A new face

So, yes, I do remember saying I was bringing back Strictly Sports. But I don't remember posting again since saying that. So, ta-da! It's back again.

And it's brand spankin' new! For a new year (no, it's not 2009 yet, but as a high school sportswriter, my years basically run concurrently with school years -- so it's a new year!) I'm unveiling a new design for Strictly Sports. No, I didn't do anything other than click on a new template. It's not like I have a lot of time to customize these things!

Anyway, I really want you guys to check out my new video (although, I'm pretty sure that everyone that I know already has) about a new project we've started at work called the Cenla Challenge.

For anyone who is wondering, I'm really not as bad of a golfer as the video portrays. Yes, that was an awful first tee shot, but I took a mulligan and smacked it right down the middle of the fairway. If you'll read my column, in addition to watching the video, you'll know that I was actually 6-over-par after five holes, which is pretty good for me. Then I fell apart over the final four holes. I don't have a bad golf swing, but I'm not very good at scoring -- that is doing the little things around the green to lower my score. I'll get there, though.

This Cenla Challenge thing is going to be lots of fun. My colleague, Will Tubbs, and I have thrown out several other ideas, such as playing 2-on-2 basketball against two of our better high school players, trying to cover and catch passes against high school football players, step in the batter's box against our local independent baseball team, and pretty much any other challenge we can think of. It's going to be a blast.

If you don't hear from me for a while, it's because I'm busy. Dixie World Series for the next six days, then trying to finish the football tab, then hopefully going on vacation, just to come back in time for the start of football season. But I will try -- and try being the key word -- to do a better job of updating this site!