The Real Sporer – Torn In the Middle

Tonight Valley plays Ottumwa in the state high school softball semi-finals. My loyalties are torn. Cheer for the hometown, and the children of my classmates and God knows success is a rare commodity in the O zone, or my adopted home, that has had almost unrivalled dominance in most things competitive in the last twenty-five years and for girls who grew up and played ball with the Perfect Child?

This is tough