If we get him back, we may have a couple chances for the boys' relays (making it to state).

(Medina) has been jumping pretty well.

We were a little short-handed. A lot of kids were gone for spring break.

Medina has a good shot with her jumps (of going to state).

She is our best defensive player. Carly is very strong and aggressive and could play on a lot of boys teams. Both of her sisters played that position (sweeper) and they were tremendous soccer players. It is something in their genes.

Small boys were a mystery to Sylvie. The satisfaction they gained from throwing sticks or stones for hours on end, the obsessive collection of inanimate objects, the brutal destruction of the fragile world around them, all seemed at odds with the men they were supposed to become.