OK, so I don’t think I got any viral videos Friday in Concord, but I might have picked up a virus.

I’ve been colder at games, and much more miserable. I’ve shot football in a driving snowstorm, after driving through a snowstorm to get there. I’ve shot football and softball in pouring rain. Lightning struck a building less than a mile from where I was shooting a youth baseball game. So I’ve seen some weather. But I’ve never been to a game that was played under windier conditions than the one Friday between the Carrollton and Triopia softball teams.

Should the game have been played? Well, it was played, so it should have been played. In other words, conditions weren’t unplayable because obviously, the teams played. And with the weather as it’s been, you kind of have to play when you can. It’s kind of a shame that it was as windy as it was, because those are two good softball teams. Carrollton picked up its first WIVC loss of the season, but as coach Candy Wagner said, both teams had to play in the same conditions. So even thought it wasn’t ideal, it was fair.

Every fly ball was a potential triple. Catchers and pitchers were putting their throwing hands in their back pockets whenever possible to keep their fingers from freezing. Triopia coach Gene Farmer said they were the worst conditions he’s EVER seen for a game. That’s saying something.

So, yeah, it was bad. You really have to love the game to play on a day like that. And you know what? They do. That’s what makes high school sports great. And we wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

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