Jerry- I have to practice until I get it right.

The court ruling previously cited made no mention of contact, whether inappropriate or otherwise, and just ruled that girls could compete against boys.

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has 5 high schools- Aquinas, St. James, Miege, Immaculata and Maur Hill, if am I not misstaken. I understand the instruction from our Archbishop to only include our archdiocese. I coach at Aquinas, and I know Miege and St. James have complied with the rule, I have no knowledge of the other 2 schools. By the way, Bishop Carroll is in another archdiocese and to my understanding are not operating under the same restrictions.

We are specifically instructed to follow our directive, and to publicly support our archdiocese. I think all of you would do the same, in our circumstance.

Good luck to all at state. Jerry, take some Tums.

Tom Williams