WSET.com - ABC13Carter's Call for August 4, 2010

Are you ready for some high school and college football?

I know I am!

High school practice began Monday throughout Central Virginia with the first big night of regular season action slated for Friday, August 27th. That's just three weeks away!

Leading up to Opening Night 2010, we're previewing area teams each night on ABC 13.

Here's a tentative slate of the teams we'll be featuring this preseason.

Football Friday Preview Schedule

*Subject to change

Monday August 2nd - Altavista

Tuesday August 3rd- Rustburg

Wednesday August 4th - LCA

Thursday August 5th - Heritage

Friday August 6th - Amherst County

Saturday August 7th - E.C. Glass County

Wednesday August 11th - Jefferson Forest

Thursday August 12th - Liberty

Friday August 13th - G.W.

Saturday August 14th - William

Sunday August 8th - Nelson County

Monday August 9th - Brookville

Tuesday August 10th - Appomattox Campbell

Sunday August 15th - Staunton River

Monday August 16th - Gretna

Tuesday August 17th - Chatham

Wednesday August 18th- Dan River

Thursday August 19th - Tunstall

Friday August 20th - Patrick Henry at 6 p.m., Football Friday preview show at 11:15 p.m.

Saturday August 21st - Northside

Sunday August 22nd - William Byrd at 6 p.m., Rockbridge County at 11 p.m.

Monday August 23rd - VES at 6 p.m., Salem at 11 p.m.

Tuesday August 24th - William Fleming at 6 p.m., Franklin County at 11 p.m.

Wednesday August 25th - Martinsville at 6 p.m., Cave Spring at 11 p.m.

Thursday August 26th - Bassett at 6 p.m., Magna Vista at 11 p.m.

Friday August 27th - Football Friday Week One

And all that's just leading up to Week One! College practices also begin this week, UVa and Virginia Tech among the teams kicking off fall workouts on Friday.

Switching gears to baseball, Detroit Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge of Lynchburg began his rehab assignment from a broken left hand this week. I miss checking Inge in the boxscores each day. I had planned to see Brandon play in person last week when I was on vacation in Florida. But the former Brookville star broke his hand the week before, rotten luck for Inge and me! The Tigers could have used Brandon, they lost the night I saw them at Tampa Bay, in fact the Rays swept Detroit four straight. Talk about two teams going in opposite directions, the Rays are red-hot, overtaking the Yankees for first in the East, while the Tigers are struggling big-time, dropping to third in the Central, well back of the White Sox and Twins.

When I came back from vacation, I got the great news about co-worker Jeremy Mills and his wife Aimee.

Aimee gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl, Saturday night. Congratulations to the Mills and their new addition, Jeremy will have his baby rooting for the Maryland Terrapins in no time!

That's it for now. Football Friday's special preview show is Friday night, August 20th with Week One of the regular season Friday, August 27th. See you on the gridiron!

Dennis Carter

ABC 13 Sports Director