Crazy night

The Webster Tigers are conference champions.

I’m not talking about track or cross country. I’m talking about football.

By beating the previously undefeated St. Croix Falls Saints 7-3 on Thursday night, Webster secured a tie for the conference championship with the Saints. They would also tie Clear Lake as all three teams finished with 5-1 records in the conference. Webster beat St. Croix who beat Clear Lake who beat Webster. Got it?

Grantsburg almost wins. But falls short.

I was broadcasting the SCF/Webster tilt tonight but was receiving scoring updates via text messaging during the game. I saw that it was a see saw battle, but in the end Cameron (who still had a very outside chance of making the playoffs) was victorious 31-21.

It has been a difficult year for the boys in Purple, but when something ends something else begins… bring on basketball.

Random thoughs…

I’ve been able to broadcast all around this area for a couple years now and have seen a lot of press boxes and met a lot of scoreboard operators and PA guys. All of them are nice, but I always look forward to heading to St. Croix Falls because they always go out of their way to make me feel comfortable. Heck, one year they even gave me some homemade nachos (are you listening, Webster?).

Tournament time is the best time of the year. WXCX will be covering Gransburg volleyball and Webster football as far as they go (or Webster volleyball if they pull an upset Friday night). There is a potential conflict (which has happened before) next Saturday because that would be the sectional final round and it would also be the day of the second round of football playoffs. If that were to happen we will do everything possible to get the two games on the air.

Grantsburg received two votes from bloggers picking them to win the state championship in volleyball on this blog. Out of 18 voters the overwhelming majority chose Wisconsin Heights to win it all, then Grantsburg and Eau Claire Regis each received 2 votes (but word is that Regis recruited those two, so by all rights Grantsburg is better than Regis, as if you didn’t already know that).  Racine Lutheran garnered one vote, probably from their coach.