Thanks Ardyce,

Good to hear there is at least one source of such things. I really don't have a sense of what schools - if any - have this kinds of thing actively rolling along because it seems like the kids of thing you would have to appoint someone to do.

Even with at least one source that is still a GIANT amount of data collection. Let's see what happens.

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Madness anyone? For me March Madness has become a late-onset disease that attack the center focus network.

I had, until this season, spent the last few years immersed in a tidal pool of college hoops, feverishly wondering when the next game was always seeming to find it wasn’t until Thursday and today was always Monday.

This year I’ve lost interest and never updated after sitting down to make my picks.

Well, I’ve learned a new term this year: Chalk.

Meaning your picks are right by the numbers (and likely exactly the same as everyone elses).

When your Sweet 16 is pretty close to the President’s and Mike and Mike’s and the rest of the free world for that matter, it’s hard to stay interested.

Not too much satisfaction comes out of a Sweet 16 that everybody else picked.

When even the ‘upsets’ – anyone say Sienna in an 8 vs. 9 pick ‘em? – aren’t upsetting, at least there’s still the games.

I’ve seen some great play this year and it feeds that jones left over from when Granville ran into BP in sectionals – I was hoping they would have to play another tournament and go for third place, something, and anything for some more hoops.

 

Something has to fill the void until the golf clubs come out, there is, of course, getting in shape for the golf course, but I haven’t gotten there yet and my game will show it and I’ll regret that about the first time a park a drive in the cheap seats because I’m sitting in the back seat on my ninth or tenth drive of the day, lazy from fatigue.

 

Still looking forward to it though…

 

Even after a little setback this week with the colder temps you can feel the sun’s intensity.

 

What else?

 

Oh yeah, still working on making some contacts for that archive effort. Not sure who’s going to step up at the school and take this sizeable bull by the horns, but there is just a monolith of information out there to be pulled in and organized. I really don’t know if anyone else out there has done something like this…going to have to ask around.

 

Baseball

Softball

Track

Tennis

 

Football

Field hockey

Cross country

Soccer boys and girls

Volleyball

 

Wrestling

Basketball boys and girls

Bowling

 

 

 

Met some guys kayaking in the Mettowee on Saturday and spoke to them. They’re talking about trying to organize some sort of River Day/Festival

Interesting idea.

Motivated guys from Green Mountain College, expect more updates here and in the pages of the paper about this one, could be lots of fun…

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Bloggity spot

 

 

 

It’s good to see the sun out and I’m looking forward to when the ground is completely thawed out – shouldn’t be long until the teams can actually get out on the grass and play. Coming soon previews for the seasons of all four teams.

 

 

In other sporting news…record holders sound off.

An effort is gathering some momentum to put together a sports archive with not just the records and record holders but the yearly achievements of each team.

 

There is, as far as I know, no one stop source with the record of the 1979 track team.

Not just whether they won a sectional meet or set state records but what was their overall mark, who was on the team, where and when did they compete?

 

At this point no Granville athlete can consult the record book and see who they’re approaching in, for example, overall wins for a wrestling season or career.

 

Does the ERA for a high school pitcher get recorded and if so who has the best?

Working on an article about this and also looking for people who kept track or have some ideas on how to tackle this issue.

 

Drop me a line here with any thoughts.

 

If you have every game played, the scores and the roster for the 1980 basketball team you played on – fire off an email with that information.

This is going to be an ongoing project that should get easier as it goes but every journey begins with a single step, eh?

 

This is for every sport in every season and ideally for every year from the first competitive sports teams from here on out.

Ask a friend, ask your mom, just like the truth in the X-files – it is out there.

 

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The only responses I've been getting to this thing have been attempt to send spam or spread viruses.

LOL

It's a between sports time. Little to report as the teams have just begun gearing up for the home stretch of the school year and the final sports seasons of some of their careers.

 

Things to look forward to:

tennis team remains solid despite no jv/mod prog

track team should be looking good, they've been running all winter long just to get warmed up

softball, the Hoosic Valley hurler has gone away league might open up; interesting to see how second year head coach Karla Prehoda can get the team to perform

And..baseball

After a monster Class B final season it will be an exciting season to see what GV does when every team sees them coming and puts up their absolute best aginst them. Some additions and few graduation losses...wow....hear that whistle Horde fans, it's the B Train and nobody's sure where he's going to stop this year

 

night

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It was too bad the season had to end for the Granville Golden Horde. And by that I mean every team, I wanted to see more.

 

Girls basketball struggled to produce points, but seemed to be one more scoring threat away from fielding an entirely different team. It was a tough season for the girls but they deserve lots of credit for not folding the tent.

 

The wrestlers enjoyed what would be considered a great year at many other area schools and registers as an average year in Granville. A young team did well against a league and within a section known throughout the state as a tough row to hoe. Many of the grapplers from this season return for next, with one more year under their belts.

In support of that program, growing the wrestlers of tomorrow, is Aaron Torres who coaches the Pee Wee team. Every state champion starts out there, it's just a matter of where they go from there.

 

Boys basketball had the deepest playoff run and despite that final score were a bounce or two away from taking the lead and the game. It was a thriller that could have gone either way, great stuff.

 

Fortunately, before we know it the spring season will begin. Just dieing of curiosity to see how the boys will do this year. After reaching the B final everyone will see them coming and they’ll be getting the ace of every squad every time. I’m superstitious so I’m not saying a thing about the approaching season.

 

Most of the squad from softball returns and I believe that Hoosic Valley ‘phenom’ has moved on to college, potentially opening things up for everyone else in the Wasaren.

 

Tennis, really not sure.

Co-coaches Terry Wheeler and Nick Healy seem like a good combo, but I’m not sure who they have on the court from the last squad.

Track seem like they should have some maturing talent and I’m sure the winter track team’s existence will help.

 

 

 

So much sports so little time

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