by Doug Thompson | Feb 8, 2021 | Musings, Sports
Floyd County High School’s Buffaloes varsity basketball guys open regional tournament play at home Monday against Appomattox at 6:30 p.m. The Lady Buffs travel to Glenvar, which hosts them for their opening match at 6 p.m. That’s the schedule. Floyd County...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 11, 2020 | Sports
According to the Three Rivers District online sports calendar, Floyd County High School’s middle school boys’ and girls’ basketball teams had games scheduled for three days and evenings next week. Had, but now postponed. Those postponed included a...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, FUBAR, Sports
We hear a lot of excuses — good and bad — from those who say athletics could and should resume at high school, college, and professional levels in our pandemic-ridden society. Are we fooling ourselves to think — even for an instant — that...
by Doug Thompson | Dec 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Sports
Practice for Floyd County High School’s boys and girls basketball teams is scheduled to begin on Dec. 7 — Monday of next week, with games set to begin before the New Year if conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic improve. That’s a big “if.”...
by Doug Thompson | Oct 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, Sports
When you talk to folks in and around our part of Southwestern Virginia, much of the discussion centers on schools — when will our children return to school classes full time without fear of infection and, sometimes more often, when will high school sports...
by Doug Thompson | Oct 7, 2020 | Sports
NASCAR has dumped its Cup races from Chicago and Kentucky for its 2021 season, added road courses, and plans to turn one of the two Bristol races into a dirt track event. The race at Indianapolis next year will be on the road course that uses part of the oval and the...
