He has been playing well so far this season. He has really improved his play.

Team tournament play is a lot of fun. You get a chance to see some of the better teams.

Personally, I kind of stumbled into it, many moons ago. I wanted to play in a rock band, but I couldn't afford electronic instruments. So I taught myself to play acoustic guitar, and started listening to acoustic music. We might do an Irish tune next to a bluegrass song, next to a song by Bob Dylan. Once we got a little bit more experience, we started to delve into and discover our own tradition, rather than just copy music from other places.

We've still got to play Clare, Roscommon and Gladwin, but for (Houghton Lake), this is really big. They've already beaten Clare. For them to beat Clare and us, this would give them control of the Jack Pine.

The name of the game is efficiency; we have to play that game with our toys and our brains.

It's nothing but a welfare program, and welfare programs generally don't work. Besides, we simply can't afford it.