Saturday morning update

It is loud in the main gym at Concordia High School as the host Panthers take on Southeast of Saline in a match at the Concordia Invitational tournament. The Panthers defeated Smith Center 26-24, 25-23 just a few minutes ago, dropping the Lady Red to 1-1 for the tournament. Smith Center opened with a tough 25-21, 25-19 victory over Clay Center, and are now waiting to face Minneapolis and Southeast in the auxiliary gym. 

Smith Center's football game last night at Washington was perfunctory  The Redmen won 30-0, rushed for nearly 300 yards and benefited from three Tiger fumbles, one of which Weston Rothchild returned 64 yards for a touchdown. Grant Lambert returned the opening kickoff 64 yards to the Washington 26-yard line, and from there, the Redmen scored on a short run by Kyler Atwood. Lambert later scored two touchdowns, and Atwod scored again. Washington drove deep late in the game to try and prevent the shutout, but the Redmen stopped them short on fourth-and-1 just short of the sticks (the Tigers could have recorded a first down without a touchdown, but the chains came up short.

It turns out the KSHSAA has really got problems with its 2A volleyball sub-state sites. There are schools listed twice, schools not listed at all, and one school, Ellsworth, listed in 2A and 3A (the Bearcats are back to 3A this year). I texted Cheryl Gleason, the KSHSAA Assistant Executive Director in charge of volleyball, and hopefully she will get this rectified soon, for the coaches and the young ladies.

My esteemed publisher, Jack Krier, had his camera stolen last night in Russell. He lost not only his camera, but his memory card with pictures from the Russell-Southeast of Saline football game. That sucks. This world makes me sick sometimes.

That's all for now. More to come later today. Enjoy, good people.