Saturday was a long day.
Evening News sports editor Ron Montri and I both headed out to the diamonds about 9 a.m. and didn’t get go home until we finished putting together Sunday’s sports section at midnight.
The great thing about a day like that is that you don’t realize how tired you are until you finish. It’s so much fun watching local teams do well in the state tournament. The hours fly by.
Congratulations to Airport and Whiteford for winning Regional baseball tournaments and to Milan’s young softball team for putting up such a good fight in a nine-inning loss to Trenton. All three local teams represented Monroe County well.
The great thing about Whiteford and Airport winning is that these are true teams.
There aren’t any pitchers throwing 90 mph or hitters who have pro scouts drooling, but every guy on these two squads can play the game. I was in Petersburg covering Whiteford in the Regional and some Summerfield people in the press box were marvelling at how there were no easy outs in the Whiteford lineup.
It’s the same way with Airport. The Jets can hit the ball from 1-9 in the lineup, the pitchers throw strikes and the defense gobbles up nearly every ball.
Good luck to the Jets and Bobcats as their head to the state quarterfinals Tuesday (Airport at Novi High School and Whiteford at Adrian College).