I went to the season opener last night to see the Defending Downriver League champion Melvindale Cardinals open the season against the visiting Dearborn Fordson Tractors.

It was the first girls' game I've been to in many years.  Auriel Harris put on a show at times, ripping down rebounds, driving the ball down the court, scoring and defensively. It was quite a treat, but unfortunately the rest of her team wasn't quite ready to play at the varsity level. The team only mustered 23 points while falling to Fordson 28-23.

Check out the full game story and a video with coaches interviews from both teams on thenewsherald.com.

For those that may not be aware, the season officially kicks off tomorrow night. There are two home games in the area, and I'll be attending a game at either Melvindale or Inter-City Baptist.

I haven't been to a girls' basketball game since about 2007, so I'll be looking forward to getting up to speed, not only on the Downriver teams, but the sport in general.

I'll try to live tweet whichever game I go to tomorrow night at the hashtag #nhgbb from my @NHDaveH account. If you can't make it to the game, feel free to follow me there throughout the season as I'll be tweeting away whenever I get the opportunity. Good luck ladies, now let's get it going.

As promised earlier in the week, I'll gonna now give you a complete run down of all the blogs I do, and why they are important enough to read. (Sure I'm a little smug there, but if you know me, you know I'm only kidding about the smug factor.)

First off there is Confessions of a Twentysomething Manchild, my first successful blog, where I blog about all kinds of odds and ends, anything and everything you could ever ask for. This blog is fun for people of all ages, especially people that like reading about nerdy stuff.

Next there is 4-Point Nearfall, a blog that centers around Downriver Wrestling, and also will include some anecdotes about my life as a wrestler back when I was in high school. I'd appreciate it if everyone reads it, but you may be lost unless you understand the world of folkstyle wrestling.

Following that, the next blog down the shoot is, In The Crease, a blog that is all about Downriver Hockey, my fellow sports writer Shane Preston will also be posting on Hockey, and may share this blog with me, we haven't yet discussed all the details just yet.

The last downriver oriented blog that I'm working on at current is Hoop Dreams, which is all about Downriver Girls' Basketball. Self admittedly I don't know a lot about downriver girls' hoops yet, but I swear I'll learn, this is where I'll post about what I learn.

I'm also working on another blog, The Press Box, which is also sports related, but more about what I see at the state and national level of sports.

This is being cross posted on all of the blogs I currently run. Thanks for reading. -Dave