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 5^th.  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!

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