I just published Talking to Erin link.medium.com/YrgQ99A6jcb

Another lesson of this past week may be that it has not been such a great idea for civics and history classes to be reduced or eliminated in so many of our schools.

Coach Brown of Mark Brown has the best stuff from the 2013 state team. youtube.com/watch?v=oxLER9…

Kindred: '60 Minutes' to tell the story of Atlanta’s own Dave Kindred, the consummate storyteller | High School Basketball | pantagraph.com pantagraph.com/sports/high-sc…

Soccer coach Chris Brolley remembers the 2011 girls team and Sam Gewalt Minooka Girls Soccer youtu.be/ckh8_y3MtzI

Just another example that there are good people, contrary to what some think. Bob Tyrell told me to stay as long as I needed to write my story. The Minooka press box is beautiful. So as I was leaving late, there are two maintenance people waiting to make sure I got out fine. TY

After working as a sportswriter for 50+ years, Dave Kindred and his wife Cheryl moved home to central Illinois. “I went to a girls high school] basketball game. And like the old war horse, I couldn’t sit there and not write about what I saw,” says Kindred. cbsn.ws/31rWLYh

Beth O'Malley -- Read more than you write. -- Read plays or scripts so you become familiar with dialogue and how to use quotes. -- Always make the one more phone call, the one that might be a pain, or difficult, or you don't have time to make. The story might be there. I have more!

When I asked Albert Pujols today what he was chasing -- a title? milestones? something else -- he flipped the question on me, asking why I'd still write if I'd already written my best story. From our chat today, before BP: stltoday.com/sports/basebal… St. Louis Post-Dispatch #Dodgers #Cardinals

Super Sectional Champs! On to State!

Girls flag football had its second week of games today. The sport is off to a successful start in CPS. MikeClarkPreps has the story. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-sp…

Our name is changing to Nook News. In the next week, you will see the name of this account updated to reflect the change. Read about how the new name was chosen here: peacepipechatter.com/3324/school-ne…

Minooka won the F/S girls race at the SPC Championship. Check out the video highlights: youtube.com/watch?v=lIP0i4…

State is tomorrow for boys cross country peacepipechatter.com/3330/sports/bo…

At 1 p.m. tomorrow the girls cross country team gets to finish what they started peacepipechatter.com/3333/sports/gi…

McClellan: Oh, for a root beer baron stltoday.com/news/subscribe… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Saturday morning feature for you, courtesy of yours truly. Comments from many of our school officials included here.

Thanks to Nicholas Sheldon for giving me the opportunity to wear his jersey today! Good luck against Oswego!

Minooka High School is looking for a girls' track throws coach. Apply here: generalasp.com/ROE24/onlineap…