Region 10 Results
From Arlington High School
Finals
103
Championship — Kendall Kermick Germantown Dec Duy Dang Bartlett
Consolation — Shane Shaffner Kingsbury Fall Zac Robinson Collierville
112
Championship — Brett Dial Collierville Dec Cullen King Cordova
Consolation — Chandler Duncan Arlington Fall Chris Skaggs Germantown
119
Championship — Chad Penson Cordova M-Dec Stefen Orozco Arlington
Consolation — Cody Muller Bartlett Dec Eddy Koren Bolton
125
Championship — Mark Suzore Bartlett Fall Chris Livingston Houston
Consolation — Andrew Sossaman Arlington Dec Ryne Stevens Bolton
130
Championship — Max Sides Houston Dec Jake Richardson Collierville
Consolation — Collin Kellett Kingsbury Dec Marquez Lee Raleigh-Egypt

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Its postseason time for area basketball teams. The Division 2 basketball region tournaments begin Monday and later this week the Division 1 district tournaments get started.
The Division 2-AA tournament is at Evangelical Christian School, while St. George’s is the host for the D2-A tournament.
Here is the D2-AA schedule:
Boys
Monday, Feb. 11
(4) ECS 43, (5) St. Benedict 42
Tuesday, Feb. 12
(1) Briarcrest vs. ECS, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
(2) CBHS vs. (3) MUS, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 15
Consolation game, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Championship game, 7:30 p.m.

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The braces are set for the 109th running of the National Championships for Field Trialing Bird Dogs – but it certainly wasn’t easy.

Even with only 36 dogs in the event, the drawing (and pre-drawing speech) took more than an hour due to several issues that never would have occurred to me.

First, there’s a new rule that prohibits handlers from running twice in one day. So anytime handlers were drawn for back-to-back braces on Saturday night, those dogs had to be held and placed in another brace to avoid violating the rule.

To further complicate matters, there is one female dog in the event that’s actually in season right now. That dog, named Hat’s Off, is owned by Burke Hendrix of Hernando, Miss.

For obvious reasons, Hat’s Off couldn’t be paired with a male dog. So Ames Plantation Superintendent Rick Carlisle had to finagle the braces to pair her with Whippoorwill Firebox, another female.

It certainly wasn’t as simple as drawing 36 names out of a hat.

Speaking of names…

That’s always one of my favorite things about this event.

While the dogs have simple field names like Jack or Kate, their kennel names are always really fancy and really cool.

This year, we have Heyu Two Pete, House’s Snake Bite, Mega Diamond, Phantom’s Last Dime and my personal favorite, In the Shadow.

Female dogs are always kind of a rarity in this event, and this year is no different. Only four of the 36 dogs are female, including one from Oakfield, Ga., named Short Skirt (another pretty cool moniker).

Setters are also a rarity at the National Championships. There are only two setters competing this year against a field of 34 pointers.

If you’re planning to attend, remember your horse must have a negative Coggins test, or you won’t be allowed to ride in the gallery.

Also, stallions are not allowed in the gallery. A couple of years ago, a stallion actually rared up on the back of another horse, hitting a rider in the back.

If you’re in the gallery or watching from one of the roadside crossings, be sure not to interfere with the dogs.

I know my first instinct when I’m around a dog of any description is to reach down and pet it. But if you do that during the National Championships, you could actually hurt that dog’s chances of winning and cost its owner thousands of dollars.

Just leave the dogs alone until the brace is over. You don’t want to be like that poor assistant football coach from Texas who inadvertently touched a live ball during the first half of the Holiday Bowl.

I know I don’t.

Sorry for my absence but sometime life lets us know what is really important. Seeing your 45-year-old sister on a respirator let’s you know exactly what life is about. I’m also happy to say that she is recovering quite nicely. She’s out of ICU and a couple of days away from going home. Thanks to my friends for their thoughts and prayers throughout this ordeal. It meant a lot to me and my family.

I said last week that I was going to start going over issues regarding the on-campus stadium. That was put on hold. But I shall get rocking on that on Tuesday. It needs to be said because it seems not everyone is aware of the actual facts.
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