It's never a good day when you drive to work and realize the CD player in your car is busted - especially when you've only had that car since July and nothing should be wrong with it. I'm a little frustrated, to say the least.

Anyways, we're having first review on the January issue today and I'd just like to come out and say that this one might be our most visually appealing issue yet. Our graphic designer, Grant Glas (proud graduate of Lawrence Central), has continued to make the layout of our magazine more eye-catching and fresh each month. You can subcribe to our digital magazine and have one newsletter and each issue delivered right to your e-mail inbox, a couple days before hard copies hit newsstands, by clicking here.

• The championship of the girls City Tournament is set for tomorrow night at Cathedral, as No. 3 Heritage Christian will battle No. 18 Chatard at 7:30 p.m. in a game between two undefeateds. The two teams also met in last year's City title game with Heritage notching a 51-28 win. Just gazing around some stats, did anybody know that Lady Eagles coach Rick Risinger has a 60-6 record through 2.5 seasons? Geez. Chatard's experience, led seniors Anna Boese and Caroline Schutzman, will have to figure out a way to slow down the junior trio of Kelly Faris, Emily Anderson and Claire Freeman.
• Kudos to Hamilton Southeastern diver and HSSTM December covergirl Sarah Clay, who broke a seven-year-old school diving record on Thursday evening in a dual meet win over Brownsburg. Clay posted a 309, breaking former state champion Kari Retrum's mark of 294.
• The Center Grove girls basketball team has notched a couple huge wins, 38-36 over then-No. 9 Bloomington South on Dec. 6 before Tuesday's 68-61 road win over No. 11 Martinsville. The Trojans are now 6-2 and have another marquee game Saturday night when they host No. 13 Terre Haute South.
• A couple of thigs to look forward to, the Indiana Football Coaches Association and Indianapolis Star are set to announce the winner of the 2007 Mr. Football award next Wednesday the 19th. Also on the 19th, Warren Central is scheduled to announce the hiring of a new football coach.
• A trio of sophomores have sparked some area boys basketball teams lately, showing that there's some up-and-coming talent in the area. Howe's Jordan Manuel is averaging 15 points, 10 boards and four blocks per game, while North Central's Terone Johnson and Washington's Ronald Ross are filling the stats sheet as well. Howe will be hosting No. 5 Cathedral on Saturday night.
• The first McConnell Mailbag will hopefully debut next week, but I need some participation people. You can post a comment on any blog with a question for me, or e-mail me at dave.mcconnell@hsstm.com. Questions can be geared toward anything in high school sports, something specific to the magazine, or I could even try to answer why the heck so many people tune in to watch Entertainment Tonight every evening.