Saturday, August 25, 2007

Blowout football win (89-0) a defenseless act

We're two weeks into the high school football season and already we have a You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself award winner.

Defending 2A state champion Burlington Cummings must have thought it was a good idea to run up the score on Friday night, because the Cavaliers hung nearly 100 points on the scoreboard. They roughed up Carrboro, a first-year school located on the outskirts of Chapel Hill, 89-0.

Is that really necessary?

You would expect a perennial power such as Cummings to show some class.

I suppose beating county foe Southern Alamance 57-6 the first week wasn't enough for the Cavaliers. And I'm sure they had to one-up rival Graham, which shut out Carrboro 47-0 the opening week.

Actually, more like double-up -- the score. Almost had it, guys. You were a field goal and a safety shy.

Shame on Cummings. That's ridiculous.

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