The next issue of the Morris Daily Herald you pick up will contain prep girls basketball results. It seems too early for that, but it always does.

Some years, basketball can immediately grab the spotlight on the local prep scene. The fall season is sometimes over by the time the first games tip off. That won't be the case in Tuesday's paper, and there's a good chance it won't be the case for another week or two beyond then.

Coal City and Morris are both state quarterfinalists in football and will play their third-round games this afternoon. Morris is also competing at the Sandburg Girls Swimming and Diving Sectional today, though having any of its athletes extend their seasons will be difficult now that standout diver Alyssa Applebee has graduated.