Altered States No. 5

Altered States, No. 5
Feb. 19, 2009

It’s that time of year again–the fun time when the state championship trophies start getting handed out. In the past week the Westlake and North Point boys indoor track teams brought home the 3A and 2A state championships, respectively. La Plata wrestling made its fourth straight appearance in the state duals, and this year brought home the 4A/3A runner-up trophy to join two championship trophies. Last night, I watched La Plata’s hockey team squeak out a 3-2 win in the Chesapeake Cup championship game to wrest the Cup from Northern’s possession.

Leonardtown’s boys basketball team upset Stone last night, which only adds to the interest in the upcoming 4A East playoffs. Calvert’s girls had a win at North Point within sight before the Eagles sealed the game at the line late. Speaking of that girls game, there are some pretty decent teams in the conference this year, but most of the games I’ve been to have been played in front of, well, not much more than nobody (except for Great Mills — man, do they travel well). Why? Give them a chance while there’s still some basketball to watch.

I’m not one to really make predictions — OK, I am, but generally I don’t write them — but I will go so far as to say I think La Plata losing the state dual final last week is bad news from everybody else at the SMAC tournament this coming weekend. And actually, I think it’s pretty much bad news for everybody else in the weeks following, too.

Is anybody else sick of hearing about steroids? Obviously, it’s had an extremely detrimental effect on some people. Personally, I just think it’s really old news at this point. That era in baseball is stained. We all know it, move on.There’s more than enough negativity going on these days without more of the same.

See ya’ next week — and don’t forget to add SMAC Digital Sports as a friend on Facebook (P.G.’s ******* us in friends — let’s fix that).