True story:  At 4:30 p.m. tonight I was walking out of a forum held by Dr. Phil Eaton, President of SPU.  Behind me, a professor from my department asked, "Dick, do you need a ride home?  I can take you as far as Mercer Island."  I'd been thinking, "Take the Metro 17 to downtown, transfer to the Sound Transit 550 in the bus tunnel, then catch a 202 on Mercer Island to SE 40th St. and start walking . . . "  I got door to door service from my colleague.  God is good.

Good thing I didn't try to go home and catch the team bus from BCS.  The team weighed in at 5:00 p.m. at Mercer Island High School, just before I arrived.  Then they waited over two hours while Mercer Island finished a dual with O'Dea High School. 

Tonight our Vikings gave up a number of forfeits at the upper weights, then were weak in the lower weights.  But from 125 to 145, BCS was awesome.

Editorial:  Mercer Island has a fine wrestling team with all the depth one would expect at a 3A school with a quality program.  However, this fan questions their decision to put a team of mostly junior varsity wrestlers against the BCS varsity.  Perhaps this is a common practice of which I am not aware.  But, unless this plan is shared with the visiting coach, it seems to lack in sportsmanship.  Certainly, novice wrestlers need a suitable challenge, but so do a teams' top wrestlers.  I am reminded of certain NFL teams who coasted into the playoffs, not wishing to risk injury to their top players.  ― "Doc" Sleight