It's the tension between the marks on a flat surface, and then the image built, that interested me. And I was always a dyed-in-the-wool formalist anyway. I think process sets you free, because you know you don't have good days or bad days. You just show up. You don't wait for inspiration.

I was really pleased with the hustle and effort. That's the kind of intensity we need to play with. The only bad thing was that we lost our focus for a stretch there in the second half and let them get back in it, but I was encouraged that we were able to overcome that.

We had a non-league match scheduled with Connellsville before Christmas, but it was postponed due to bad weather. It would have been interesting to see who would have won that match. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to face them in the WPIAL title match.

But it wasn't as bad as they expected it to be. Their neighbors didn't evacuate either, and they are sharing their generator to help keep refrigerators going and cell phones charged.