{"id":165952,"date":"2023-05-09T03:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=165952"},"modified":"2023-05-09T03:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:45:54","slug":"random-thoughts-ada-bronny-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/05\/09\/random-thoughts-ada-bronny-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: Ada, Bronny, more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest installment of Random Thoughts includes good luck wishes, Ada, LeBron James Jr., the Oakland A\u2019s, the Mad Ants and a non-sports thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good luck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of luck to all spring sports teams as they head off to postseason play. It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s already time for that but here we are. It\u2019s also hard to believe that in roughly a month, the entire 2023-2024 sports season will be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed the recent announcement, Ada is indeed leaving the Northwest Conference and will join the Blanchard Valley Conference. Ada is expected to remain a member of the NWC for the 2023-2024 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be interesting to see what, if anything, the NWC does to fill the spot. I can think of a good fit or two but I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s mutual interest. Time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bronny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems some people are upset that LeBron James\u2019 son Bronny is going to USC rather than Ohio St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m okay with it. Nothing against the kid\u2026I wish him well but it\u2019s going to be an absolute circus each and every game. Would anyone really want that at Ohio St.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oakland A\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you not feel bad for Oakland A\u2019s fans? Their team was 8-27 entering Monday night. This is a historically bad baseball team and oh yes\u2026the franchise is leaving Oakland for Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mad Ants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sorry to see the Mad Ants leave Fort Wayne, but I guess it\u2019s not a big surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement came Monday that the team is moving to Noblesville, Indiana and will play in a newly built arena during the 2024-2025 season. It doesn\u2019t appear the Mad Ants will play any of their games in Fort Wayne during the upcoming season. Instead, games will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Pacers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boardwalk Empire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know it’s been off the air for nearly 10 years now but I’m finally watching the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. All I can say is wow, what a great show. Very well done. I’m only sorry I waited this long to watch it. It’s certainly not for everyone and I would highly discourage watching it with young children around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts on any of the above subjects, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor The latest installment of Random Thoughts includes good luck wishes, Ada, LeBron James Jr., the Oakland A\u2019s, the Mad Ants and a non-sports thought. Good luck Best of luck to all spring sports teams as they head off to postseason play. It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s already time for that but here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 17:30:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165957,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165952\/revisions\/165957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}