COLONIALS SEASON COMES TO AN END

The CH Colonials season came to an end last night against Matoaca with the Warriors defeating the Colonials 8-3. We hit the ball fairly well but Matoaca just played a better all around game than we did. It was pretty good season for the Colonials with allot of ups and downs, the Colonials finish the season with a 13-8 record. In the other game in the CD tournament Prince George defeated Dinwiddie 8-7 and with the win PG also advances to the next weeks regionals. In soccer the CH girls team lost in a shootout 2-1 to Hopewell, I think the boys team also lost but I don't know the score of that game. Andrews LL team will be back in action tonight at 7:30pm against the A's at Ironbridge Park. Also I am helping out with the CH Appomatox League team and we have already started practice for that and our 1st game will be on June 19 and Lee is also on that team. MICKEY

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Corneille

In 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.

Singer Bob Dylan is 65
Singer Patti LaBelle is 62
Actress Priscilla Presley is 61
Singer Rosanne Cash is 51
Country singer Billy Gilman is 18

STOOPID FACTZ !!

Giant tortoises live to be 200 years old.


Rattlesnakes live for about 19 years.


The longest-lived insects are queen termites, which live for up to 100 years.


The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.

COLONIALS IN CD BASEBALL TOURNAMNET

The CH Colonials will play the Matoaca Warriors today at 5pm in the 1st round of the CD baseball tournament at Prince George, the Warriors are the #1 seed and the Colonials are the #4 seed. In the other game of the CD tournament it will be #Prince George facing #3 Dinwiddiie, the two winners will play thursday night. Also tonight the CH boys and girls soccer teams will be in playoff action the girls team will play Hopewell and the boys team will play Prince George. In the NHL the Carolina Hurricanes evened there series with Buffalo with a 4-2 victory, maybe that will propel the Canes to a series victory. My blister on my toe is a allot better now but the top of my foot continues to hur right much, I am getting ready to put some toast on it this morning, that stuff seemed to help it the other day. MICKEY


When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Hugh White

In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman is 81
Actress Joan Collins is 73
Country singer Misty Morgan is 61
Actor-comedian Drew Carey is 48
Country singer Shelly West is 48
Singer Jewel is 32

STOOPID FACTZ !

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.


Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.


There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.


A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.


STOOPID KWESTION:When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts," and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

tux fittings!!

there seems to be A LOT of confusion on the tux fittings!! not on our end but on the after hours peoples end!!! somebody down there called donna saturday to tell her that other than me nobody has been fitted and we knew that was wrong!! they eventually found most of them but i need to know what store george and scott were fitted at and if keith and andrew have been fitted! we are not real happy with the way things are being handled at after hours!! i'm off tuesday and would like to go over there and make sure its straight!!!

IT'S A SHORT WORK WEEK FOR SOME

Well it will be a short work week for some members of the blog since the they will get friday of for Memorial Day as well as monday. I know me and Al have to work on friday, but CH schools are closed on friday and wouldn't surprise me if state of Virginia and Ft Lee were closed as well. I know when I was in school we never got the friday before Memorial Day off. It looks like the weather is going to be good all week with temps in the 70's the first part of the week and in the 80's by the end of the week, but it's starting to get very dry again. The CH baseball team will play at 5pm on tuesday against Matoaca in the 1st round of the CD baseball tournamnet at Prince George, hopefully the Colonials will come out of there hitting slump. I haved posted and old photo taken many years ago of a few fellow bloggers catching some rays on the beach at Nags Head. MICKEY

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracian

In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.

Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 66
Country musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 45
Model Naomi Campbell is 36

ANDREWS TEAM WINS IN LL ACTION

The rookie Devil Rays picked up 10-9 victory over the Giants in LL action yesterday at Ironbridge Park. Andrew went 3-3 including a 3 run HR and made several nice catches 1b. He did get hit with a batted ball going from 2b to 3b and was called out and he wasn't happy about that at all. There next game is wed night at 7:30pm against the A's. Well I thought my foot might have been getting better but after yesterday I don't think it is, my blister on my big toe is still very sore and the top of my foot is very tight. Jimmy Johnson won last nights Nextel Cup all star race and there wasn't to much action in this race at all. The Carolina Hurricanes lost game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to Buffalo 3-2, lets hope the Canes can turn things around. I have posted an old photo of me in a tux wearing my Cincinnati Reds hat, some members of this blog might remember that fateful day. MICKEY

I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.
Bob Gibson

On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Comedian/radio talk show host Al Franken is 55
Dave Wannstedt Football coach is 54

IT LOOKS LIKE IT A NICE DAY HERE IN CH

It looks like it is going to be a nice sunny day here in CH with temps in the low 80's. I am going to watch the the Rookie Devil Rays play noon at Ironbridge Park against the Giants. I am going to see if Andrew can continue to knock the cover off the ball. The UVA baseball team continued there winning ways last night defeating Va Tech 6-0, with the win the Cavs improve to 44-11 overall and 20-9 in the ACC and will play Va Tech again today in there final game of the regular season. The ACC baseball tournament will be played next week in Florida. The Nextel Cup Series is at the Lowes Motor Speedway this weekend for the Nextel All-Star Challenge Race tonight. Since CHHS is having it's senior prom tonight I thought would post this photo of dad from a few years back in the dunking booth at the after prom festivities, there must have not been any good arms there because he looks pretty dry. Also in case you missed it we have another new member on the blog and it's none other than Mr. Know It All sister Melanie. MICKEY

Here is a link to Al's photos from the Meadowbrook game
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_baseball_2006/chhs_at_meadowbrook/

Age is no guarantee of maturity.
Lawana Blackwell

In 1861, the capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, Ala., to Richmond, Va.

Singer Joe Cocker is 62
Singer-actress Cher is 60
Actor John Billingsley is 46
Boston Red Sox pitcher David Wells is 43

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!!

A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.


The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.


Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.


Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.


There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S. than real ones.


STOOPID KWESTION:If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

COLONIALS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE

The CH Colonials fell to the Meadowbrook Monarchs 4-3 in CD action tuesday, with the loss the Colonials have lost 3 of there last 4. Brett Draper only allowed 5 hits but the Colonial offense woes continued, Brett deserved a better outcome yesterday. The Colonials finish the regular season with a 13-7 record. The Colonials will now have to play Matoaca in the first round of the CD tournament on tuesday at 5pm, this years tournament is at Prince George. Prince George claimed the #2 seed with a 3-0 win over Dinwiddie, those two teams will meet again tuesday night in the second game of the CD tournament. The TD Knights ened there season yesterday with a 12-5 victory at Hopewell, the Knights end there season with a 6-12-1 record. I have not heard how Andrew's LL team did yesterday but I am sure Keith will give us an update on that later today. I am a bit injured right now, I have a huge blister on my right big toe and the top of my right foot is also very sore for some reason. MICKEY

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.
Greg Maddux

In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.

TV personality David Hartman is 71
Baseball catcher Rick Cerone is 52
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett is 30

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!

Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.


The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'.


In 1944, Fidel Castro was voted Cuba's best schoolboy athlete. A left-handed pitcher, Castro was later given a tryout by the Washington Senators but was turned down by the baseball club.


The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.


Most soccer balls have 32 panels.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack?

THE LAST DAY OF THE CD REGULAR SEASON

Well today is the last day of the CD regular season for the CH Colonials and all other teams in the CD. The Colonials will play at Meadowbrook at 6pm tonight and the TD Knights will play at Hopewell. The Knights picked up a victory yesterday at Petersburg 15-3. The other two games in the CD has Matoaca at Petersburg and Dinwiddie at Prince George. Also tonight Andrews LL team will be back in action at 7:30pm on Ironbridge field #4 against the Twins. In the NHL the Western Conference finals are set now, it will be Edmonton a #8 seed facing the Anaheim Might Ducks and the winner will face either the Carolina Hurricanes or the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup finals. I have posted an old slide that I have of Mavis from quite a few years ago. MICKEY

PHOTOS THAT AL TOOK OF THE SOCCER GAME TUESDAY
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_girls_soccer_2006/chhs_vs_matoaca_51606/

CD SCORES
Hopewell 4 Meadowbrook 3
Thomas Dale 15 Petersburg 3

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.
Tom Landry

In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

Sportscaster Jack Whitaker is 82
Baseball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson is 69
Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is 60
Country singer George Strait is 54

colonials 2 warriors 0

stephanie cobb scored 2 goals to lead the colonials in their win over the matoaca warriors thursday evening. more pictures to come soon!

STOOPID FACTZ !!!

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.


The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."


Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."


Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village."


Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.


STOOPID KWESTION:If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

MATOACA DROPS COLONIAL HEIGHTS 15-3

The Matoaca Warriors used 3 HR's offensively and a complete game on the mound to defeat the Colonials 15-3 in CD action tuesday. The Colonials were lead by Geordie Breindenbach offenseively who had 2 hits including a 2run HR. The Colonials were very short on pitchers yesterday and the pitchers who pitched did they best they could against the best hitting team in the district. The Colonials will try to bounce back thursday in the final regular season of the year when the Colonials travel to Meadowbrook. The TD Knights lost a tough one yesteray at Prince George 8-6, the Knights had several chances to tie the game up but just came up short against the Royals. MICKEY

CD SCORES
Dinwiddie 15 Petersburg 0
Matoaca 15 Colonial Heights 3
Prince George 8 Thomas Dale 3

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake. Confucius

In 1938, Congress passed the Vinson Naval Act, providing for a two-ocean navy.

Boxing Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard is 50
Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 50
Singer Enya is 45

STOOPID FACTZ !!

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.


First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.


The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.


Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.


In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not renumber the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.


It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.


STOOPID KWESTION:If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

COLONIALS BEAT HOPEWELL 4-1 ON SENIOR NIGHT

The CH Colonials picked up a 4-1 victory over Hopewell on senior night for for the Colonials. Brett Draper pitched all 7 innings for the Colonials just allowing 4 hits and striking out 10. Offensively the Colonials were lead by Erik Loftis who went 4-4 including a solo HR and 3RBI's and Andrew Holt who went 2-3 with a 2b. With the win the Colonials are 9-3 in the CD and 13-5 overall. The Colonials will be back in action tonight at CD Champion Matoaca at 6pm. The TD Knights will play at Prince George tonight. Andrew's LL team had a tough night last night falling to the Red Sox 10-5, Andrew did go 2-3 in the loss for the Devil Rays. Mother nature provided some pretty good fireworks overnight with a couple of pretty sever t-storms, Brady did not take to kindly to the storms. MICKEY

AL'S PHOTOS FROM THE HOPEWELL GAME

http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_baseball_2006/chhs_vs_hopewell_51506/

All people want is someone to listen.
Hugh Elliott

In 1868, the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him.

Actor Pierce Brosnan is 53
Singer Janet Jackson is 40
Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini is 36
Country singer Rick Trevino is 35
Actress Tori Spelling is 33

STOOPID FACTZ !

Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage.


Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.


Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.


Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.


STOOPID KWESTION:Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR BASEBALL TODAY

I have to say that it's not looking good for baseball in CH after all the heavy rain we had on sunday. The Colonials are suppose to play Hopewell at 6pm in a rescheduled game from thursday but I don't think that that's going to happen in CH today. I think Andrews LL game tonight has a better chance of being played and Andrews game is scheduled for a 7:30pm start at Ironbridge Park, they are playing the Red Sox tonight. Also today I think the TD Knights are playing at Petersburg. The UVA baseball team got back on track yesterday beating UNC 9-2 to take two of three from UNC, the only game they lost was the game we went to see. The Carolina Hurricanes are going to the Stanley Cup semi-finals and will play Buffalo, the Hurricanes disposed of the NJ Devils in just 5 games winning the series 4 games to 1. Anaheim is waiting for either San Jose or Edmonton in the other semi-finals. MICKEY

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
Baltasar Gracian

In 1918, U.S. airmail began service between Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

Singer Eddy Arnold is 88
Country singer K.T. Oslin is 64
Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is 53
Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is 39
Football player Emmitt Smith is 37

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I just thought I would wish all the Mothers who read or visit the blog a Happy Mothers Day. I went to see UVA play UNC in baseball and unfortunately the bad guys got the victory 5-0. UVA's offense just couldn't get on track, the UVA starting pitcher kept them in the game only allowing 1 run in 7 innings before UNC got 4 runs in the top of the 9th off the UVA bullpen. The final game of the series is at 1pm today. The UVA stadium is very nice but I have say it isn't as nice as East Carolina baseball stadium. The CH Colonials will have a busy week this week weather permitting, the Colonials will play Hopewell at home on monday, will be at Matoaca on tuesday, and at Meadowbrook on thursday. This is the final week of the regular season and the CD tournament starts next tuesday at Prince George. Greg Biffle won last night Nextel Cup race at Darlington, that is Biffle's first win of the season. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, MICKEY

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey

In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Baseball hall-of-famer Tony Perez is 64

COLONIALS POSTPONED AGAIN, HEADING TO UVA TODAY

The CH Colonials baseball game with Hopewell was postponed again on friday due to poor field conditions at Shepherd Stadium due to recent rains. The game has been rescheduled for monday at 6pm, it suppose to rain again on sunday and monday so that is very tenative. The Colonials have three regular season games left before the CD tournament which begins on May 23 at Prince George. The Virginia Private School Baseball Tounament begins thursday at the stadium so puts a limit on what days we can play at home this week and the weather for the rest of next week isn't to promising either. I am heading up to see the UVA baseball team play this afternoon at 1pm against the UNC, the Cavs won the 1st game of the series last night 4-1. This is the first time that I gone a UVA baseball game, both teams are ranked in the top 10 in the country. There are about about 10 of us going up there to see the game. Matoaca defeated Dinwiddie last night 3-1 and with the win have pretty much won the the CD baseball championship, they have a two game lead on everybody else and they have a game with Petersburg next week. I did go down to Wal-Mart this morning at 6am and yes the donuts were ready, I think they must have a new bake becuse the last few weeks the donuts have been much better. I also heard that there was a George sighting in CH yesterday but I don't no if there is any proof of this. MICKEY

CD BASEBALL SCORES
Prince George 4 Meadowbrook 2
Prince George 11 Lee Davis 2
Matoaca 3 Dinwiddie 1

I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.
Don Drysdale

In 1607, the English colony at Jamestown, Va., was settled.

Actress Beatrice Arthur is 84
Singer Stevie Wonder is 56
Basketball player Dennis Rodman is 45
Country singer Lari White is 41
Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 40
Oakland A's pitcher Barry Zito is 28

colonial 1 blue devils 1

the colonials took a 1 to 0 lead with julianne sponslers goal, but the lady blue deveils scored late in the 2nd half to take the game to overtime. neither team scored in the 2 5-minute overtimes!

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!!

Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border collie; 2)Poodle; 3) Golden retriever. Dumbest: Afghan hound.


Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.


The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.


The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.


STOOPID KWESTION: Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

COLONIALS WASHED OUT, WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT

The CH Colonials baseball game with Hopewell was washed out last night and has been rescheduled for tonight at 6pm. There is chance that it might still be to wet to play at Shepherd Stadium tonight with the amount of rain we got yesterday. It appears that all CD games were postponed yesterday, there were no scores in the TD from the CD. We just got some heavy rain and some wind here in CH but other parts of the area got allot more severe weather with hail and even a possibility of some tornadoes that might have touched down, there is nothing official on that yet though. The weather does look nice today with temps in the low 70's and it's suppose to be sunn all day. Keith will be returning home from Michigan today and tough week of work in Detroit. Also I understand that Mark recieved a call from a fellow blogger at work the other day. I found this old photo the other day, has anybody heard or seen Gary lately. MICKEY

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.
Robertson Davies

Ten years ago: Authorities in Florida called off the search for possible survivors from the crash of ValuJet Flight 592, a day after the jetliner nose-dived into the Everglades with 110 people on board.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra is 81
Comedian George Carlin is 69
Singer-musician Steve Winwood is 58
Country singer Kix Brooks is 51
Actor Emilio Estevez is 44

STOOPID FACTZ !!!!

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.


Vince said...
And I thought all these years that Jefferson Davis was captured somewhere along Jefferson Davis Highway, hence the name given to Route 1.



The youngest pope was 11 years old.



There are more chickens than people in the world.


There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.


STOOPID KWESTION:Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?