The Weekend Plan

Rain, Rain, Stay Away!

Saturday expects to be an interesting day in IHSSN coverage. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for western Illinois on Saturday morning, which could keep teams off the field tomorrow.

Personally, I will be kept busy in the morning hours for our radio station's community Easter Egg Hunt in Monmouth. Over 20,000 eggs scattered. It takes hours and dozens of volunteers to set up, and it is all over within 5 minutes. It's like setting up dominos.

From 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. I will be handling some of those duties, but it will not keep me away from a ball diamond.

IHSSN Taking a Different Approach

As of this point, my coverage on IHSSN has limited me to one game, as I cover and track each inning for my blog. There is really no point for me to do this, and I would like to expand my daily coverage at different games, catching some action of different teams with video and notes.

Most likely throughout the season, I will only be doing the game hopping on Saturday's, and stick to one location through the week. I am hoping this will enhance IHSSN and the coverage I can bring to my region of the state (at this time).

Saturday's Itinerary

For this Saturday, weather pending, I will head across the street from Monmouth Park over to Peacock Field, home of Monmouth College baseball and softball, to cover the Monmouth-Roseville Titans softball game against Williamsfield. The first game of the doubleheader is schedule for 10:00, so I am hoping to catch the last innings of the second game, and get some game video, and a couple video interviews.

From Titans softball, IHSSN will head across town to Sunnylane Field, where the Monmouth-Roseville baseball team has a huge Olympic Conference twin bill against Sherrard. Unfortunately coach Chuck Grant's Titans had nearly the entire week of great baseball weather off. First pitch on game one is set for 11:00, so I should be able to catch the last few innings of game one, and get some quick video. From there, I will be making my way up Route 34 to catch the conclusion of the Streaks Invite in Galesburg. Four games are scheduled at Jim Sundberg Field (yes, the high school home of the Texas Rangers all-time fan favorite), and East Field, with the opening games at 9:30 a.m. with the last games at 12:30.