He came in and threw a two-hitter in the first round of the Region 24 tournament.

While I was very pleased with our consistency, hitting 23 of 24 competitive routines and 6-for-6 in exhibition routines, our execution still needs work. We gave away far too many deductions for missed handstands on bars and steps on landings on all four events.

We had snow events on Feb. 24 and March 1 along the northern-border counties. So suddenly, over the course of about two weeks, we've thrown another inch to an inch-and-a-half of moisture into that.

It's a historic rivalry. When you look at the history of the league, Willard has 24 (boys basketball) championships and Bellevue has 17 and everyone else is in single-digits.

Eric was very valuable to us at the end of the year,

He'll probably throw a minimum of two innings (at the all-star game).