It's 'Independence' Day for New Bern Bears

Good luck to New Bern High as this year's 4-AA East Region champion Bears face undefeated Charlotte Independence in today's state championship game.

Eric Voliva, our sports editor, and William R. Toler, photographer extraordinare, are headed for Raleigh and Carter-Finley Stadium on the campus of N.C. State University, where the Bears and Patriots will clash helmets this afternoon.

One of us will update the blog tonight with some highlights from the game.

In other Indie Register personnel news, the transformation from newsman to elf is underway. My girlfriend and I will be suited up as marching elves for this afternoon's Oriental Christmas Parade, representing the fine folks at The Boonedocks Marina and Guesthouse.

It's too much to hope that photos of that won't make it onto the blog sooner or later.

So, from all of us at the Independent Register's small, untidy compound at Fort Insanity, merry Christmas and good luck, Bears!