JUST TO ECHO WHAT COACH SMITH HAS SAID AND ALSO TO PLEAD WITH LOCAL COACHES(ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THESE EVENTS) TO LEND A HELPING HAND.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MAKING IT UP MYSELF AS OUR TEAM HAD THEIR AWARDS BANQUET I HAD TO PREPARE FOR.

JUST AS I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SHOULD BE A LARGER GROUP OF COLUMBIA AREA COACHES AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS(AS LONG AS THEY ARE IN COLUMBIA) I ALSO THINK THE CHARLESTON COACHES SHOULD ADOPT MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE NORTH- SOUTH, BUT ALAS, AS COACH SMITH SAYS, THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT IS.

ANYTIME I HELP OUT WITH ANYTHING, IT IS ALWAYS THE SAME PEOPLE(THOSE LISTED) WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTONS THAT ARE THERE AND THAT SADENS ME. I KEEP WONDERING WHEN THE DAY WILL COME THAT I SEE HADICAPPED RAMPS INSTALLED TO HELP WILLIAM, FRANK AND DICKIE GET AROUND UP THERE.

AGAIN, SORRY GUYS I COULDN'T MAKE IT AND CHARLESTON AREA COACHES PLEASE CONTACT TOM REILLY TO SEE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP WITH NORTH-SOUTH.