Everybody's goal is to go to the state meet, and a lot of times the girl they are competing with is on their own team. It's not realistic to expect to take four girls in every event, but the most pleasant surprise is we are traveling to Canton with more girls than I expected to have there.

Realistically we started with diving, and it rolled all weekend long. Everybody stepped up and did their part. We had people who weren't expected to score that scored. We didn't win it with any individual. We won it as a team.

This meet is different for everybody. For us, I was looking for a few spots to fill at the end of the year. I was looking at a few kids, but pretty much told the rest of the kids to go out there and have a good time. I just wanted them to see what they are capable of doing. It's kind of a low-stress environment for most of them.

Anyone who worked with Michael knows what a great room-jarring laugh he had. He was your best audience for anything remotely funny.

People think this will keep John Doe from being able to put huge amounts of money into a race. No, as long as John Doe wants to individually spend that.

The DOE (Department of Education) did not serve our board well or within a suitable time. You would think they'd know the requirements when issuing a license.