The Wings Up Blog

On Friday, April 14, 2023, the Williams Baptist Baseball team was set to square off against the number 8 ranked Missouri Baptist Spartans in Walnut Ridge. The Eagles found some magic and put themselves in a prime position for a historic finish. Coming into the Missouri Baptist series, the Eagles found themselves on a skid after dropping all three games the weekend before to Columbia College and two during the week to Ouachita Baptist. Everything seemed to be bouncing the wrong way for the Eagles, whether it was untimely errors, unfortunate defensive plays from the other team, or weak hits that somehow found ways to get down. Nobody would blame Williams Baptist if they were to come in and get swept by MBU, but that is not what happened.  Game one was a battle. MBU trotted out their ace, but WBU was not having any of that, rolling over and giving up business. Jacob Watkins would start the scoring in the bottom of the third with a homer to left field. The Eagles would hold onto this lead

At the time of writing this, we are 14 days, 1 hour, and 49 minutes away from the start of the 2023 NFL Draft. As an avid Panthers fan, I can hardly contain my excitement for the future.  However, as it stands, there are only probably 5 people that know whether or not I am going to punch a hole in my wall as I weep for the future of my favorite franchise or if I rejoice and brag on here the next day about how we will win a Super Bowl within 5 years. No, there is no in-between.  That being said, some new knowledge might lead the public closer to knowing who will be the future of Carolina football. A fancy new metric to judge quarterbacks on is the S2 Cognitive test. Several current players, as well as former players, have taken the test, and there is a trend. Higher scores translate to better performances. Some examples of high scorers are Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, and Josh Allen. The one tester pushing the envelope for me is Brock Purdy. Purdy was the last pick in the draft in 2022,