Taking a look at the other side of the Final Four bracket the first thing one would notice is that this will be the FOURTH time that Meridian has played Brentsville District since January 20th.

The Sports world is full of people that will tell you about just how hard it is to beat one team three times in the same season. But there’s not a great deal of conversation about having to do it four straight times inside of seven weeks. The perfect storm has to be created for this to happen and this year it did just that. I believe that the only way it could happen is in the State Semi-final game.

Let’s take a look back at the first three contests ahead of Round Four tomorrow night.

Game #1 – @ Meridian 1/20

Mustangs roll to a dominant 57-29 victory

Game #2 – @ Brentsville District 2/7

Mustangs win again but the game comes down to the wire on the road. Meridian 47-44

Game #3 – Regional Final @ Meridian

Low scoring affair that the home team wins again by a final of 37-31.

Totals for the three games – 141/104, AVG 47/34.6

Only 1 time out of six did a team break the 50 point barrier so there little reason to expect it to happen tomorrow night at McLean High School 🏫 which should be noted is just a couple of miles from Meridian High School.

There are four possible Finals match-ups now and one of them would be a rematch of last years tilt.

Carroll County vs Meridian (Last Year)

Carroll County vs Brentsville District

Liberty Christian Academy vs Meridian

Liberty Christian Academy vs Brentsville District

Two of those options sound much better than the other two!

Tomorrow night at McLean could very well be a First Team to 45 Wins. So, just how hard is it to win four games in a row ? I guess we will find out soon enough.

Let’s end it on a fun note – not counting scrimmages tomorrow night will be Game 27 for the Lady Cavaliers (Max Preps credits the team with two wins over Staunton River). My number will be at 19 out of 27 after tomorrow and I would love to hear other numbers because I know the team has some hard-core fans out there.

I believe that every Sunday during Spring Sports is a day that High School Athletic Directors treasure. No rain out concerns, no games to reschedule, just a day to Worship and Relax. While a large number of people in Carroll County are resting ahead of tomorrow night 🌙 when the Lady Cavaliers return up Highway 100 to Pulaski County High School……

We can write ✍ more about the State Semi-final game later and we will. But for now I would like to focus on Paul’s Son-in-Law. See 👀, my neighbor out here in Laurel Fork has decided to join up with Marion Harris and I on our quest to provide as much positive coverage for our Student Athletes as we can.

The task that this young man is taking on here at Oneofus.care is a large one and could make an impact on the folks here in our part of the County for a generation! Only because I can’t help myself when it comes to my sense of humor…….

How big is his mission ? It’s so Big that if pulls it off we might have to shift the center of the Carroll County Universe by changing Paul’s name to Kris’s Father-in-law. That would mean rebranding oh so many folks that it might take a while.

People ask me every so often what are the Goals that Lin and I have for our Non-profit Organization? One of them is very simple, to team up with people that we feel are similar to us and help them create something that otherwise might not exist. Sometimes its a building, others are more personal and this one would be Close to Home.

What sealed the deal on my connection to this man ? When I went over to his house 🏠 he had a Duke flag at the end of his driveway !!

We have your back to Infinity and beyond on this one. But if we do flip the script and make you in Charge of the Laurel Fork community there will one exception. At that point Coach Nester’s new name will be “My new Best Bud”.

I might be the only one out here that is equally excited about the game on Tuesday as I am about the game on Monday.

If you see Kris out there make sure you offer him some words of encouragement!