In less than two weeks, the coaches of the Sandusky Bay Conference meet for their annual media day. When that happens, two-a-days will be upon us.
Excited? If you’re in the SBC, you should be.
If you’re Rock Farlow, you should be excited.
Farlow returns to the SBC after spending last season breathing life into the Firelands program. Farlow left when he got the chance to return closer to home and his family, which you can’t blame anyone for doing. With Farlow, though, it’s a little extra enticing because he won a state championship at Perkins and built the program into a powerhouse.
Coincidentally, Farlow’s first SBC game in Week 4 will be at home against Perkins.
The game probably won’t have extra meaning to the players. This year’s senior class was in eighth grade during Farlow’s final season at Perkins, but the matchup should still be a must-see.
Also, if you’re Gary Quisno, you should be excited.
Quisno will oppose Farlow on the sidelines in Week 4. Like Farlow, he’s a familiar SBC face in a new place. The difference with Quisno is he left an Oak Harbor program that he was building momentum with and is now at Perkins. So maybe I should make a correction there: If you’re Perkins, you should be excited.
Finally, if you’re a Huron player, you also should be excited.
The Tigers return Matt Lehrer at receiver and in the secondary, along with running back Craig Thorne and a talented nucleus. Of course, saying Huron has talent is like saying a pen has ink. This year should be exceptional, though, and these Tigers will be fun to watch -- even for Huron standards.