Still, wishy-washy excuses for temporarily shifting his focus away from the NJBB aside, The Messenger is prepared — nay, DETERMINED — to put a big ol' bow on the 2009-10 campaign before the sweet spring air lures him back outdoors. He just has to get organized a little bit in order to properly keep the reader's attention for a bit longer. (Note the use of the singular possessive... never forget that you, our lone reader, comprise a very exclusive club!)
Ok, ok, I'll seek help for the self-deprecation deal in the off-season. Right now, the NJBB is seeking to assemble a schedule for its postseason proceedings. At the moment, here are our goals for posting what/when:
Monday, March 15: Recap the BCSL Olympic/National divisions. That was one of the leagues for which TM did not get to see the finale, but our pal Vince the Sports Reporter was kind enough to supply us with the final standings. Unfortunately, we were unable to obtain such info from the BCSL American Division... but hey, if you'd like your own NJBB pseudonym, e-mail said information to NorthJerseyBRG@gmail.com and we'll name-drop you relatively shamelessly.
Wednesday, March 17: In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we'll take you behind the scenes of perhaps the best game that The Messenger covered/did not cover this year, a State-finals 300 by Ramapo sophomore Kevin Macchia. Why? Because he clearly bowls for the Green Raiders (ahem). You can view the originally-published story at that link — however, there is a term in the movie industry, "left on the cutting room floor"... TM simply didn't have enough space to print the entire back-story in the given media, but we sure seem to have plenty of room here! Also, the final NBIL statistics are being sent to us via snail mail, and hopefully they will make it by the 17th so we can conveniently post them along with "the rest of the story," as radio legend Paul Harvey once put it.
Friday, March 19: In case the snail mail lives up to his name, we'll post the NBIL numbers on this day instead. Also, we'll tie up the rest of our loose ends, such as the mysteriously disappearing NJTCC Passaic Division standings chart, plus anything else we might get from a kindly contributor at NorthJerseyBRG@gmail.com. (Not sounding too desperate, are we? Just checking.)
From there, it's on to Postseason Awards Week, which will follow... the following:
Monday, March 22: We help the WGHT Sports Overtime guys kick off their All-Area week with the first of our "What-If All-Stars" squads: i.e. what would the GHT All-Area Bowling teams look like, if they had them?
Tuesday, March 23: It's the last of our "What-If All-Stars": i.e. what would The Ridgewood News All-Suburban bowling teams look like, if they had them?
Wednesday, March 24: For the first time ever, we are hoping to present The Grid Of Champions: a master list of all the league and county winners to augment the salutes to the State champions we've had here on the NJBB.
(P.S. If you have any info on the following champs: Burlington County Scholastic League, Greater Middlesex Conference, NJTCC-Hudson, Northwest Jersey Conference, Olympic Conference, Shore Conference A Central and B North, Skyland Conference, Super Essex Conference, whatever the Union County conference is called, plus the Hudson County, Monmouth County, Sussex County and Union County tournaments... well, you know what to do.)
Friday, March 26: The Big Finale and varsity season sign-off. In case you're curious, a hint: The Messenger has figured out a solution to our Parker Bohn III/Johnny Petraglia dilemma.
To tide you over until then, here are links to some of the All-County teams that you can see before they get in the newspaper:
- All-Passaic boys bowling (scroll to bottom)
- All-Passaic girls bowling (scroll to bottom)
- All-Bergen girls bowling
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