Brandon-Newsome a formal affair

This morning, Brandon and Newsome players had to pack their formal shoes with their cleats, their cumberbunds with their batting gloves and their tuxedos with their uniforms.

Their Class 5A region semifinal game today at Brandon's Don Powell Field was moved up three hours to a 4 p.m. start time because both schools have prom tonight.

Brandon coach Matt Stallbaumer said several calls had to be made to change the time on such short  notice, but one thing that helped is all the relationships between the two schools.

"The last thing was talking to the principals, and the Newsome principal (Rebecca Fitzgerald) was actually the principal that hired me at Brandon, so there are a lot of relationships here," Stallbaumer said.

For more on the game, and an interesting look at the friendship and mutual respect between Stallbaumer and Newsome coach Zach Walker, click HERE.

-- EDUARDO A. ENCINA

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And how (or why) does this make news? Must be a slow day in h.s. sports.

I kind of liked that story.