Getting a schedule together

Cutter's Log - Stardate 0102.21.20
Current Song - Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)

I had planned to go to the Riverdale girls basketball regional final yesterday, but had a bunch of things to do at home. I had to think of a speech topic, think about what I'm doing for classes, etc. It's stuff that's more important to me than going to a basketball game. When I'm done with school, it'll be the reverse: the game will be more important.

I'm going to try to make it to the Sterling wrestling sectionals. They start at 3:00 p.m. and I need to leave at 4:45 for work. Since I know I'm going to not cover the duration, I hope I can get some pictures in. I think I'll have 2/3s of the meet shot before I have to leave.

My Tuesday plans have changed. Marquette girls beat Newark for their regional final. I was hoping Newark would make it. A Newark-HBR girls game is worth more than the price of admission. Since that's not going to happen, I'm not going to cover it. Instead, there's a good boys game pitting West Carroll and Forreston that night. Friday night will be spent up in Dakota for the third of four Dakota-South Beloit games. Saturday will either be spent at the Rock Island swimming sectional (out by 3:30) or at home worrying about whatever schoolwork I need to do.

Wrestling will be my focus for the following week. I know my wrestling friends have kind of looked down on my for a lack of coverage. You can blame it partially on the class system, team schedules, and everything being on a Saturday. Saturdays are bad for me since I'm needed at work. They will continue to be bad as long as I keep working at the Shell station. I pretty much have to make the website a full concenration before I get better.

I'm not a fan of the new team Sectional format, but only from a media coverage standpoint. I didn't know where I was going to go, but it was going to be either Oregon, Geneseo or Fremd. The Oregon sectional has two matches going on at the same time, so that's going to be hell to cover. But I simply can't do two at once. The Geneseo Sectional has Sterling and Sycamore against each other. Seen both. The Fremd Sectional has Hononegah against Barrington. Really leaning on heading all the way to Palatine, where Fremd is, on Tuesday.

After that, I'll know what to do that weekend.