We should have fresh legs for the sectional and that will be good. I was pleased that we came so close to a really good team from Jasper.

By the end of the year, I hope the kids will think some of the ideas I had were good and that they are happy with the progress they've made. We're going to try and compete as well as we can. By the time the sectional comes around, we'll see what we can do.

I was pleased with the way we competed. Terre Haute North is a perennial contender to go to the state and North Central has been very competitive in the past few years. Getting second here was good.

Ben Wright also ran a pretty good race. He's progressing nicely.

It was a nice preview of what we'll see if we can get to the regional this year. We were only one point behind a sectional opponent in Gibson Southern. Our goal is to get out of the sectional. There are some things we have to work on to do that.

It's been a smooth transition. I'm using some of the things dad did and changing some. I've talked to coach (Ralph) Connor and coach (Bob) Swank to get some ideas. I've had a lot of good people around me.