-Good news department: #4 Irish women's basketball team wins against #7 Duke at the buzzer. Dramatic comeback from 18 down. The story from the South Bend Tribune.
-Bad news department: #22 Irish football team looks pretty bad (in the first half) in losing to #4 Stanford, 28-14. First time I've seen the young Irish qb, Tommy Rees, bewildered and intimidated - he got his bell rung very early in the game and wasn't the same after that. Benched after the halftime with Hendrix looking impressive in getting the Irish on the board with two scores, one of them late and having no bearing on the outcome. The story from the South Bend Tribune - quick recap:
-More from the Bad News Department: Three South Bend area high school football teams lost in the state finals yesterday: Penn, SB Washington, and my alma mater, St. Joe's. Not a good day for Northern Indiana football families.
-At Lakeview yesterday morning: Dave Wininger and Joe Allen, frequent visitors to the winners' circle these last couple of months, had four birdies on their way to a round of 31 to win the Saturday Morning Scramble. Dave chipped one in from off the green at #3 and rolled one in at #7, each for birdies that went with the usual birdies at #4 and #6, to give the victors all they needed to claim the low of the day. Doug Denson and Tracy Rayhill had birds at the middle three holes, four, five and six, to go along with six pars to finish second at 32. Mike Bird and Wayne Souerdike had two birds and two bogeys in their even par round of 35 while Short Jeffers and Lee Wininger had a bird and three closing bogeys to finish at 37.
-At Lakeview yesterday afternoon: Doug Denson and Short Jeffers finally got a little revenge in their 6-6-6 games with Dave Wininger and Mike Bird. Doug's long putts for birds at #4 and #6 got them a one stroke victory in the scramble, and Mike and Dave's bogey implosion at #11 and #12, gave them the alternate shot win. The latter stemmed the blood letting with a one stroke victory in the best ball conclusion to the game. Each team finished with a one under total of 69: Denson and Jeffers: -3/+2/0; Wininger and Bird: -2/+3/-2. (Scores: scramble/alternate shot/best ball.)
-At JBA yesterday afternoon: The Lady Lions beat South Central in basketball, 50-32. Don't know the details. Anybody know if it's online somewhere? The details?
-Colts play Carolina today. Might be a good time to take a look at Cam Newton, last year's biggie in the college ranks. And for the Colts? More disarray and ineffectiveness likely. Too bad. Btw, did the Stanford qb, Andrew Luck, look like the guy who could take Payton's place last night against the Irish?
-Cool, cloudy, rainy here on the hill north of Loogootee. Pretty good day to throw another log on the fire and enjoy some football. Or maybe a movie (got The Diplomat from Netflix to watch).
-Bad news department: #22 Irish football team looks pretty bad (in the first half) in losing to #4 Stanford, 28-14. First time I've seen the young Irish qb, Tommy Rees, bewildered and intimidated - he got his bell rung very early in the game and wasn't the same after that. Benched after the halftime with Hendrix looking impressive in getting the Irish on the board with two scores, one of them late and having no bearing on the outcome. The story from the South Bend Tribune - quick recap:
A shoddy first half in which Notre Dame committed two turnovers, was penalized six times and failed to capitalize after starting a drive at the Stanford 11-yard line was too much to overcome as the Irish concluded their regular season with an 8-4 mark.
-More from the Bad News Department: Three South Bend area high school football teams lost in the state finals yesterday: Penn, SB Washington, and my alma mater, St. Joe's. Not a good day for Northern Indiana football families.
-At Lakeview yesterday morning: Dave Wininger and Joe Allen, frequent visitors to the winners' circle these last couple of months, had four birdies on their way to a round of 31 to win the Saturday Morning Scramble. Dave chipped one in from off the green at #3 and rolled one in at #7, each for birdies that went with the usual birdies at #4 and #6, to give the victors all they needed to claim the low of the day. Doug Denson and Tracy Rayhill had birds at the middle three holes, four, five and six, to go along with six pars to finish second at 32. Mike Bird and Wayne Souerdike had two birds and two bogeys in their even par round of 35 while Short Jeffers and Lee Wininger had a bird and three closing bogeys to finish at 37.
-At Lakeview yesterday afternoon: Doug Denson and Short Jeffers finally got a little revenge in their 6-6-6 games with Dave Wininger and Mike Bird. Doug's long putts for birds at #4 and #6 got them a one stroke victory in the scramble, and Mike and Dave's bogey implosion at #11 and #12, gave them the alternate shot win. The latter stemmed the blood letting with a one stroke victory in the best ball conclusion to the game. Each team finished with a one under total of 69: Denson and Jeffers: -3/+2/0; Wininger and Bird: -2/+3/-2. (Scores: scramble/alternate shot/best ball.)
-At JBA yesterday afternoon: The Lady Lions beat South Central in basketball, 50-32. Don't know the details. Anybody know if it's online somewhere? The details?
-Colts play Carolina today. Might be a good time to take a look at Cam Newton, last year's biggie in the college ranks. And for the Colts? More disarray and ineffectiveness likely. Too bad. Btw, did the Stanford qb, Andrew Luck, look like the guy who could take Payton's place last night against the Irish?
-Cool, cloudy, rainy here on the hill north of Loogootee. Pretty good day to throw another log on the fire and enjoy some football. Or maybe a movie (got The Diplomat from Netflix to watch).
