As we are down to approximately 63.5 hours until official basketball practice begins I find myself once again preparing for a first practice that will consist of 4 kids out of a total of 25. And if my school's soccer team wins tomorrow, our entire first week of practice will be with a gym-full of 6-7 kids...that's assuming the cross country runners we have don't make it out of the regional tomorrow. Oh, I forgot our volleyball players...who will have missed 5 days of official practice BEFORE they even compete in their first round sectional game! The a$$ pounding girls basketball coaches in our state have taken from the IHSAA is truly remarkable.