Just a few random observations from the past few weeks of covering high school sports in the local area.

- Sitting in a dugout or two, thanks to our wonderful New England weather, it's kind of funny what kids are talking about. Most of the time, it has nothing to do with what's going on, on the field, anyway. In some cases- is there a game going on?

- I can only imagine what was going through both Jim Cotter and Rick Arremony's minds on Tuesday as they watched their teams throw the ball around the field and watched runners just run the bases almost at will. Cotter, the NFA softball coach, could only say, over and over, that it was a strange game. Arremony, the Griswold coach was laughing afterwards, otherwise, he probably would have been crying as the Wildcats won the game between two of the top teams in the state 8-3.

- Let the players play. There are just too many whistles in girls lacrosse.

- Put a little ball on wet turf and watch it skid, quickly, on by as many NFA and Wheeler boys lacrosse players did on Friday in the rain at NFA.

- If you want to run a quick track and field meet, employ Dave Tetlow and Kyle Griffin from Ledyard. Everybody was singing their praises as they left the Ledyard Relays last Saturday in less than seven hours.