Friday, January 4, 2008

From The Student Section....

It's a beautiful Friday! The Avery Journal Times Sports has been busy the past few holiday weeks with weird deadlines and weird schedules. However, we are back into our normal routine this week starting with the coverage of the Cloudland Highlanders vs. North Greene Huskies tonight. Here are a few things that may only interest me to get you prepared for this weekend:

  • The Avery Vikings-Ashe County game orginally scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed. As of 1:00pm on Friday, a rescheduled date has not been set.

  • Congrats to both Highlander teams. Both the boys and girls brought back a perfect 3-0 record in the Harriman Christmas Classic. They return to action tonight at home against the North Greene Huskies.

  • We will have a live blog from Cloudland tonight. There are no promises of how often I get to update it, but I will post as often as I can from the stage in Sonny Smith Gym (unless I run into any techinal issues which seems to constantly bug me).

  • The ETSU-App State game lived up to its hype. The Mountaineers came back from 20 down to pull within three, but it was not enough as the Bucs took the win. It was a great effort from both teams.

  • That was the first time the Bucs and Moutaineers have met since the Bucs fell out of the SoCon.

  • For the racing fans: The Dakar Rally was canceled due to terror threats to the race. It was the first time in 30 years of the event which is a 5,760-mile trek across North African desert scrubland and savannah. Several Americans were to participate including Sprint Cup driver Robby Gordon.

  • What a Bowl Season! Kansas and West Virginia surprised alot of people with their respective victories. The Vols pulled out a tough one, and the Michigan Wolverines sent Lloyd Carr out on a winning note taking out Tim Tebow's Florida Gators in a thriller. New Year's Day was a great day to watch football.

  • I was looking at my App photos and found one that isn't that great, but I still think it is pretty cool. It is of the Mountaineer's entrance in the National Semifinal game against Richmond.

As I said, it is not a very good photo, but I still think it's pretty cool. I hope everyone had a great New Year and has a great weekend. Don't forget to check out our coverage of the Cloudland Highlander's and the North Greene Huskies tonight. See ya and thanks for reading!!!