Friday night football, South and North
There was a big-time high-school football grudge match just down the road from us this evening, as West Knoxville archrivals Farragut and Bearden played their annual game. The traffic was insane, and there were cars parked all over the place; the game apparently draws thousands. I didn't go, but it seems the home team, Bearden, lost a heartbreaker in overtime, 35-28. Farragut has now won eight consecutive games over the Bulldogs, dating back to 2001. (That includes two playoff games.)
Speaking of high-school football, back in Connecticut, Newington won its opener tonight, 30-12 over Hartford Public. Nice!
The start of the Indians' season got me thinking -- and I know anyone reading this who graduated from NHS in the late '90s or early '00s will find this just as mind-boggling as I do -- this year's crop of NHS seniors have never seen the Indians have a losing season. Never! To them, Newington has always been a winning team!
(After ten straight losing seasons from 1994-2003, including a whopping 3-38-1 record during my four years there, Newington has gone 9-2, 7-3 and 6-3-1 the last three years. And now they're 1-0 and counting. Go Indians!)
My home town's highschool lost by a point (The Indiana (PA) Indians).
They've set a goal to win their conference (which was set back greatly by this loss). The fact that this is an achievable goal is awesome - when I was in the area, Indiana was a horrible team - they were lucky to get 2-4 wins. Now, they seem to have a few winning seasons under their belts, and have made the playoffs. These were unthinkable goals for my years in town. I was homeschooled, but I followed the highschool team.
Posted by: B. Minich | Sep 15, 2007 1:02:49 AM
My home town team opened with a loss, but bounced back with a huge win tonight.
Posted by: David K. | Sep 15, 2007 1:23:32 AM
Brendan,
I ran into a girl from Newington in a coffee shop in D.C. yesterday. She said she knew you
Posted by: Patrick | Sep 15, 2007 2:48:27 PM