Big Red's venture to the VSHL state championship games was successful but a bit disappointing yesterday at Liberty. And, as expected, the night game was brutally cold.

The first game featured local Brookville High School and a huge crowd. Over the years we've discovered we do far better at lopsided games--fans will keep us busy throughout the entire game. When a game is close, fans tends to stay in their seats. 

Brookville won the game on a field goal with about 30 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter. While pregame and halftime were great, we did very little during the game. Thus, our disappointment.

The second game between Briar Wood and Christiansburg was much smaller crowd. We closed shortly into the 4th quarter when the temperatures were nearing 25.

Still not a bust but nowhere near what we did with Amherst in the finals several years ago.

The important thing from yesterday was the information we gleamed from a fan during the second game. While waiting for a corn dog to cook, he told Peggy, "I wonder if they grow dem corndogs in Virginia. You know dem good hot dogs are growed over in West Virginia."

Hmmmmm. Folks, even I couldn't make that one up.