I'm worried because of the guy in charge, Rob Manfred. Now, Rob Manfred is a very intelligent man. He's the commissioner of Major League Baseball, for crying out loud. Trouble is, some other very intelligent people are literally crying out loud right now because of Rob Manfred, who is going out of his way to kill baseball in 42 cities. And, believe me, he's just getting started.
The audible ringing of aye and a smattering of drying ink accomplished what few member schools of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission could not— end the dominance of private schools at the Class A level for West Virginia high school basketball.
It was the most improbable finish of his career. It was wild and it was staggering, several times over. But if you've paid close attention, you could've seen this coming, because it was also methodical and surgical. It was Travis Braden showing how it's done.
There is only one road when it come to high school football in West Virginia, and it’s the same path each student-athlete thinks about when first trapping on a helmet in August.
So today let's take a look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame's recently released 25 finalists for induction, a group that is highlighted by the dash-and-crash panache of former Steeler Troy Polamalu.
It must feel like deja vu for Class A as a whole and for No. 1 Doddridge County and No. 3 Pendelton County in particular, since they are tasked with stopping the two most dominant Class A programs this century from making yet another march toward Wheeling Island Stadium.
