March 10, 2005

Final four, already?

Minutes from now I'll be on the road, headed to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond for the state high school basketball tournament. One of the girls teams I cover at the paper is playing in the Final Four tonight.

If they win, they'll play in the state Group A basketball championship game on Saturday at 11 a.m.

I'm looking forward to covering tonight's game for several reasons. First, it's cool to have a local team succeed. Second, VCU's got a very nice gym and it sounds like they're going to run a very professional tournament there. They'll keep game stats and provide items to make my job easier.

Even though I'm at a weekly paper, I'll get a feel for the life of a daily sportswriter tonight, since I'm writing a short story on the game for our daily sister paper. I've got a laptop and will send the story from the arena before leaving for the night.

Posted by JRC at March 10, 2005 02:12 PM | TrackBack