Okay, so I am not “the man” in the bar watching four games at a time but it is almost time for the 7:10 pm tip offs and our favorite team is set to go…Go Purple Eagles!! Unfortunately, I don’t have bar patrons to comment on but comment I will on the games. I am… Continue reading Live Blog – NCAA Tourney
While the Niagara University Purple Eagle men’s basketball team was unhappy to be playing in the play-in game for the NCAA tournament, they did meet up with an unexpected acquaintance. The University of Dayton pep band – who had played for Niagara at NIT events at HSBC Arena several years ago – met up with… Continue reading Thank you, U of Dayton
If you have read my blog at all, you will know that the school district I live in is putting up a capital project for a major vote. The vote includes expanding both the middle school and the high school with additional classrooms which will “eat into” current athletic fields. To offset this problem in… Continue reading Town Interferes in School District Vote
MSNsportsNET.com – the official site for WVU Mountaineer sports – has the following quote in an article about WVU being on the bubble to go dancing. According to West Virginia SID Bryan Messerly, only twice in the existence of the Big East Conference has a 20-win team not made the tournament: 20-8 UConn in 1980… Continue reading Mountaineers & Orange Make History
My daughter was all excited. First, her sister’s women’s soccer team won their conference championship at the end of October last year. The team and university members were gathered in the lower level of the Gallagher Center to watch the selection show. The team – which plays in a small Division 1 conference – was… Continue reading Dancing but is it really?
As I sat in my local school board of education meeting last Thursday evening, I had little idea how timely the discussion between a resident and the majority of the board was going to turn out to be. I opened the Sunday Press and Sun-Bulletin to find that Sunshine Week started on March 11th. Sunshine… Continue reading Sunshine Week
Several blog titles of mine deal with March Madness, though not all refer to NCAA basketball. This one does and this year, in particular, it will be special. This year March Madness has a special slant to it. My daughter’s college team won their conference championship so will be heading to the dance. It happens… Continue reading March Madness Arrives
… and this time I do mean college basketball. Tomorrow, I leave for the four hour one-way trip to pick up my daughter from college. Her university’s men’s basketball team won their conference championship on Tuesday night – or was it Wednesday night – of this week. They are going dancing. So, while my daughter… Continue reading March Madness is coming ….
You all should read Mike Jarvis’s article on student-athletes in college basketball’s Big Dance. While Coach Jarvis focuses on the basketball end of this, it is the same for most college student-athletes. I had a mother ask me about my daughter’s experience at a Division 1 school who happened to make it to the NCAA… Continue reading “A Matter of Class”
Competition is over. My job is done. Now, for the three teams that are going on to state competition, the real work begins. Science Olympiad is a wonderful national program. Every school who starts is aiming, this year, for a trip to Witchita State in Kansas. Everyone wants to win and be at the national… Continue reading And now the real work begins…
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