The team here at HSSTM has been efficiently cramming this week, putting together the May issue on the heels of spring break. That might not sound like a big deal, but with the way Central Indiana migrates for spring break these days, it put us a little bit behind.

Basically what I'm trying to say is that we're very thankful for Mother Nature this week, because without her kindness, we wouldn't have had any photos for the next issue. And that would be a bad thing.
  • Let's start with Billy Packer, that's always fun. It's been a while since I've blogged so I know I'm a little late on the NCAA title game comments, but Packer's color analysis tends to stick around for a while. My favorite Packer-ism of the Monday night Kansas win? Not even two minutes into the game, two minutes, CBS flashes the graphic showing how close the two team's statistics are for the season...points per game, field goal percentage, points allowed, etc...and here's what Packer says, roughly speaking: "We're on pace for a game in the low 80s." Really? It was 4-1 at that point. 4-1. Let's use your head, Billy.
  • Next Tuesday, the 15th, myself and colleague Brian Moore have been fortunate to be invited to the third annual Thomas A. Brady Sports Achievement Awards, hosted by my bud Anthony Calhoun from WISH-TV. It's a night full of big names from around the state, which you can read more about by clicking here, but the night is really about celebrating some of the finest true student-athletes we have here in Indiana.
  • This will be posted on our hompage at some point today, but thought I would give you guys the link to a YouTube video of Franklin baseball standout Brad Hook at the 2008 Power Showcase Home Run Derbyheld in Florida. Hook will be featured in our upcoming May issue. Stay tuned.
  • Had a chat over the phone last evening with Lutheran softball coach Don Peitz, who's really one of the good guys as far as coaches go. Great guy to just have a conversation with. Anyway, Peitz is about as happy as a pig in mud these days as the young talent just keeps rolling in for the Class A No. 1 Saints. Now-sophomores Brandi Lawson, Morgan Lewis, Amanda Korb and Molly Birk played a huge roll in last year's state title, and this season there's even more freshmen making an impact. Pitcher Erin Moeller got the win last Saturday over Triton Central, for starters. And yet another freshman expected of big things is Chaunsey Bell, younger sister of Franklin Central star pitcher Chanda Bell. Look for the Saints to keep rolling through Class A again this season.