Checker players used to be upstairs (in the courthouse) especially in the winter, ... Ben Blackman used to walk five miles (from the Blackman community), play checkers and go back. I can't imagine that. He was at least 60 years old.

Ben was a big pickle fan.

Five miles of dense housing, especially in this town, is an extremely large distance.

I said, 'Bryan, let's walk together.' In 95 degrees, we walked five miles to Anderson.

When you are playing with just five players out there, you get tired. But that's the hand we were dealt tonight. But we can't take anything away from South Iron. Even if we had had everyone healthy, they still would have beat us pretty good.

As humans, we're designed to run about 20-22 miles and then you hit the wall. Taking walk breaks pushes that wall back so the marathon can be a pleasurable experience,