Congratulations to Concord's Amber Schowalter, named today as the WVIAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Her winning the award was a complete no-brainer and her performance lately has been instrumental in the Lady Lions' move up the standings.
I'll explain further a little later, and will discuss the men's team too. Right now it's an exciting time for Concord basketball.
Congratulations as well to Matt Kenseth for his victory in the Daytona 500. It says a lot about him that the main reaction to his win was the outpouring of kind words from the racing media, who've spoken at length about how nice a guy and how deserving a champion Matt is.
Matt is a fellow Cheesehead. Way, way, way back in the day he and I crossed paths at the Madison (WI) International Speedway. He was an upstart 22-year old hot shoe and I was host of a weekly radio motorsports program. I'd seen Matt drive a couple times and arranged an interview after a Friday night's feature racing at MIS.
Matt's father, Roy, was downright tickled that someone from the media wanted to talk to his son. Roy's a nice guy, too. Must be where Matt gets it.
Matt had done well that night, doing his usual smooth job of working to the lead from the back of the field. Afterward, we sat down in Roy's RV, did the interview, and, being Cheeseheads, had a couple beers and talked about racing. And the Green Bay Packers.
(Part of the stereotype of Cheeseheads is true -- most of us love the Packers. Which gets me to thinking that my interview with Matt at MIS was so long ago that Brett Favre was coming off just his first full season as a starting quarterback ... but I digress)
I wish I had kept the tape from that interview.
After that, it seemed like a mere eyeblink until Matt got a Busch Series ride, moved up to the Cup series, and won the Winston Cup championship in 2003.
Now he can add "Daytona 500 Champion" to his resume.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
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