The kid rides at a pro level now, and the future is bright for him. He loves to ride and progress, and it shows in the bag of tricks he has.

The first time we entered her in the high jump in a meet last year she went off the wrong foot and still won.

We knew they were slower, so we wanted to come out and run them. Coach wanted to set that press up so we'd get the ball a lot.

It's more fun to play the game. To ask the girl out ... I don't want a company to do that for me.

We're just going to try to continue to keep doing the little things right and keep things going like they have been. If it's not broken, it doesn't need fixing.

These two have been among our most improved.

So we called around. We found a policy. We wrote a check.

She likes to compete. She's a hard worker and she just hates to lose. You can see it in her eyes when she's coming down the stretch. That's just her way.

Does it help when we cater to service workers and a growing number of those jobs are taken by immigrants coming into the cities? Yes. That something we know all too well.