Winter has apparently decided to stick around for a little longer than a few days. Glad to see it was in time for the Colts loss on Sunday, you know, just to make everyone's mood's that much worse around Central Indiana.

What should brighten the mood? Perhaps a little high school sports news? Well, then you've come to the right place, we happen to have a little of that around here.

Let's dive in with swimming, since it inevitably makes us think of summer (I know, I know, bad joke). Hamilton Southeastern's girls team won the Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship meet, registering 519 points to Zionsville's runner-up 296.

The 200 Medley Relay team of Maegan O'Connor, Christian Jacobs, Lindsay Rogers and Carly Mercer set a new conference record at the meet. Records were also set by the Royals in the 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay. Rogers, one of our Dec. cover girls, set individual conference records in the 200 IM and the 100-breast stroke, while Sarah Clay (another Dec. cover girl) won the 1-meter diving event. The Royals are tuning up in hopes of topping Carmel's 21 consecutive state titles.

Some other notes on this glorious Tuesday:
  • We're finishing up the February issue this week, so we'll be providing you sneak peeks at that over the coming days/weeks.
  • The boys basketball Indianapolis City Tournament is going on this week, and we've got a showcase feature up that will let you track what's happening there.
  • Got to give a little kudos and credit to my main man, Dave McConnell. The Mind scored an interview with the incomparable Cal Ripken. Bill Lynch, Tony Dungy, Cal Ripken, Brad Stevens? HSSTM's not doing too bad, huh?
  • Had a great conversation with Greg Schellhase, the new athletic director at Guerin Catholic. The Golden Eagles have come a long way in the three years they've been in existence, building an athletics program from scratch. Keep an eye on them throughout the year.