By Michael Elliott
Triumvirate- Area sports fans, get your local on and check out these three athletic teams at your convenience, and others to boot. The Arroyo Grande High School wrestling team recently showed some major muscle as they defeated a game Paso Robles squad 41-27. The final match of the evening went into overtime and the crowd went nuts! There’s nothing quite like the response the athletes receive from fervent crowd support.
Head out to the pitch sometime and witness the San Luis Obispo High’s phenomenal girl’s soccer team. They are currently sporting an immaculate 7-0 PAC 8 record and are an impressive 15-0-1 overall.
And on the hardwood you can take a peak at AGHS’s girl’s hoopsters who are rounding into shape after a bit of a slow start. The lady Eagles currently sit atop the PAC 8 standings with their spiffy 6-1 league record.
No matter the sport or the school, the athletes really do appreciate spectators coming out for support. And it’s a nice respite from our every-day routines to make an outing out of attending sporting events. Check it out and I’m sure you will agree.
Super Bowl Preview- The fiftieth annual should be a dandy! The Denver Broncos ride into the matchup with the NFL’s number one defense and they showed their wares by suffocating the high scoring New England Patriots in the AFC title game. Denver’s major question shall be if they can muster up enough offense against their Super Bowl opponents, the Carolina Panthers.
The Panthers obliterated the Arizona Cardinals in order to punch their ticket to the big dance. Carolina’s number one scoring offense will need to be clicking on all cylinders in order to offset Denver’s pass rushing speed.
Orange Crush defense vs. Panther Pandemonium offense. Brace yourself!
Inside Job- David Blatt, the recently released coach of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, got the shaft! Last year he took the Cavs to the NBA Finals. This year he had coached his team to a 30-11 record and had positioned them as the frontrunners of the Eastern Conference. Nice job Dave! But apparently that was not enough for ownership, er, LeBron James. It is surmised here that James did not think all of the players were buying into Blatt’s system and consequently he got whacked. The King has no heart!
Just Sayin’- Um, it’s a stretch, but since music is played at most sporting events this columnist believes that the correlation between the two allows for the mentioning of a musical subject now and then.
Love the music of two of the newly elected members to the Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame, bands Chicago and Cheap Trick. Collectively they have churned out some fine classic rock tunes. I would like to take this opportunity to unabashedly ask for the electoral membership to seriously consider voting The Doobie Brothers into The Hall in the near future. Hits such as “Listen to the Music,” China Grove” and “Long Train Runnin’” certainly stack up against songs that Chicago and Cheap Trick have charted with. The Doobie Brothers deserve inclusion.
Wait a second. My someone’s knocking at my door. Hard!
Okay, I’m back. Whew!! That was unnerving. It was two officers from the local law enforcement agency. Something about wanting to question me regarding Doobie cultivation.
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