Congrats Timothy Christian, Lake Zurich, New Trier and Lyons - you won a "Do What's Right" banner from the IHSA.

But do me a favor and please write return to sender in CAPS on the box with GAC in CAPS.

Until the folks at Pee-Wee's Playhouse learn to DWR - nice one IHSA first-year PR guru Matt Troha - Walgreen's should tell the IHSA and moneyball Marty Hickman to take a hike.

Tournament games on small fields, with no lights and horrible layout.

Yes, IHSA - DWR.

(P.S. GAC doesn't mean Girls Athletic Conference. It means 'Get A Clue.')

Tonight in Elmhurst, folks attending the annual Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association (IHSSCA) Awards Banquet will hear about how Lincoln-Way East coach Brian Papa has done the following:

*Head coach boys - 29 years
*More than 400 wins
*Led Sandburg to IHSA title in 1993 and Lincoln-Way to second place finishes in 1999 and 2000
*Six-time sectional coach of the year
*IHSSCA soccer person of the year
*IHSSCA vice president - 1998-present

But what half of the people in the audience and even those sitting at the head table with him will never truly understand is the impact he's had on soccer in the South Suburbs.

Brian Papa is soccer in the South Suburbs.

I've always said one thing I hate about blogs and message boards are the gutless adults who hide behind their computer. If you have a comment, stand up and stand behind it.

But blogs and message boards have allowed the goons of the world to be heard.

It's going to be very interesting once this case is final to see how the world changes. It took another big, positive step in the right direction today.

The Second Annual Pepsi Showdown College Showcase will take place Wednesday, Dec. 30 at the Sports Zone in Melrose Park. This has been cleared by the IHSA.

The event is for boys and girls players who would like to play at the next level.

Underclassmen boys (freshmen, sophomores and juniors) - 8-11 a.m.
Senior boys - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Underclassmen girls (freshmen, sophomores and juniors) - 2-5 p.m.
Senior girls - 5-8 p.m.

Coaches - high school or club - who have players that may be interested, please forward the following information to info@pepsishowdown.us so an invite may be sent by end of week:

Name, position, year, school, email address.

From Rivals.com

Girls in a Rhode Island high school soccer game were involved in an all-out brawl that would make even their male counterparts blush. And it surfaced after a video of a New Mexico women's soccer player became an Internet sensation for its stunning examples of poor sportsmanship, if not on-field violence.

Former St. Ignatius girls soccer coach Aaron Carpenter, who is now coaching in Denver, led the state in goals scored while at Andrew in 1988.

When opposing teams played against Lake Forest this season, there was one player they worried about.

Just look at this photo of Sun-Times All-Area Player Harry Shipp, and you'll know who they focused on.

The fall of the Chicago Magic is compared by some to the sinking of the Titanic.

So which club is now the top dog in the Chicagoland area?

Those who post a response without a real name could be answering to a judge...

BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter

A suburban elected leader might find out who posted those anonymous -- and reportedly nasty -- comments about her teenage son on a newspaper Web Site, thanks to a Cook County judge's ruling Tuesday.

Experts and attorneys are keeping a close eye on this modern-day First Amendment case in which Buffalo Grove Trustee Lisa Stone filed legal papers asking the Daily Herald's publishers for the identity of the commenter known as "Hipcheck16."

The petition could lead to a defamation lawsuit.

In his six-page written ruling, Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Lawrence said the poster's name and address can be turned over to Buffalo Grove Trustee Lisa Stone, her attorneys and staff as well as law enforcement, but to no one else.

"John Doe," as the poster is called, has argued his identity is protected by free speech.

Call me nuts, but still - I want throw this out there.

Who are some candidates for the 2010 Sun-Times Player of the Year Award?

One player I'm really interested to see next year is Lyons' Horacio Sanchez. The junior forward finished the season as the team's leading goal scorer (14 goals, seven assists). He scored or had an assist in every game during the Lions' run to the Class 3A title.

There's no doubt Sanchez had a lot of good players around him that opposing teams had to focus on. So the question he'll answer next season is this: Was he coming into his own or did he just benefit from having other stars around him?

Time will tell.

But who else should people keep an eye on?