http://cmiller.encblogs.com By Chris Miller Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:41:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That's right, starting tonight I will no longer have this blog, instead each of us in the sports department will combine forces to provide our readers a general sports blog. The site can be reach at jdnsports.encblogs.com.  Among the things you can see now on it is the 2007 high school football schedule. I ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=208 If you’re like me, then you can’t wait for the start of the high school football season.  It’s just 15 days away when the games kickoff, but it seems like an eternity. But if you are itching to see some local pigskin now, you have a chance in the form of ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=207 I’m not going to lie, although this is an exciting time, it is also a very busy time for us in the sports department. This week we have been at work reporting on the start of high school football practice and at the same time have begun talking to coaches ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=206 I didn’t realize it before, but late Monday I shared something in common with high school football teams.  Both had first days.  Monday marked the first day of practice and simultaneously it was my first day back from my honeymoon. What a way to get back to work then to cover a ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=205 Vacations rarely come in this business. The same can be said about folks in the business getting married. But I get the best of both worlds. That’s right, on Saturday my fiancée Veronica and I are getting married and soon after will venture to Busch Gardens for the week. I ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=204 Here are some extra quotes from Northside head basketball coach Tony Marshburn that I was unable to use in my story last week about the Monarchs playing without star Tyler McDaniels.   Tony Marshburn: “I don’t know anything else. All I know is that he is in Atlanta. They (players) haven’t asked me ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=203 The meeting was priceless. Jamal Shuler and Kendric Burney went back and forth. But their debate Saturday at Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center during the East Coast Invitational team basketball camp wasn’t anything in malice. Instead, each one took turns crediting the other. Burney, a former Southwest High football star and currently at North ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=202 I could tell it was a topic neither Northside head basketball coach Tony Marshburn nor rising senior Joe Womack really wanted to go into detail about. Regardless, the situation of senior star Tyler McDaniels’ absence in the local East Coast Invitational team basketball camp was something we at The Daily News ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=201 Tragedy just seems to happen all so sudden, doesn’t it?  And it certainly makes one look at things in a different perspective. The Jacksonville Raiders semi-professional football does now.  The Raiders’ 28-12 season-opening victory over the New Bern Grizzlies Saturday in New Bern was marred by the death of Grizzlies player Takirra ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=200 In an effort to make history, Jacksonville Post 265 will need to overcome the history of another team.  On paper, the local American Legion baseball team’s first-round best-of-5 Area II-East series with Wilmington Post 10 appears to be a set of two clubs who match up with each other well.  Both are ... http://cmiller.encblogs.com/?p=199