Weather Hits Everybody

The high school basketball playoffs are on the verge of having sometype of drastic measures taken in order to get just one game in.  Once again school is out in this area and that leaves us game less Friday.  There are many schools Friday especially in the southeast are are attempting to go to school in some cases two hours delays but many are playing first round games against teams still out Friday which kills their opportunity to play.

We are to the point that the NCHSAA must make some decisions.  First would be a decision directly in opposite of what the NCHSAA stands for, money!  Most all playoff games the the NCHSAA  get a major cut of all the gate and round one games is the least.  They could drop first round games and announce Saturday a new bracket 1/16- 2/15 and cut to two games making it to the regional.  That would require playing games Saturday whether your school went to school on Friday or not and just maybe playing second round games on Sunday or Monday.

If they are willing to play games Sunday like last year they could stay with the regular three game bracket and play Saturday-Sunday and Monday.  The 3-A regional boys start Tuesday which would require for those who advance four straight days of basketball without much practice in the last two weeks.

Spring sports like basketball have not gotten any practice in since Mother Nature took control of our roads.  Rocky Mount was suppose to have had a practice game Thursday with the opening of the season next Tuesday.  Baseball is a game that pitchers need more throwing to build up strength in their arm and at this point no body is building strength in this weather.

The basketball playoffs regardless of what path they wind up taking will be filled with teams looking like it is the first practice of the season  and this year we may get a champion who's record may just be above 500.

Baseball just might have many games early where the losing team scores 10 runs on walks from pitchers who haven't thrown a strike in practice all spring or winter which ever is correct.  Hitters will have no rhythm and ground balls may go through many legs before the wall stops them.

College baseball has seen baseball games snowed out cancelled or move 500 miles just to get a game in.  Like high school it might be April before we see what your team may be like after they have played and practiced enough to say this is what our team is.