I never could tell anything, except the smell from the creek.

It's wonderful to be able to work with so many true newspaper professionals. I look forward to the challenge of my new position and continue to grow and serve all of the communities we cover.

It's nice to have a couple wins under our belt going into this week.

I told the girls after (Wednesday's loss) that the best remedy for a game like that is to play one the next day. It was big for us.

That's in my opinion the best team in the league and we can play right with them. They have a senior pitcher, six or seven seniors, but we'll be okay. I hope we'll be in it, but I think they are the team to beat right now.

A couple of plays here or there made the difference. They're a good hitting team, they put the ball in play. And I told the girls beforehand, if we make the plays, we should be OK. Unfortunately we gave them a few extra outs, and that always comes back to haunt you.

The show is a delight for the entire family.

We got out of a lot of jams. They put the ball in play but we played pretty well defensively. We were happy.

It got a little hairy. Fortunately we were able to stop the bleeding and come back and bang one out.

I give them credit, too. They were down 4-3 and that must have been disheartening. They came back -- that's a pretty good team on that side. It's always been our strength, especially our outfield defense. I think we went all of last year with two errors in the outfield. It was just one of those days.