We definitely played hard like we always do against Dowling, but we had some mental mistakes and turnovers, dumb shots that kept us from winning.

We will find out Monday if the policy will cover any portion of the students' instruments.

It was fast-paced and physical.

We've been in a funk lately. We haven't been playing the way we need to play and we plan on playing that way starting Friday.

We are very upset about this. These kids have worked very hard to get ready for this band season and this is very unfortunate. We will pursue the people responsible and we will prosecute.

We were definitely in a groove at the beginning of the season and we lost that. It will change, we know that. We have a lot of games that we need to win, and we're going to win.

So far, our numbers look to be about the same as last year, if you subtract the 300 or so kids from Hurricane Katrina. We won't have our true count until early October.

She will be more than happy to talk to you about teaching and learning. She is tired of talking about all the other stuff.

The two coaches were struck by one of the students and that student has been arrested and will face expulsion.