What a weekend

It was quite the weekend for this sports guy. Last Friday, I attended the Division 1 baseball state semifinal between Saline and Saginaw Heritage at C.O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek. While the game was memorable, with the Hornets prevailing 3-1 to reach the state championship game for the third year in a row, what I'll remember most though was the nighttime ride home down I-94. Whoa! For two hours or so I drove (at around 35-40 miles per hour) through a rain storm so hard my wipers even at full speed couldn't clear my windshield. Add to that a lightning show that lasted for the entire trip home, tornado-like winds that had me dodging branches and construction barrels for miles, flooded parts of the highway that had me hydroplaning all over the road and a pounding hailstorm that ended up denting my SUV's hood. Other than that, it was an enjoyable ride home. Talk about a white-knuckler. Last Saturday was much better. Clear, sunny skies all the way to Spartan Stadium in East Lansing for the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game. Milan's Thom Box and Ann Arbor Pioneer's Esham Farha helped lead the East to a thrilling, last-second 20-16 win over the West.