Hi, Bill!

Hope yours was a restful weekend! We got placed into a Div. 6-A wildcard game vs. Midland Academy, a boarding school way out in Santa Barbara county. They seem to have had the same type of situation as ours: terrible record last year, a positive turnaround this year. But their league seems much stronger than ours is. And they have a Tony Zhu-type player who scores at will (20+ ppg). We will see!

It was fun following the seeding process and finally seeing the school's name in the bracket. Coincidentally, I spent Valentine's Day weekend out in Santa Ynez and Los Olivos with my honey. SO at least I know how to get there! hehe.

Weird thing, though: the coach of Immanuel Christian, whose school faces Mesrobian (a team in our league) in another wildcard matchup, called me during the P. 1 final this morning. He was scouting out Mesrobian, whom we'd beaten twice this year. That was funny. I used a hushed voice to describe to him Mesrobian's catapult-like three point shooters and lazy defensive tendencies. I didn't feel bad about doing this because Mesrobian proved to us in two games to be bad sports this year.

Again, great luck against T-C, and enjoy the grading of Finals Week, Coach! I know I will!

A.J.