Rip, nice talking to you last night at the SSSC board meeting. It was very educational for me. Very glad I was there and enjoyed talking to you after the meeting. I really think that Spindletop is moving in the right direction at U11. They have two D1 U11 teams and a third D1 team, Jasper Twisters, that are registered as a Spindletop team. That's three U11 teams all playing EDDOA in Houston every weekend...over 30 girls total. Currently, I do not support the idea of Albion coming in a taking over SSSC. Not as long as SSSC is moving in the right direction. There is not enough talent in the area to support two clubs. If Albion chooses to come anyway it will set us back another 3 or 4 years. They will eventually dry up SSSC but it will take time. We just don't need that with things moving in the right directions for the younger kids. I know a couple of the Albion guys and I really like them. I watched their power point presentation and was very impressed. My daughter has been invited to guest play with them in a tournament. If my daughter continues to improve I may take her there one day when the time is right...just as you did with your daughter. But until then, I know we are moving in the right direction. Our Jasper Twister team played Albion Blue 99 (Albion's #1 U11 team) in the championship game of the Easter Invitational at Bear Creek and beat them 2-0. We did have a couple SSSC 99 Red guest players. For the first time in a long time, everyone is working together. I'm not ready to turn what we are doing over to them just yet.