Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Page updated at 11:27 a.m.

Craig Smith: Sideline Smitty
"Sideline Smitty" answers readers' questions about high-school sports and tries to do it in an entertaining fashion. Topics range from history and rules to parent issues and coaching issues, with controversy, humor and trivia thrown in. The column runs Tuesdays.
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Tuesday, May 13
Wild weather means fans must pick between track, baseball | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, May 6
Lean draft for state players figures to bulk up in next cycle | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, April 29
What we learned this spring: how to be cool | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, April 22
Key issues before WIAA this week | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, April 15
21-strikeout masterpiece is state's top spring fling | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, April 8
Worth the risk? Pole-vault tragedy might make schools reconsider | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, April 1
How kids' success translates later | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, March 25
Some ninth-graders don't get varsity option | Sideline Smitty
Tuesday, March 18
Supreme Court ruling against random drug tests lacks sense | Sideline Smitty
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