challenging and complex when two hotly-contested opponents like Geraldine and Highwood are asked to work together.
Highwood Mountains Network, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that this first year for the Rivals will be a bumpy ride, but how well they fair in their new co-op relationship will be critical in establishing how smooth their co-op runs in future seasons. “The obvious problem with co-ops is getting kids on the same page,” according to Coach Tweet. “You’ve got two towns with their own identities and trying to blend them together takes time. I don’t know how long that really takes to get it so they think of it as one team.”
If there is one thing that might keep the bumps to a minimum, it will be the fact that the two communities have already established and maintained a co-op between their two junior high football programs for the past five years.
Even if the Geraldine-Highwood co-op is not the first, it is likely pushing the limits of daily operations required of a football team given the one-hour travel time between each school. Perhaps they can look to the six-man football co-op of Custer and Melstone for inspiration. These two schools have survived for over ten years with a 40-mile stretch of dirt road between them. But, there are casualties to consider as well, such as the short-lived Rapelje-Ryegate co-op. Rapelje now co-ops with Reed Point, while any Ryegate kids that wish to play football travel to Harlowton.
Despite the rich tradition of winning at Geraldine and Highwood, their real adversary in whether they ever bring a six-man title trophy home again might not be in the stiff competition they see each week on the gridiron, but all of the off-field logistical struggles required in maintaining a healthy and working co-op.
Postscript: The Rivals have four home games on the schedule, two will be played in Geraldine and two in Highwood.
Six-Man Solitude, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.When it comes to playing football under the circumstances of dwindling enrollment numbers, six-man football is the ultimate story of adaptation. A school with only fifteen players could prop up an eleven-man team with the hope that injuries don’t finish off their season. However, a better scenario would be for the same team to play six-man football and have enough players to scrimmage during practice and field a respectable and competitive team.
But, what if a school doesn’t even have twelve players—enough to scrimmage in six-man? In the case of Highwood and Geraldine—two perennial powerhouses in Montana six-man play—this is exactly what happened.
Since 1988 these two six-man teams have notched 18 championship game appearances… that’s 18 of the last 23 title games. Of those 18 title games, 15 resulted in victory. In five of those title games, the two rivals faced each other.
Beginning this year, due to a decline in classroom enrollments, the high-octane rivalry of Highwood and Geraldine will transform into a six-man football co-op that is already turning heads. Lead by Geraldine’s veteran coach, Rod Tweet, the Rivals will be competing in Montana’s Six-Man Northern Conference.
Tweet is cautious about making any kind of predictions regarding his team as a state contender. “We don’t have the number of kids to compete anymore,” declared Tweet. “The kids we have are good kids, but injuries play a big role in the game. So, it’s not like we’re going to get together and have 25 kids to play football.” The Rivals started their first week of practice with 16 kids on the roster.
Talk of the merge commenced during last year’s football season. Both teams starting looking at their (already low) numbers and anticipated that each school would barely have enough to field a six-man team. The initial projections were seven players from each school. Tweet’s first discussions were with his players. “I told the boys we were at a spot where I didn’t know if we could finish the season, because injuries are part of football and we’ve had more than are fair share in the last two or three years.”
Tigers and Mountaineers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.Not only was that a dismal outlook for having a competitive season, but it also threatened either program’s future should injuries force such a small-staffed football team to forfeit games. According to Montana High School Association, if a school forfeits two of its games in a season, they are required to compete at a junior varsity level the following year. This would have been a setback for the upperclassmen of either school if they found themselves competing at the junior varsity level in their senior year.
Born from a need to survive, the two Chouteau County football programs will forego their annual contest on the gridiron and whatever rivalry remains between the two schools will be nourished from the volleyball and basketball courts or the track.
Creating and maintaining any kind of athletic co-op is never easy—ask the folks in Custer and Melstone or Broadview and Lavina. There’s much to consider in all of the messy logistics that come together to make for a successful season regardless of the win-loss record. Some of the trickier orchestrations include: coordinating transportation for practices, selecting a team mascot and colors that both schools will adopt, choosing captains without showing favor to one school over the other, making homecoming week arrangements—all of these while pulling support from the participating communities. This becomes even more challenging and complex when two hotly-contested opponents like Geraldine and Highwood are asked to work together.
Highwood Mountains Network, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that this first year for the Rivals will be a bumpy ride, but how well they fair in their new co-op relationship will be critical in establishing how smooth their co-op runs in future seasons. “The obvious problem with co-ops is getting kids on the same page,” according to Coach Tweet. “You’ve got two towns with their own identities and trying to blend them together takes time. I don’t know how long that really takes to get it so they think of it as one team.”
If there is one thing that might keep the bumps to a minimum, it will be the fact that the two communities have already established and maintained a co-op between their two junior high football programs for the past five years.
Even if the Geraldine-Highwood co-op is not the first, it is likely pushing the limits of daily operations required of a football team given the one-hour travel time between each school. Perhaps they can look to the six-man football co-op of Custer and Melstone for inspiration. These two schools have survived for over ten years with a 40-mile stretch of dirt road between them. But, there are casualties to consider as well, such as the short-lived Rapelje-Ryegate co-op. Rapelje now co-ops with Reed Point, while any Ryegate kids that wish to play football travel to Harlowton.
Despite the rich tradition of winning at Geraldine and Highwood, their real adversary in whether they ever bring a six-man title trophy home again might not be in the stiff competition they see each week on the gridiron, but all of the off-field logistical struggles required in maintaining a healthy and working co-op.
Postscript: The Rivals have four home games on the schedule, two will be played in Geraldine and two in Highwood.
Dubois, Wyoming: America's Newest 6-Man Gem
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12 Players, Count 'em, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.The last time I saw a football game in Dubois, the home team could barely field an eleven-man team. There might have been three to four reserves on the sideline, and anytime a team’s bench is that thin, there’s bound to be someone who is reluctant for any action—a five-foot, four-inch, 115-pound freshman in particular.
Beginning this season, for better or worse, the Dubois Rams are amongst Wyoming’s six-man ranks. Personally, I think it’s a good fit.
Unlike many “six-man towns” I’ve visited, Dubois is a big town. In the last census, they notched 971 residents. In my travels, six-man communities are typically between 200 and 300 residents. Yet, the high school enrollment (9-12) at Dubois is a mere 54, which is right in the ballpark of a six-man program. Might we draw up a theory or two from these numbers regarding Dubois and its residents? One: there are an unusual number of households without children. Two: Many of these childless households are retired folks. Whether I’m right or wrong in my novice demographic analysis here doesn’t really matter. What matters is the Rams have a great fan base to draw on, and should they continue in winning, I suspect attendance could be daunting for home games.
Despite moving down in class, Dubois has at least one outstanding item to improve upon. Most shocking to me was the absence of game programs. Just to be sure, I asked around. I’ve seen many football games over the years in some of the poorest and smallest school districts, but never have I attended a game where programs weren’t waiting for spectators at the gate. Hopefully this was just a one-time slip up at Dubois. Small town high school football has much charm in the things that are not present, but found in larger class games. I’d like to think that missing programs are not one of those charms.
PAT4 Rattlers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.As it turned out, program or no program, I was pretty stoked to be attending this particular game in Dubois, nestled up to the Wind River mountain range. My excitement had nothing to do with Dubois hosting their first home game as a six-man team or the fact that the Rams were ranked number-two and were about to battle Little Snake River, the number-one ranked team. Nope, it was because the game was on Saturday.
It’s been a lament of mine for years when it comes to attending Wyoming small town high school football games. In the past, if a game wasn’t on Friday night because a school didn’t have lights, they would hold their games on Thursday or Friday afternoons—never Saturdays like Montana—which was always extremely prohibitive for me working on Fridays. Even attending a game as close as Burlington (only 40 miles away) has required some conniving and/or sacrifice in the past. But here in the last couple of years (and maybe it has something to do with the formation of the six-man class), there are more games played on Saturday afternoons. So, I’m tipping my hat to the all the schools embracing Saturday games as well as the Wyoming High School Activities Association—I’m sure they’ve had something to do with this new scheduling trend too.
By the way, this particular game at Dubois was not only on Saturday, but at 3:00 instead of 1:00—providing even more cushion for travel time.
On a final and unrelated note… What are we to make of Tongue River’s woes? Playing in Wyoming’s 2A eleven-man class, the Eagles have forfeit their season because not enough kids signed up to play.Those students who did sign up are playing down the road with their 2A rival, Big Horn.
12 Players, Count 'em, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.The last time I saw a football game in Dubois, the home team could barely field an eleven-man team. There might have been three to four reserves on the sideline, and anytime a team’s bench is that thin, there’s bound to be someone who is reluctant for any action—a five-foot, four-inch, 115-pound freshman in particular.
Beginning this season, for better or worse, the Dubois Rams are amongst Wyoming’s six-man ranks. Personally, I think it’s a good fit.
Unlike many “six-man towns” I’ve visited, Dubois is a big town. In the last census, they notched 971 residents. In my travels, six-man communities are typically between 200 and 300 residents. Yet, the high school enrollment (9-12) at Dubois is a mere 54, which is right in the ballpark of a six-man program. Might we draw up a theory or two from these numbers regarding Dubois and its residents? One: there are an unusual number of households without children. Two: Many of these childless households are retired folks. Whether I’m right or wrong in my novice demographic analysis here doesn’t really matter. What matters is the Rams have a great fan base to draw on, and should they continue in winning, I suspect attendance could be daunting for home games.
Despite moving down in class, Dubois has at least one outstanding item to improve upon. Most shocking to me was the absence of game programs. Just to be sure, I asked around. I’ve seen many football games over the years in some of the poorest and smallest school districts, but never have I attended a game where programs weren’t waiting for spectators at the gate. Hopefully this was just a one-time slip up at Dubois. Small town high school football has much charm in the things that are not present, but found in larger class games. I’d like to think that missing programs are not one of those charms.
PAT4 Rattlers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.As it turned out, program or no program, I was pretty stoked to be attending this particular game in Dubois, nestled up to the Wind River mountain range. My excitement had nothing to do with Dubois hosting their first home game as a six-man team or the fact that the Rams were ranked number-two and were about to battle Little Snake River, the number-one ranked team. Nope, it was because the game was on Saturday.
It’s been a lament of mine for years when it comes to attending Wyoming small town high school football games. In the past, if a game wasn’t on Friday night because a school didn’t have lights, they would hold their games on Thursday or Friday afternoons—never Saturdays like Montana—which was always extremely prohibitive for me working on Fridays. Even attending a game as close as Burlington (only 40 miles away) has required some conniving and/or sacrifice in the past. But here in the last couple of years (and maybe it has something to do with the formation of the six-man class), there are more games played on Saturday afternoons. So, I’m tipping my hat to the all the schools embracing Saturday games as well as the Wyoming High School Activities Association—I’m sure they’ve had something to do with this new scheduling trend too.
By the way, this particular game at Dubois was not only on Saturday, but at 3:00 instead of 1:00—providing even more cushion for travel time.
On a final and unrelated note… What are we to make of Tongue River’s woes? Playing in Wyoming’s 2A eleven-man class, the Eagles have forfeit their season because not enough kids signed up to play.Those students who did sign up are playing down the road with their 2A rival, Big Horn.
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News: Loudoun County Sheriff's and Clerk of Circuit Court Advise Residents on New Concealed Handgun Permit Application Process
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(Feb. 21, 2013) - In an effort to better streamline the process for applying for a concealed handgun permit, Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman and Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary M. Clemens are advising residents of changes in the application process to obtain the permit that will take effect on February 25, 2013.
"I am happy to work with the Circuit Clerk of the Court to streamline and expedite the concealed permit process," said Sheriff Chapman. "Gary Clemens and I are always looking for ways to improve service to the community," added Chapman.
In order to apply for a concealed handgun permit, residents are asked to print out an application on the Virginia State Police website atwww.vsp.state.va.us and click on Forms & Publications and then click on Firearms. Here you will find a downloadable version of the application for a concealed handgun permit. You can also download the application from the Clerk of Circuit Court website atwww.loudoun.gov/clerk and click on Concealed Handgun Permits on the left-hand side of the home page.
Residents may also pick up an application at the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Administrative Office located on 880 Harrison Street in Leesburg, VA, the Loudoun County Sheriff̢۪s Office Dulles South Station located at 25216 Loudoun County Parkway in Chantilly, VA, or the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court located at 18 East Market Street in Leesburg, VA.
The completed application must be filled out in black ink only, and residents are asked to take the application to the Clerk of the Circuit Court̢۪s Office to complete and/or file their applications. Residents must also provide their driver's license and proof of training for new applications or your old permit for renewals.
“I value the partnership and collaboration with Sheriff Mike Chapman and his leadership team as together we are attempting to provide better services to our citizens,†said Gary M. Clemens, clerk of the circuit court. “Streamlining the application process for the concealed handgun permits is just one of several ways we are teaming up for the benefit of our residents.â€
The fee for the applications process is $40.50. Credit card, cash, and check payments are accepted. The Clerk of the Circuit Court does not accept packets after 4PM. It takes up to 45 days for your application to be processed by the court.
For more information about obtaining a concealed handgun permit, please visit http://sheriff.loudoun.gov/handgunpermit.
(Feb. 21, 2013) - In an effort to better streamline the process for applying for a concealed handgun permit, Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman and Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary M. Clemens are advising residents of changes in the application process to obtain the permit that will take effect on February 25, 2013.
"I am happy to work with the Circuit Clerk of the Court to streamline and expedite the concealed permit process," said Sheriff Chapman. "Gary Clemens and I are always looking for ways to improve service to the community," added Chapman.
In order to apply for a concealed handgun permit, residents are asked to print out an application on the Virginia State Police website atwww.vsp.state.va.us and click on Forms & Publications and then click on Firearms. Here you will find a downloadable version of the application for a concealed handgun permit. You can also download the application from the Clerk of Circuit Court website atwww.loudoun.gov/clerk and click on Concealed Handgun Permits on the left-hand side of the home page.
Residents may also pick up an application at the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Administrative Office located on 880 Harrison Street in Leesburg, VA, the Loudoun County Sheriff̢۪s Office Dulles South Station located at 25216 Loudoun County Parkway in Chantilly, VA, or the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court located at 18 East Market Street in Leesburg, VA.
The completed application must be filled out in black ink only, and residents are asked to take the application to the Clerk of the Circuit Court̢۪s Office to complete and/or file their applications. Residents must also provide their driver's license and proof of training for new applications or your old permit for renewals.
“I value the partnership and collaboration with Sheriff Mike Chapman and his leadership team as together we are attempting to provide better services to our citizens,†said Gary M. Clemens, clerk of the circuit court. “Streamlining the application process for the concealed handgun permits is just one of several ways we are teaming up for the benefit of our residents.â€
The fee for the applications process is $40.50. Credit card, cash, and check payments are accepted. The Clerk of the Circuit Court does not accept packets after 4PM. It takes up to 45 days for your application to be processed by the court.
For more information about obtaining a concealed handgun permit, please visit http://sheriff.loudoun.gov/handgunpermit.
News: Sterling Library Safely Evacuated After Electrical Fire Prior to Opening Thursday
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(Feb. 21, 2013) - The Sterling Library was closed Thursday when an electrical fire broke out shortly before the normal opening time of 10 a.m. Everyone was safely evacuated from the building. Loudoun County fire officials are investigating.
The library will re-open Friday, February 22, 2013. However, there may be limited availability of public internet and computers. Updated information on the library's€™s status will be posted at http://library.loudoun.gov.
The library will re-open Friday, February 22, 2013. However, there may be limited availability of public internet and computers. Updated information on the library's€™s status will be posted at http://library.loudoun.gov.
The Waiting Game... It's Worth It
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Savage Indeed
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe it’s the excitement related to teams who have never battled one another or maybe it’s the opportunity to attend a daytime game where I’ve never been, but I find the height of the Montana Class C (both eight-man and six-man) season comes during those first two weeks of the playoffs—the first round and the quarterfinals. It’s a “rich” time in that there are still so many venues to choose from and often the outcomes are very uncertain.
With the title games on the docket this coming weekend, and the available games are now whittled down to the bare minimum (even if they are the title games), I found myself reflecting on this juncture of the football season while attending the semifinal game at Big Sandy this past weekend.
It seems with each passing year, the ongoings of the other playoff games (i.e., those that are happening at the same time) become more available—even the other classes. For example, during the Big Sandy-Savage six-man shoot-out, we were updated several times by the announcer on the progress of the eight-man game at Chinook with Power-Dutton-Brady. Later we heard updates on the score in the other six-man semifinal game between Denton and Hysham. I suppose we can credit the infusion of cell phones for this effortless flow of scores between the obscure towns of Montana and other western states.
Oddly, there came no word from the showdown at Wibaux with Drummond nor was there anything mentioned about the other class games around the state. I wondered, was this simply because the games that were reported were fairly close by? It seemed reasonable that there might be someone from Big Sandy attending the game in Chinook because their nephew was playing, or something like that. And, wouldn’t Big Sandy have sent a scout to the Denton game should the Pioneers emerge victorious, allowing the scout to call in scores while working up a fresh scouting report on the victor from that game?
Elevator Stage
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe I read too much into this little sidebar of an event. Even so, with improved and more ubiquitous technology and communications, I wonder if the day will come when we will see the scores from other six-man and eight-man games around the state posted on the scoreboards like they’ve been doing for years in the professional stadiums. It seems like a stretch here in 2010, but few of us probably thought cell phones would be so prolific a mere twenty years ago.
As the Big Sandy-Savage game was drawing to its exciting close, we were informed that Chinook had overtaken Power-Dutton-Brady in the fourth quarter and Denton was still in control of their game with Hysham. Despite all of this, after the Warriors of Savage were crowned the victors at Big Sandy, there was never another word on those other games. Walking to my truck afterwards, I kept my ears perked for that one last announcement, but it never came.
Into the Montana darkness and on to Eddie’s Corner, I remained in the metaphorical darkness as well regarding the outcome of those other games. At first I considered checking on-line via my phone to see if the scores were posted, but decided I would wait and hear about the outcomes via the old-fashioned method—reading about them in the next day’s newspapers.
I half expected to hear about one of the other games while eating my dinner at the Eddie's Corner café—given it is such a central junction in the state. If that had been the case, I would have welcomed the news.
Nevertheless, after dinner I walked out into the darkest outlying areas of the truck stop’s parking area—beyond the parked semis—climbed into my cold sleeping bag in the bed of my pickup and wondered if Chinook had indeed held their lead after claiming it late in the game. “And what about Drummond and Wibaux,” I asked myself as I set the alarm on the cell phone? Was the Rainbow Club in Wibaux jumping with delight or were they drowning their sorrows again, almost a year later after losing to Drummond at home in the title game?
In an era that is being defined for its instant gratification, I fell asleep at Eddie’s Corner content with the idea of waiting to read about the scores in the Sunday newspapers, and therefore in synch with the rhythms of small town high school football.
Going Deep
Originally uploaded by mdt1960 ShoutoutHere’s to the Big Sandy football team in giving the undefeated Warriors of Savage all they could handle. I’d especially like to salute the savvy play of sophomore quarterback Trevor Lackner. He may have thrown three interceptions in battling a swift Savage defense but he also connected two of his four touchdown passes to his “big men.” The Pioneers’ first touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Dallas Briese—a five-foot, ten-inch, 220-pound junior and later in the game he found sophomore Kaden Beck on a 34-yard strike who stands at six-foot and tips the scales at 260 pounds. It’s doubtful that Briese and Beck could outrun any of the Warriors on the field, but it was Lackner who saw them open and had the confidence to throw in their direction.
Savage Indeed
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe it’s the excitement related to teams who have never battled one another or maybe it’s the opportunity to attend a daytime game where I’ve never been, but I find the height of the Montana Class C (both eight-man and six-man) season comes during those first two weeks of the playoffs—the first round and the quarterfinals. It’s a “rich” time in that there are still so many venues to choose from and often the outcomes are very uncertain.
With the title games on the docket this coming weekend, and the available games are now whittled down to the bare minimum (even if they are the title games), I found myself reflecting on this juncture of the football season while attending the semifinal game at Big Sandy this past weekend.
It seems with each passing year, the ongoings of the other playoff games (i.e., those that are happening at the same time) become more available—even the other classes. For example, during the Big Sandy-Savage six-man shoot-out, we were updated several times by the announcer on the progress of the eight-man game at Chinook with Power-Dutton-Brady. Later we heard updates on the score in the other six-man semifinal game between Denton and Hysham. I suppose we can credit the infusion of cell phones for this effortless flow of scores between the obscure towns of Montana and other western states.
Oddly, there came no word from the showdown at Wibaux with Drummond nor was there anything mentioned about the other class games around the state. I wondered, was this simply because the games that were reported were fairly close by? It seemed reasonable that there might be someone from Big Sandy attending the game in Chinook because their nephew was playing, or something like that. And, wouldn’t Big Sandy have sent a scout to the Denton game should the Pioneers emerge victorious, allowing the scout to call in scores while working up a fresh scouting report on the victor from that game?
Elevator Stage
Originally uploaded by mdt1960Maybe I read too much into this little sidebar of an event. Even so, with improved and more ubiquitous technology and communications, I wonder if the day will come when we will see the scores from other six-man and eight-man games around the state posted on the scoreboards like they’ve been doing for years in the professional stadiums. It seems like a stretch here in 2010, but few of us probably thought cell phones would be so prolific a mere twenty years ago.
As the Big Sandy-Savage game was drawing to its exciting close, we were informed that Chinook had overtaken Power-Dutton-Brady in the fourth quarter and Denton was still in control of their game with Hysham. Despite all of this, after the Warriors of Savage were crowned the victors at Big Sandy, there was never another word on those other games. Walking to my truck afterwards, I kept my ears perked for that one last announcement, but it never came.
Into the Montana darkness and on to Eddie’s Corner, I remained in the metaphorical darkness as well regarding the outcome of those other games. At first I considered checking on-line via my phone to see if the scores were posted, but decided I would wait and hear about the outcomes via the old-fashioned method—reading about them in the next day’s newspapers.
I half expected to hear about one of the other games while eating my dinner at the Eddie's Corner café—given it is such a central junction in the state. If that had been the case, I would have welcomed the news.
Nevertheless, after dinner I walked out into the darkest outlying areas of the truck stop’s parking area—beyond the parked semis—climbed into my cold sleeping bag in the bed of my pickup and wondered if Chinook had indeed held their lead after claiming it late in the game. “And what about Drummond and Wibaux,” I asked myself as I set the alarm on the cell phone? Was the Rainbow Club in Wibaux jumping with delight or were they drowning their sorrows again, almost a year later after losing to Drummond at home in the title game?
In an era that is being defined for its instant gratification, I fell asleep at Eddie’s Corner content with the idea of waiting to read about the scores in the Sunday newspapers, and therefore in synch with the rhythms of small town high school football.
Going Deep
Originally uploaded by mdt1960 ShoutoutHere’s to the Big Sandy football team in giving the undefeated Warriors of Savage all they could handle. I’d especially like to salute the savvy play of sophomore quarterback Trevor Lackner. He may have thrown three interceptions in battling a swift Savage defense but he also connected two of his four touchdown passes to his “big men.” The Pioneers’ first touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Dallas Briese—a five-foot, ten-inch, 220-pound junior and later in the game he found sophomore Kaden Beck on a 34-yard strike who stands at six-foot and tips the scales at 260 pounds. It’s doubtful that Briese and Beck could outrun any of the Warriors on the field, but it was Lackner who saw them open and had the confidence to throw in their direction.
The Rivals: Montana's New Co-op
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Six-Man Solitude, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.When it comes to playing football under the circumstances of dwindling enrollment numbers, six-man football is the ultimate story of adaptation. A school with only fifteen players could prop up an eleven-man team with the hope that injuries don’t finish off their season. However, a better scenario would be for the same team to play six-man football and have enough players to scrimmage during practice and field a respectable and competitive team.
But, what if a school doesn’t even have twelve players—enough to scrimmage in six-man? In the case of Highwood and Geraldine—two perennial powerhouses in Montana six-man play—this is exactly what happened.
Since 1988 these two six-man teams have notched 18 championship game appearances… that’s 18 of the last 23 title games. Of those 18 title games, 15 resulted in victory. In five of those title games, the two rivals faced each other.
Beginning this year, due to a decline in classroom enrollments, the high-octane rivalry of Highwood and Geraldine will transform into a six-man football co-op that is already turning heads. Lead by Geraldine’s veteran coach, Rod Tweet, the Rivals will be competing in Montana’s Six-Man Northern Conference.
Tweet is cautious about making any kind of predictions regarding his team as a state contender. “We don’t have the number of kids to compete anymore,” declared Tweet. “The kids we have are good kids, but injuries play a big role in the game. So, it’s not like we’re going to get together and have 25 kids to play football.” The Rivals started their first week of practice with 16 kids on the roster.
Talk of the merge commenced during last year’s football season. Both teams starting looking at their (already low) numbers and anticipated that each school would barely have enough to field a six-man team. The initial projections were seven players from each school. Tweet’s first discussions were with his players. “I told the boys we were at a spot where I didn’t know if we could finish the season, because injuries are part of football and we’ve had more than are fair share in the last two or three years.”
Tigers and Mountaineers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.Not only was that a dismal outlook for having a competitive season, but it also threatened either program’s future should injuries force such a small-staffed football team to forfeit games. According to Montana High School Association, if a school forfeits two of its games in a season, they are required to compete at a junior varsity level the following year. This would have been a setback for the upperclassmen of either school if they found themselves competing at the junior varsity level in their senior year.
Born from a need to survive, the two Chouteau County football programs will forego their annual contest on the gridiron and whatever rivalry remains between the two schools will be nourished from the volleyball and basketball courts or the track.
Creating and maintaining any kind of athletic co-op is never easy—ask the folks in Custer and Melstone or Broadview and Lavina. There’s much to consider in all of the messy logistics that come together to make for a successful season regardless of the win-loss record. Some of the trickier orchestrations include: coordinating transportation for practices, selecting a team mascot and colors that both schools will adopt, choosing captains without showing favor to one school over the other, making homecoming week arrangements—all of these while pulling support from the participating communities. This becomes even more challenging and complex when two hotly-contested opponents like Geraldine and Highwood are asked to work together.
Highwood Mountains Network, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that this first year for the Rivals will be a bumpy ride, but how well they fair in their new co-op relationship will be critical in establishing how smooth their co-op runs in future seasons. “The obvious problem with co-ops is getting kids on the same page,” according to Coach Tweet. “You’ve got two towns with their own identities and trying to blend them together takes time. I don’t know how long that really takes to get it so they think of it as one team.”
If there is one thing that might keep the bumps to a minimum, it will be the fact that the two communities have already established and maintained a co-op between their two junior high football programs for the past five years.
Even if the Geraldine-Highwood co-op is not the first, it is likely pushing the limits of daily operations required of a football team given the one-hour travel time between each school. Perhaps they can look to the six-man football co-op of Custer and Melstone for inspiration. These two schools have survived for over ten years with a 40-mile stretch of dirt road between them. But, there are casualties to consider as well, such as the short-lived Rapelje-Ryegate co-op. Rapelje now co-ops with Reed Point, while any Ryegate kids that wish to play football travel to Harlowton.
Despite the rich tradition of winning at Geraldine and Highwood, their real adversary in whether they ever bring a six-man title trophy home again might not be in the stiff competition they see each week on the gridiron, but all of the off-field logistical struggles required in maintaining a healthy and working co-op.
Postscript: The Rivals have four home games on the schedule, two will be played in Geraldine and two in Highwood.
Six-Man Solitude, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.When it comes to playing football under the circumstances of dwindling enrollment numbers, six-man football is the ultimate story of adaptation. A school with only fifteen players could prop up an eleven-man team with the hope that injuries don’t finish off their season. However, a better scenario would be for the same team to play six-man football and have enough players to scrimmage during practice and field a respectable and competitive team.
But, what if a school doesn’t even have twelve players—enough to scrimmage in six-man? In the case of Highwood and Geraldine—two perennial powerhouses in Montana six-man play—this is exactly what happened.
Since 1988 these two six-man teams have notched 18 championship game appearances… that’s 18 of the last 23 title games. Of those 18 title games, 15 resulted in victory. In five of those title games, the two rivals faced each other.
Beginning this year, due to a decline in classroom enrollments, the high-octane rivalry of Highwood and Geraldine will transform into a six-man football co-op that is already turning heads. Lead by Geraldine’s veteran coach, Rod Tweet, the Rivals will be competing in Montana’s Six-Man Northern Conference.
Tweet is cautious about making any kind of predictions regarding his team as a state contender. “We don’t have the number of kids to compete anymore,” declared Tweet. “The kids we have are good kids, but injuries play a big role in the game. So, it’s not like we’re going to get together and have 25 kids to play football.” The Rivals started their first week of practice with 16 kids on the roster.
Talk of the merge commenced during last year’s football season. Both teams starting looking at their (already low) numbers and anticipated that each school would barely have enough to field a six-man team. The initial projections were seven players from each school. Tweet’s first discussions were with his players. “I told the boys we were at a spot where I didn’t know if we could finish the season, because injuries are part of football and we’ve had more than are fair share in the last two or three years.”
Tigers and Mountaineers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.Not only was that a dismal outlook for having a competitive season, but it also threatened either program’s future should injuries force such a small-staffed football team to forfeit games. According to Montana High School Association, if a school forfeits two of its games in a season, they are required to compete at a junior varsity level the following year. This would have been a setback for the upperclassmen of either school if they found themselves competing at the junior varsity level in their senior year.
Born from a need to survive, the two Chouteau County football programs will forego their annual contest on the gridiron and whatever rivalry remains between the two schools will be nourished from the volleyball and basketball courts or the track.
Creating and maintaining any kind of athletic co-op is never easy—ask the folks in Custer and Melstone or Broadview and Lavina. There’s much to consider in all of the messy logistics that come together to make for a successful season regardless of the win-loss record. Some of the trickier orchestrations include: coordinating transportation for practices, selecting a team mascot and colors that both schools will adopt, choosing captains without showing favor to one school over the other, making homecoming week arrangements—all of these while pulling support from the participating communities. This becomes even more challenging and complex when two hotly-contested opponents like Geraldine and Highwood are asked to work together.
Highwood Mountains Network, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that this first year for the Rivals will be a bumpy ride, but how well they fair in their new co-op relationship will be critical in establishing how smooth their co-op runs in future seasons. “The obvious problem with co-ops is getting kids on the same page,” according to Coach Tweet. “You’ve got two towns with their own identities and trying to blend them together takes time. I don’t know how long that really takes to get it so they think of it as one team.”
If there is one thing that might keep the bumps to a minimum, it will be the fact that the two communities have already established and maintained a co-op between their two junior high football programs for the past five years.
Even if the Geraldine-Highwood co-op is not the first, it is likely pushing the limits of daily operations required of a football team given the one-hour travel time between each school. Perhaps they can look to the six-man football co-op of Custer and Melstone for inspiration. These two schools have survived for over ten years with a 40-mile stretch of dirt road between them. But, there are casualties to consider as well, such as the short-lived Rapelje-Ryegate co-op. Rapelje now co-ops with Reed Point, while any Ryegate kids that wish to play football travel to Harlowton.
Despite the rich tradition of winning at Geraldine and Highwood, their real adversary in whether they ever bring a six-man title trophy home again might not be in the stiff competition they see each week on the gridiron, but all of the off-field logistical struggles required in maintaining a healthy and working co-op.
Postscript: The Rivals have four home games on the schedule, two will be played in Geraldine and two in Highwood.
Dubois, Wyoming: America's Newest 6-Man Gem
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12 Players, Count 'em, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.The last time I saw a football game in Dubois, the home team could barely field an eleven-man team. There might have been three to four reserves on the sideline, and anytime a team’s bench is that thin, there’s bound to be someone who is reluctant for any action—a five-foot, four-inch, 115-pound freshman in particular.
Beginning this season, for better or worse, the Dubois Rams are amongst Wyoming’s six-man ranks. Personally, I think it’s a good fit.
Unlike many “six-man towns” I’ve visited, Dubois is a big town. In the last census, they notched 971 residents. In my travels, six-man communities are typically between 200 and 300 residents. Yet, the high school enrollment (9-12) at Dubois is a mere 54, which is right in the ballpark of a six-man program. Might we draw up a theory or two from these numbers regarding Dubois and its residents? One: there are an unusual number of households without children. Two: Many of these childless households are retired folks. Whether I’m right or wrong in my novice demographic analysis here doesn’t really matter. What matters is the Rams have a great fan base to draw on, and should they continue in winning, I suspect attendance could be daunting for home games.
Despite moving down in class, Dubois has at least one outstanding item to improve upon. Most shocking to me was the absence of game programs. Just to be sure, I asked around. I’ve seen many football games over the years in some of the poorest and smallest school districts, but never have I attended a game where programs weren’t waiting for spectators at the gate. Hopefully this was just a one-time slip up at Dubois. Small town high school football has much charm in the things that are not present, but found in larger class games. I’d like to think that missing programs are not one of those charms.
PAT4 Rattlers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.As it turned out, program or no program, I was pretty stoked to be attending this particular game in Dubois, nestled up to the Wind River mountain range. My excitement had nothing to do with Dubois hosting their first home game as a six-man team or the fact that the Rams were ranked number-two and were about to battle Little Snake River, the number-one ranked team. Nope, it was because the game was on Saturday.
It’s been a lament of mine for years when it comes to attending Wyoming small town high school football games. In the past, if a game wasn’t on Friday night because a school didn’t have lights, they would hold their games on Thursday or Friday afternoons—never Saturdays like Montana—which was always extremely prohibitive for me working on Fridays. Even attending a game as close as Burlington (only 40 miles away) has required some conniving and/or sacrifice in the past. But here in the last couple of years (and maybe it has something to do with the formation of the six-man class), there are more games played on Saturday afternoons. So, I’m tipping my hat to the all the schools embracing Saturday games as well as the Wyoming High School Activities Association—I’m sure they’ve had something to do with this new scheduling trend too.
By the way, this particular game at Dubois was not only on Saturday, but at 3:00 instead of 1:00—providing even more cushion for travel time.
On a final and unrelated note… What are we to make of Tongue River’s woes? Playing in Wyoming’s 2A eleven-man class, the Eagles have forfeit their season because not enough kids signed up to play.Those students who did sign up are playing down the road with their 2A rival, Big Horn.
12 Players, Count 'em, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.The last time I saw a football game in Dubois, the home team could barely field an eleven-man team. There might have been three to four reserves on the sideline, and anytime a team’s bench is that thin, there’s bound to be someone who is reluctant for any action—a five-foot, four-inch, 115-pound freshman in particular.
Beginning this season, for better or worse, the Dubois Rams are amongst Wyoming’s six-man ranks. Personally, I think it’s a good fit.
Unlike many “six-man towns” I’ve visited, Dubois is a big town. In the last census, they notched 971 residents. In my travels, six-man communities are typically between 200 and 300 residents. Yet, the high school enrollment (9-12) at Dubois is a mere 54, which is right in the ballpark of a six-man program. Might we draw up a theory or two from these numbers regarding Dubois and its residents? One: there are an unusual number of households without children. Two: Many of these childless households are retired folks. Whether I’m right or wrong in my novice demographic analysis here doesn’t really matter. What matters is the Rams have a great fan base to draw on, and should they continue in winning, I suspect attendance could be daunting for home games.
Despite moving down in class, Dubois has at least one outstanding item to improve upon. Most shocking to me was the absence of game programs. Just to be sure, I asked around. I’ve seen many football games over the years in some of the poorest and smallest school districts, but never have I attended a game where programs weren’t waiting for spectators at the gate. Hopefully this was just a one-time slip up at Dubois. Small town high school football has much charm in the things that are not present, but found in larger class games. I’d like to think that missing programs are not one of those charms.
PAT4 Rattlers, a photo by mdt1960 on Flickr.As it turned out, program or no program, I was pretty stoked to be attending this particular game in Dubois, nestled up to the Wind River mountain range. My excitement had nothing to do with Dubois hosting their first home game as a six-man team or the fact that the Rams were ranked number-two and were about to battle Little Snake River, the number-one ranked team. Nope, it was because the game was on Saturday.
It’s been a lament of mine for years when it comes to attending Wyoming small town high school football games. In the past, if a game wasn’t on Friday night because a school didn’t have lights, they would hold their games on Thursday or Friday afternoons—never Saturdays like Montana—which was always extremely prohibitive for me working on Fridays. Even attending a game as close as Burlington (only 40 miles away) has required some conniving and/or sacrifice in the past. But here in the last couple of years (and maybe it has something to do with the formation of the six-man class), there are more games played on Saturday afternoons. So, I’m tipping my hat to the all the schools embracing Saturday games as well as the Wyoming High School Activities Association—I’m sure they’ve had something to do with this new scheduling trend too.
By the way, this particular game at Dubois was not only on Saturday, but at 3:00 instead of 1:00—providing even more cushion for travel time.
On a final and unrelated note… What are we to make of Tongue River’s woes? Playing in Wyoming’s 2A eleven-man class, the Eagles have forfeit their season because not enough kids signed up to play.Those students who did sign up are playing down the road with their 2A rival, Big Horn.
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Girls Basketball: VHSL Division 4 Brackets and Results from All Regions
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(Feb. 19, 2013) - Complete brackets and results from across the state
VHSL Division 4 Girls Basketball Playoffs
Region 1 (19, 21, 22)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Grafton 71, No. 8 Tabb 28
No. 4 Spotsylvania 53, No. 5 Smithfield 45
No. 3 Eastern View 58, No. 6 Jamestown 29
No. 2 Courtland 59, No. 7 Chancellor 44
Semifinals
No. 4 Spotsylvania at No. 1 Grafton
No. 3 Eastern View at No. 2 Courtland
Region 2 (Feb. 19, 21, 23)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Woodgrove 72, No. 8 Liberty 13
No. 4 Millbrook 66, No. 5 Tuscarora 57
No. 3 Loudoun County 47, No. 6 Powhatan 42
No. 2 Sherando 80, No. 7 James Wood 45
Semifinals
No. 4 Millbrook at No. 1 Woodgrove
No. 3 Loudoun County at No. 2 Sherando
Region 3 (Feb. 18, 20, 22)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Heritage-Lynchburg - bye
No. 5 Stuanton River 50, No. 4 Jefferson Forest 48
No. 3 Broadway 60, No. 6 Harrisonburg 23
No. 2 Lord Botetourt - bye
Semifinals
No. 5 Staunton River vs. No. 1 Heritage-Lynchburg
No. 3 Broadway vs. No. 2 Lord Botetourt
Region 4 (Feb. 19, 20, 22)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Salem - bye
No. 4 Hidden Valley 56, No. 5 Blacksburg 32
No. 6 Magna Vista at No. 3 Carroll County
No. 2 Bassett - bye
VHSL Division 4 Girls Basketball Playoffs
Region 1 (19, 21, 22)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Grafton 71, No. 8 Tabb 28
No. 4 Spotsylvania 53, No. 5 Smithfield 45
No. 3 Eastern View 58, No. 6 Jamestown 29
No. 2 Courtland 59, No. 7 Chancellor 44
Semifinals
No. 4 Spotsylvania at No. 1 Grafton
No. 3 Eastern View at No. 2 Courtland
Region 2 (Feb. 19, 21, 23)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Woodgrove 72, No. 8 Liberty 13
No. 4 Millbrook 66, No. 5 Tuscarora 57
No. 3 Loudoun County 47, No. 6 Powhatan 42
No. 2 Sherando 80, No. 7 James Wood 45
Semifinals
No. 4 Millbrook at No. 1 Woodgrove
No. 3 Loudoun County at No. 2 Sherando
Region 3 (Feb. 18, 20, 22)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Heritage-Lynchburg - bye
No. 5 Stuanton River 50, No. 4 Jefferson Forest 48
No. 3 Broadway 60, No. 6 Harrisonburg 23
No. 2 Lord Botetourt - bye
Semifinals
No. 5 Staunton River vs. No. 1 Heritage-Lynchburg
No. 3 Broadway vs. No. 2 Lord Botetourt
Region 4 (Feb. 19, 20, 22)
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Salem - bye
No. 4 Hidden Valley 56, No. 5 Blacksburg 32
No. 6 Magna Vista at No. 3 Carroll County
No. 2 Bassett - bye
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