If you don't score 40 points, you can't beat anybody. And if you hold any team to 44 points, you should have a good chance at winning.

Our goal from the start was to get the finances back under control and to make the civic center an asset to Benton and all of Southern Illinois. It looks like we are on the right road for both.

If it weren't for women, men would still be wearing last week's socks.

The secret to a happy marriage is to tell your spouse everything, but the essentials.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Between pep rallies and the large crowds, it can be hard to keep a youngster focused. But when the game starts and he gets his first play, you can only hope that the past several weeks have sunk in enough for these youngsters to make the right decisions. When it comes down to it, these are just high school kids playing a game because they love it, and all we can do as coaches is try and put them in the best position possible to win.