Nothing to remember

Despite the bitterly cold night, no one was surprised by the huge crowd gathered at Eagles Stadium for the Vilonia Eagles-Greenbrier Panthers rivalry underway late in the playoffs for the first time since 1989. Rock told everyone around him how he had been the radio voice of the Eagles when these teams last met in this circumstance, all those years ago on Greenbrier's home field.

President Trump seemed unimpressed. He, as Rock, had attended both games.

"There were many more fans at the first one," the President said. "Who could ever forget the way they were lined up five and six deep all the way around the field?"

Times had changed. Those kinds of crowds rarely showed up anymore for high school games, Rock explained. There was also the matter of the high temperature and humidity. The sun was out, and the few people gathered with Trump and Rock were miserable in the thick, damp, nearly soupy air.

Few would reminisce about this meaningless game.