It's been an interesting group. Most days we start seven or eight freshmen. They've handled situations pretty well, and we read more

It's been an interesting group. Most days we start seven or eight freshmen. They've handled situations pretty well, and we also have pretty good leadership from our sophomore class.

The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department read more

The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department said our buildings were unsafe for water production. But they told me (Wednesday) that village water had been tested and passed.

They are not all quite definite yet because the Kangaroos play on Sunday and they just had their last training read more

They are not all quite definite yet because the Kangaroos play on Sunday and they just had their last training session, so we'll wait until we see how our blokes pull up tomorrow.

They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.

They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.

We are one community even though we are separate towns.

We are one community even though we are separate towns.

They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one read more

They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one hit. You don't see a lot of teams stringing six and seven hits together to score runs.

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was read more

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over read more

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over yet. We've still got two weeks to go, and the offense has to come around. We're day to day with our offense.

They go swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, they make ice cream.

They go swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, they make ice cream.