Hitting Friday is normally a good thing, but not when most people are enjoying sun and sand while wrapping up Spring Break.

Not that I have anything to complain about after a recent five-day trip to Tuscon, Ariz. where the sun was shining and the golf was glorious. I think I lost about 18 Titleists that succumbed to the the cactus-laden desert lining the fairways. But hey, at least I wasn't stupid enough to go searching through the brush where the rattlers reside.

Not sure if more than three people are going to read this, but I thought I'd give a little update as to what we've been up to this week and what lies ahead for plans next week.

Being the photography manager for the magazine, I'm pleased to announce a spring photo contest for our area high school students. If you know ANYONE that might be interested, please pass on the good word or simply send the story link around. We are doing our best to get as many students involved in our magazine as possible, so the help is much appreciated.

Hopefully most of you have had the chance to see our First Anniversary Issue, but if not, here you go. Our staff here had a lot of fun picking our our first-year favorites, found on p. 52, so feel free to share yours as well by commenting on this blog or e-mailing us at letters.centralindiana@hsstm.com.

Also this week on our homepage, we've given a little love to early-season boys golf with an extended version of Coaches' Corner. As some of you know, I'm a little biased toward the links...but fortunately growing up in Illinois, I didn't have to worry about early-season weather and offseason troubles as we played in the fall.

Our very own Brian Moore caught up with Heritage Christian baller Kelly Faris upon her commitment to play for national power Connecticut when she heads to college in 2009-10. Congrats to Faris, she's a classy young lady and a very hard worker.

Next week, HSSTM will be painting the town and hopefully bringing good weather with us. I'll be headed to Martinsville on monday for the softball team's showdown with Center Grove (and covergirl Emily Gwaltney). We also have plans to stop by the New Pal @ Roncalli softball game on Tuesday, the Warren Central girls track invitational on Thursday and the Zionsville-Lafayette Jeff lacrosse game on Friday. Who knows, we might even show up at your family dinner one night. 

Lastly...who've you got in the Final Four this weekend? I have UCLA beating Kansas in my bracket for the title game, but I actually would take North Carolina over UCLA if I had to choose right now. Don't be surprised if Memphis comes out running and gunning tomorrow and surprises UCLA.

Have a great weekend, if anyone is reading.