Talking Sports: Let's look ahead to the district playoffs

Just a few more days and the calendar gets turned over to February. It may be too early to start thinking about spring, even though the mercury climbed past 70 earlier this week. But February reminds us that the winter sports season is fast heading towards it's dramatic conclusion.

There are just 15 days until the competition begins at district wrestling in Chadron. Three days later the girls of class D basketball get started with subdistricts and the boys a week later. Before President's Day (Feb. 16) week is out, state wrestling opens up at the Century Link Center in Omaha and the final r...