It makes perfect sense in the world of safety that if school closes early because of snow then the basketball game that night should be postponed. This week both Nash and Edgecombe Counties face their second day of no school because of no power to many of our area schools. Technically school is closed because of Hurricane Irene.
School being closed all sports teams are shelved so far this week so all sports practices are closed too. This will really put preparation for any Friday night football game or even a Thursday JV game in serious jeopardy. Football is a sport where you can watch what the other team does and then tell your team what to look for. Most other fall sports are do the best you can in Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country and soccer.
There are very serious questions whether there will be any Nash County Schools before Thursday and at Tarboro High whether there will be any school in that building for a while because of the wind damage and flooding. Hurricane Irene is giving us results much like Floyd did in 1999 when most teams only played an eight game schedule due to three Friday nights being cancelled because of flooding.
Thre is a little bit of good news for Tarboro's Shaun Draughn. So far in the training camp of the Washington Redskins he has worked his way up to the #5 running back where a couple of weeks ago he was #8. The question for him, How many backs will Mike Shanahan keep on the opening day roster.
Shaun did not get a carry last weekend against the Ravens. Today is the next to last cut day and depending on how the Redskins thinking is going as to how many backs they will carry on their roster. Final NFL cuts start coming as soon as the teams play their final preseason game which for many will be Thursday night. Shaun is right on the edge.
There is a tremendous amount of people still without power and I pray for each of you that life will get back to normal soon.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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