March 1 and it�s the age-old question:� will March come in like a lion or a lamb?� Well, I don�t know, but it will come in busy as a bee!� Let�s look at what March ushers in � or out.�
It�s the end of the high school basketball season, and the state playoffs are already underway.� But as basketball leaves us, baseball begins � and so does golf, tennis, lacrosse, track, and girls� soccer.� And it is not only in high school.� March means it�s ACC Basketball Tournament time followed quickly by the NCAA and NIT tournaments.� And college baseball has already begun.� In fact, our own Methodist University Monarchs are already sporting a gaudy 10-2 record!� Softball, golf, tennis, track and lacrosse are also underway.
And speaking of golf, our Mid-South Sports sponsored professional golfer, Daniel Claytor, has already won twice on the Florida leg of the tour.� His latest win came at Eagle Harbor Golf Club in Jacksonville, Florida where Daniel�s final round 62 not only won the tournament, but also set a new course record!� It must be the Mid-South Sports logo on the left sleeve of his Donald Ross shirts!
And March also means it�s spring training time in Florida and Arizona as the pros get ready for that March 29 opening day � the earliest opening day for MLB in the last 50 years.� And opening day for our own Fayetteville/Buies Creek Astros � or Woodpeckers, or Fatbacks, or a name yet to be announced � is April 5th.� Stay tuned�
And last, but by no means least, March 7 is the day of the Fayetteville Sports Club�s Hall of Fame Banquet.� Our founder, Lloyd Foster, was inducted posthumously in 2006 following 51 years of sports broadcasting.� This year�s inductees include Jim Farthing, former Pine Forest High School coach; Buck Melton, a former football and basketball official; Lisa and Margit Monaco � the Monaco twins � who dominated high school tennis from 1977-1980; and our good friend, Chip Bishop, an outstanding athlete, coach, administrator and high school and college football official.� It�s a strong list of inductees, and a well-deserved honor for all.
So, lion or lamb?� We don�t know, but we�re not horsing around when we say that we are eager as a beaver for March to roll in, and looking forward with great anticipation to being busy as a bee all month long!