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by joanna

As we start to wrap up various sports — tennis is finished this weekend — it sure seems like the days and weeks are going by much faster.

I’ve been typing in area regional pairings for softball (Jonathan has baseball) and I was intrigued by this regional at Udall — Monday—Moundridge (15-5) vs. Oxford (12-3), time TBA. Tuesday—Semifinals: Moundridge-Oxford vs. Udall (17-1), 3 p.m.; Sterling (16-4) vs. Inman (18-2), 4:45. Championship at 6:30.

Yep, there’s not enough teams to have more than one semifinal game. Isn’t that crazy? Then I looked closer and look at those teams — 15-5, 12-3, 17-1, 16-4, 18-2. Oh. My. God. Talk about a loaded regional. I rank this one right up there with the one at Douglass, where Andover Central, Mulvane, Rose Hill and Clearwater all are at. Finals in that regional are Tuesday night.

Speaking of pairings, soccer pairings will be out on Saturday. We plan to run them on Sunday. Surprise, surprise — Maize will be a 1 seed. Shocking, I know.

And more on soccer — Goddard forward Whitney Berry is up to 38 goals on the season, with 10 assists. She’s more than a star. She’s a stud.

And even more on soccer — Anyone else surprised by the 5-0 victory that Kapaun had over Northwest last night? I’m not surprised by the win — I expected Kapaun to win — but 5-0? That’s a healthy margin.

And speaking of a healthy margin of victory — um, Northwest baseball 15, North 0. What the heck happened there? That’s a shellacking. So North clinches the City League title with a win over Heights, then gets thumped. OK, so the game was meaningless in the CL, it affects the regional pairings. Last week North was 15-1, but lost two to Goddard and now to Northwest. So North goes from a 1 seed to a 5 seed. Northwest is a potential 4 seed. Not a good situation.

And speaking of how fast this season has gone (anyone sick of my “speaking ofs” yet? I am. But I’m doing it to be annoying. Comment on that!) I think I’m done writing softball notes. Next week is regionals so we’ll have plenty of coverage of many teams to consider. I’m disappointed because I still haven’t written about Newton’s softball team or the fact that Carroll’s Stephanie Harshberger is going from  the school where her mom is the principal (talk about a tough life, there) to play at Newman where her dad is the coach.

And speaking of comments (I did up above), I’ve finally closed the Independent softball post to commenters. It was about to clse anyway, and frankly, it was getting old. Talk about rehashing and hashing and rehashing and hashing. Or something like that. Boy, talk about an innocent post turning into hatred and loyalty. Weird mix.

By the way, I loved CM Scott’s comment on Stan Pulliam’s funeral on “We’ve lost another coach” Very heartfelt.

State tennis is this weekend and I do believe that 3-2-1A will be the one to watch — although here in the Wichita area we have three sites to watch in Goddard (6A), Riverside (5A) and 3-2-1A (WSU). Don’t you just know the Kansas City folks are annoyed? These are three quality sites, though. Anyway, back to 3-2-1A, there are four teams with a shot to win it all — Claflin, Conway Springs, Collegiate and Independent, even though the Panthers only have a doubles team and a singles player, both could win titles.

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