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[Badger1]

I have not seen any new posts on the NFHS website since Feb 10th and just wondering if no one has posted anything or there is something up with my computer?  Thank you in advance.

[Grant - AR]

I have not seen any new posts on the NFHS website since Feb 10th and just wondering if no one has posted anything or there is something up with my computer?  Thank you in advance.

Nothing wrong with your computer.  There haven't been any new posts in this section since Feb 10.

[Ralph Damren]

Sorry for my lag in posting...I've just returning from a 3+ week vacation in North Carolina. Ole' Dell is a desk top and doesn't make road trips  . Three other sports had my attention away from our football :

* UMaine Men's Basketball was playing for the league championship - with a birth in March Madness on the line -this would erase the dubious distinction of being one of only two states that have never gone. The other state, Alaska, has a good reason - they don't have any D-I basketball teams. Maine lost 

* UMaine's Men's Ice Hockey ,ranked 3rd in the country, blew thru the Hockey East Tourney. With a top seed in a regional, they played Penn State. Maine lost 

* Duke's Cooper Flagg is from a town in Maine 7 miles from us. As a freshman he is considered the best NCAA player in our country. Duke lost in the semis. 

Now it's back to talking football...well, my first baseball game is next Friday 

[bama_stripes]

Now it's back to talking football...well, my first baseball game is next Friday

My 50th is tomorrow.....and our playoffs start in two weeks.

[lawdog]

I did a double header to start the season last Thursday on the dish.  Lot on the legs to squat for 3 1/2 hours the first night out. 

[Ralph Damren]

My 50th is tomorrow.....and our playoffs start in two weeks.

....and soon thereafter comes spring football 

[Ralph Damren]

I did a double header to start the season last Thursday on the dish.  Lot on the legs to squat for 3 1/2 hours the first night out.

Having the dish on both ends of a DH scares me  . Without a time clock, you were probably lucky to get done in 3 1/2  . When we  worry about the length of football games, I recall some baseball games taking 3 1/2 hours  !

[ElvisLives]

A 3 1/2 hour game must be extra innings. And even then, at 3 hours, I’m walkin’ 4 guys in a row… (Just kidding.)

[Ralph Damren]

On the cold and windy days, I have the following statement at our pre-game home plate meeting : "Science tells us that many things shrink when cold. The opposite is true for strike zones.  Tell your kids to come up to the plate ready to hit.  " Their response is usually : "AYUH, 'Spect so"

Back before the turn of the century , NFHS added the 10 run rule, it first came to use in an early game.

SCENE: 45 minutes into the game, a home hitter hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 5th making it 11-0  . When we announced the game being over, both coaches pleaded that they hadn't used their bench and couldn't we keep playing  . In this sue-happy world of today, we would just have walked away and smiled . BUT we chatted  and decided to offer only calling out/safe, fair/foul.with 11-0 being the final score.  The kids were excited and all came up swinging. the 2 remaining innings were completed in a little over 10 minutes. The visiting coach - whose team had a 2 hour bus journey to look forward to - thanked us , saying those last two innings were the most fun his players had had this season  .

EPILOGUE: While the idea of high school sports is kids having fun, if this situation occurred today, I would tell the coaches that once we leave they can do anything they want. .

[ElvisLives]

if this situation occurred today, I would tell the coaches that once we leave they can do anything they want. .

In the inimitable style of Sgt. Schultz, “I see nuthINNNNGG, I know nuthINNNNGG!”