Edmunds County Tribune -

Congratulations to the Ipswich girls for qualifying for the State B girls' high school basketball tourney in Huron and going out with a seventh-place win will be memorable. Especially in the seventh-place game against a team, Waverly-South Shore, that did have a six-foot plus player and that the Lady Tigers had edged W-SS during the regular season, so the Coyotes had extra incentive to win. The IHS Lady Tigers were quite possibly the underdogs going into the tourney, with a lack of overall team height being a major reason. One six-footer and there would have been no stopping you guys!

It's time to turn attention to upcoming spring sports seasons outdoors, believe it or not. But fortunately the track and field competition can start with indoor meets and NSU will host a high school indoor meet on Tuesday, with the start time at 2 p.m. and running events beginning at 3 p.m. And they have another one scheduled for March 26 in the Barnett Center. Ipswich will attempt to host an outdoors early bird on April 2. And if that is not doable, Ipswich coach Todd Thorson says that his teams might possible attend an indoor SDSU meet on April 1.

But before all that, though, area boys' high school basketball fans may have to contend with some opening-day traveling issues, but Friday and Saturday's weather sounds more favorable. Do you think parking might be an issue, though? You might get a good workout just hiking from your vehicle to the Barnett Center and back.