A Sign Of The Times We Live

Due to the recent scandal at Penn State the Capitol Area Soccer League better known to most as CASL has written up some up to date guidelines to prevent anything that happened at Penn State happening within CASL.  There are several rules put into place but they have instituted a one strike and you are out rule which is related to sportsmanship.  This relates to activity while playing but also parents actions watching matches.

Their big rule is no player or coach are to ever be alone at the same time. No contact with players through electronic communications devices only relating to practice or cancelled practice.  No player can be dropped off and left anymore. A parent must be at practice or at games with their children at all times.  We live in a sad world  when an organization like CASL has to put in rules such as this to protect their  existence in case anything was to happen among the 20,000 coaches and players they support every year.

Last night in the North Carolina American Legion State Tournament Apex lost to last years champ Cherryville in extra innings.  This morning Apex became the first team knocked out of this years affair.  Pitt County Post 39 got slaughtered by the host team Caldwell County 14-1 in seven innings but this afternoon they survive to play another day beating High Point 9-8.

I don't know how I missed this but congratulations to Tim Osment and the Rocky Mount 11/12 year old National League little league team who won the Tar Heel State Championship Sunday.  Most of the time when ever we have teams playing all around I have someone involved who will text me to keep me up to date on a teams progress.  This team I did not have a source and I had every intention of calling Lynn Driver Monday and find out how our 9/10 and the 11/12 teams did in state tournaments this weekend but here it is Thursday  and I never did.

Next year during the coaches clinics in Greensboro Randy Raper of Wilson Hunt will be the head football coach during the East-West All Star  football game.  He will have on his staff Tyrone Johnson of Beddingfield and Jeff Gould of SouthWest Edgecombe.   When the soccer teams play next year the east head coach will be Tarboro's Leshaun Jenkins.