Here I go again. I'm late on this blog. I left off Saturday morning in Concordia when I had to change gyms with the Smith Center volleyball team during the tournament, and I never got back on it. Not back at the hotel in Concordia Saturday night through Sunday at noon, not in a Wichita hotel from 2 p.m. Sunday through 11 a.m. Tuesday, not in Norton Tuesday evening, not when I got back to Russell and not yesterday.
Anyone want to undertake the job of reminding me to update my blog? If you are, please get in touch.
As for what went on since the last time I posted, well, it hasn't been the greatest. I guess it could be worse.
Smith Center's stay at the Concordia volleyball tournament did not last as long as I thought it would. I thought the Lady Red would at least get out of pool play, but instead, they went 2-2 and were sent packing early. Smith Center defeated Clay Center and Minneapolis, but lost to Concordia and Southeast of Saline. The match against Southeast was terrible, because Smith Center appeared to be overmatched by a team which I didn't think was all that special. Then again, the Trojans went on to win the tournament, so maybe I was wrong. As it turned out, Southeast did not lose a set in winning all six of its matches, defeating Marysville in the semis and Concordia in the final. Concordia was only seeded eighth, but it knocked off the top two seeds, Smith Center and then Washington County in the semis.
The Lady Red took care of business in Norton Tuesday against the host Bluejays and Trego, but those are two of the lesser lights of the Mid-Continent League. Yes, you want to win and not have to exert too much effort in doing so, but I don't know if we can tell if Smith Center has fully recovered from Concordia. We should know more this coming Tuesday when the Lady Red hosts Great Bend and Phillipsburg. Yes, Phillipsurg isn't having a great year, but as they say, when it's two rivals, you can throw out the records, and Phillipsburg would love nothing more than to knock off the Lady Red.
My parents are long gone and aren't coming back until Oct. 16. They left for their annual trip to Nashville to visit my brother, Jason, who works for the Tennessee Attorney General's office, and then down to New Orleans to visit my Uncle Jerry, who is my mother's twin brother. They're stopping in Memphis to visit Graceland and also are going to Biloxi to visit a casino for their 42nd anniversary. Anybody who stays together through putting up with me for 36 years has willpower beyond belief.
A cold front passed through town overnight, and fall has arrived full force. There is a stiff north breeze and termperatures are struggling to reach 50 degrees. Just Tuesday, it was almost 80. I've got my parka, Under Armour leggings and hood ready for tomorrow night's football game at Smith Center between the Redmen and Ell-Saline.
Tonight there's a football game in Olathe between 1-4 Olathe Northwest and 0-5 Shawnee Mission North. I'm thinking I'll pass, as much as I have enjoyed these Thursday night games. I'll pick Olathe Northwest to get the win on their home field at the College Boulevard Athletic Complex.
No volleyball this Saturday. I'll be busy enough the next two Saturdays, with the MCL volleyball tournament Oct. 13 at Phillipsburg and a sub-state tournament Oct. 20 at Oberlin. And hopefully I'll be at a state tournament in Salina or Emporia Oct. 26 and 27. I would rather not cover a state tournament in Hays. It's not the same sleeping in your own bed, driving 30 minutes and then driving back 30 minutes from a town you've visited over 1,000 times since moving to Kansas seven years ago.
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