A federal judge has released former Venable teacher Corey Schock released.
The former Charlottesville school teacher arrested in February on child pornography charges has been released from jail on personal recognizance pending trial, according to records in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Corey R. Schock, a veteran fourth-grade teacher at Venable Elementary School, was arrested February 10 during a search of his city home. He was initially charged with three state child pornography related offenses stemming from alleged electronic interactions with a 15-year-old Northern Virginia girl.
A month later, the state charges were dropped and replaced by a single federal charge of online coercion and solicitation of a minor, a crime that carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison. Schock, who had been held in the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail since his arrest, had previously been denied bond in Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and again on appeal in Charlottesville Circuit Court, where a judge ordered that he undergo psychosexual evaluation before his release would be granted.
According to federal court records, his release carries multiple conditions. He will reside with his parents in Allentown, Pennsylvania; he is prohibited from using computers and smart phones, and from having any unsupervised contact with minors; and he must undergo mental health evaluations and treatment as ordered.
Prior to his release, Schock waived his right to a preliminary hearing, according to court records. Schock’s new court-appointed federal defender, Rachel Martin, did not return C-VILLE’s call by posting time.
Tristan Thorndyke and his bandmates describe their rockabilly act The Savages as “purveyors of auditory terror.”
Revive your passion for American rock ‘n’ roll with three acts armed to the teeth with rhythm, twang, and pompadours. Tristan Thorndyke leads The Savages in self-described “psychobilly swing.” Ginger & the Castaways craft garage rock filled with bluesy soul, and Madison, Virginia’s Cashless Society rocks out family style with James Tamelcoff III sharing lead vocals with James Jr.
Friday 3/28. $8, 8pm. Main Street Annex, 219 Water St. 817-2400.
A snowy Monte Vista in Charlottesville the morning of Wednesday, March 6. Photo by Graelyn Brashear.
If you’re a parent of school-age children in Central Virginia, chances are you feel like your kids have been out of school as much as they’ve been in school this winter. For working parents, it’s been a scramble. On the heels of yet another snow storm that caused delays in Albemarle and Charlottesville, now it’s the school districts’ turn to scramble to make up the time.
State law requires 180 days of school or 990 hours of instruction, and while some districts build in a buffer to accommodate cancellations, local school districts have all gone beyond what they’d planned for inclement weather.
Charlottesville schools have been closed seven days this winter, and Albemarle County has missed 11 days for snow—more than two weeks of missed class time. How are they going to make it up?
According to city schools spokesperson Beth Cheuk, the city used its “banked time” to make up several snow days. One snow day was made up in February and another will be made up on Friday, March 28, when spring break was scheduled to begin. Alas, city schools were closed again since those make-up days were scheduled, and the school board will determine how and when to make up the additional day at its April meeting.
In Albemarle, making up days may be a bit more painful. The school board will vote on Thursday, March 27, whether to extend the school year so that it ends on Friday, June 13, rather than on Friday, June 6. And they may need to make up more than that since school has been canceled again since that recommendation was made by school administration.
According to a recent survey, Albemarle parents just want the snow day slate wiped clean and would prefer that the school district seek a waiver from the Board of Education, said county schools spokesperson Phil Giaramita. The waiver, however, “is at very best, a remote possibility,” he explained.
Eleven days missed is no small number, but Nelson and Louisa parents have even more to gripe about: Nelson students have been out 18 days since early December, and Louisa students have been home 17 days this winter.
The closures in Louisa weren’t due only to snow, however, said school spokesperson Greg Dorazio, who noted that high school and elementary school students have been in temporary mobile classrooms since two schools were destroyed by an earthquake in 2011. Icy metal ramps, and well below freezing temperatures thanks to the polar vortex played a role in the multitude of closures.
The Nelson County school board will figure out how to make up 10 days that haven’t already been scheduled after April 1, according to a receptionist at the school, and Louisa students will make up two snow days during their spring break and will end school May 30 instead of May 23.
Who closed the most?
Charlottesville: 7 days
Albemarle: 11 days
Greene: 15 days
Nelson: 18 days
Fluvanna: 16 days
John Lindaman hasn’t lived in Charlottesville for years, but he’s fondly remembered by many for his seminal late-’90s band True Love Always, a regular on the old Tokyo Rose stage (more recent Charlottesville transplants may recognize Lindaman for his central role in The Parking Lot Movie).
Over the course of three albums (and one singles collection) for the legendary indie pop label TeenBeat, True Love Always was remarkably consistent, playing thoughtful, energetic, minimalist love songs. The sensitive subject matter, delivered in Lindaman’s high, delicate voice, might have led some to label them as an “emo” band, but his writing was too wry and clever, and the delivery too clear and confident, to make the tag properly stick.
Songs that might have been delicate and introspective in other hands became assured and charming thanks to the trio’s taught uptempo delivery, matching the snappy precision of the Minutemen with the breezy charm of The Sea and Cake and the pop sensibility of NRBQ. Since his departure, Lindaman has played with various New York-based acts. He returns to Charlottesville on Friday, reportedly for a solo set of experimental instrumental guitar pieces.
Cathy Monnes might be the best-kept secret in Charlottesville music, often appearing as a collaborator or backing musician – playing everything from ukulele and cello to a gamelan made from used car parts – but rarely stepping into the spotlight on her own. Her willingness to experiment can take performances in unexpected, rewarding directions, and she’s got the chops and enough experience playing straight to pull off even the wildest or most unconventional arrangements. She last collaborated with esteemed New York jazz musician Bill Cole as a duo when he appeared in town two years ago. On Friday they’ll reunite, leading a quartet entitled We’re Here for 40, to support Lindaman while in town.
Rounding out the line-up is Grand Banks, the leading light for local improvisation. Guitarist Davis Salisbury and pianist/spoken-word performer Tyler Magill have been collaborating in various avant garde combinations for decades, and each Grand Banks performance finds them exploring new territory live onstage. They’re always different, and always worthwhile.
Friday 3/28, $7, 8:30pm. Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, 414 E Main St. 293-9947
With secretive smiles and deliberate speech and movement Phillip Seymour Hoffman evolves into a compelling charlatan in The Master.
The glaring pomp and circumstance of Superbowl Sunday was saddened this year by the untimely death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. As an actor, Hoffman was unparalleled at imbuing his characters with humanity. He rendered misfits relatable, cretins compelling, and gifted artists attainable, and his passing left a void in the world of filmmaking. In tribute to Hoffman, the Packard Campus Theater will show three of his critically acclaimed films this week. The trio of screenings begins with The Master, followed by Capote, and Boogie Nights.
Thursday-Saturday 3/27-29. Free, 7:30pm. 17-plus. Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater, 19053 Mt. Pony Rd., Culpeper. (202) 707-5840.
World renown accordionist Alan Bern finishes his residency at UVA with an ensemble performance at Old Cabell Hall.
The centuries old musical tradition of the klezmorim, professional Jewish instrumentalists of Eastern Europe, was brought to the states by immigrants at the turn of the last century, and Americanized under the influence of jazz and modern orchestration. The University of Virginia Klezmer Ensemble celebrates the music’s multi-cultural revival and honors its roots in medieval minstrelsy and Jewish ritual. Director and clarinetist Joel Rubin, UVA’s renowned ethnomusicologist, is joined by Alan Bern, an accordion-playing Berliner who Rubin started a revival group with in the ’80s, setting the stage for klezmer kismet.
Thursday 3/27. $5-10, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA. 924-3376.
Venture into the new West with a handful of horse trainers on a 100-day journey to select and tame wild mustangs for adoption in the poignant, award-winning documentary Wild Horse, Wild Ride. Directors Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus follow a host of colorful, true life characters ranging from Navajo grandfathers and grizzled cowboys, to blond beauties and first-time wranglers, who test their mettle in the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge.
Thursday 3/27. Free, 7pm. Central Library, 201 E. Market St. 979-7151.
For the past three years, I have pictured you out there, The Reader, and written these weekly letters to you (this being the last one, I promise), even though I know they can’t possibly get through, since you aren’t you at all, but many, many people going about the business of life in this locality and picking me up, as it were, in a grocery cart, or plopping me, as you have done, on a dirty bar, or even using these words, as has been suggested on more than one occasion, to wrap a fish.
Anyone who has read this essay regularly knows my penchant for natural comparison, and there’s no richer source of fuel than the fish. There are other fish in the sea. He’s like a fish out of water, neither fish nor fowl. It’s a big fish/small pond kind of deal, like shooting fish in a barrel. Uggh, just another bottom feeder. Perhaps, in the spirit of Wahoowa, you’d prefer to drink like a fish, or, in Coach Bennett’s case, to be a fisher of men.
And here I am, The Editor, a carp at the base of a dam spillway, sifting through all the press releases, news stories, e-mailed pitches, and gossip, trying to pluck enough protein from the flow to keep from being swept downstream. And I’d rather be a trout than a carp (didn’t Paul Simon say that?), because at least there’s the hope of some unattainable and impossibly little beautiful pool upstream where I could raise small fry and turn gray with age.
Here’s the hook: Nobody wants to hang out in the mainstream anymore, whether because all the social engineering has made the water course so straight and narrow, so fast and furious, that it’s become nearly uninhabitable. Or because there’s so much food available in the side eddies that there’s little reward for fighting the current. Or possibly even because we’re all so focused on Siddhartha’s river that we don’t care very much about the muddy stretch of water winding through town.
I’d like to leave off this stream of consciousness with a quote from Mark Twain, a newspaperman: “The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to utter only half or two-thirds of his mind.” But I gave you a fair piece of mine.
Freshman point guard London Perrantes and UVA Head Coach Tony Bennett.
Matt Riley/UVA Athletics
Charlottesville officially is gaga over UVA Men’s Basketball Coach Tony Bennett.
“If you had to call anybody a saint, I’d put that in front of his name,” said Barry Parkhill, a star UVA basketball player in the ’70s and the second in school history to have his jersey number retired.
It’s been a long, dry 38-year season since UVA’s basketball team last won an ACC Tournament title, and Bennett’s team just danced its way through the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament to the Sweet 16 with the same grit and determination that marked its run through conference play.
The words used to describe him—humble, passionate, faith-driven—cast a beatific aura on a man who has projected a remarkably clear vision for how to build a successful college basketball program without a team of NBA prospects. Parkhill, now UVA’s associate athletic director for development, was Bennett’s neighbor in Glenmore when the coach and his family moved to Charlottesville in 2009. Like many of the coach’s admirers, Parkhill has been caught up in UVA’s success story as much because of how Bennett has gone abou his work as his results.
“It wasn’t hard to figure out this guy was something special,” said Parkhill. “He’s a great teacher because our players get better every year. Tony recruits character kids. That’s very important.”
One other word frequently used to describe Bennett: competitive.
“He’s got a fire in his belly,” noted Park-hill. “He’s incredibly competitive—I’ve seen that playing nine holes of golf with him.”
Bennett comes by that fire honestly. His father is former Wisconsin and Washington State coach Dick Bennett. His sister, Kathi, is head women’s basketball coach for the Northern Illinois Huskies.
Even at an early age, his competitive nature was apparent. Ben Johnson met Bennett in the seventh grade in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and went on to play with Bennett at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay before becoming an assistant coach to Bennett and his father at Washington State.
“He was absolutely obsessed and absolutely driven to be the greatest player he could be… spending endless, endless hours in the gym,” said Johnson in an e-mail from Australia, where he now coaches. “Day after day, week after week, month after month. It was crazy! He was crazy!”
Bennett’s drive spilled onto his young cohorts, who didn’t have much choice but to get better, said Johnson. He remembers as eighth and ninth graders, Bennett’s gang would sneak into Berg Gym and Quandt Fieldhouse through cracked doors or open windows.
“And sun up ’til sun down, we were always hoopin’,” said Johnson.
Bennett recorded the highest three-point field goal percentage in NCAA history during his career with the UW-Green Bay Phoenix, before going on to play three seasons for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA.
Danville native Johnny Newman played with Bennett for the Hornets, where his character made as much of a mark as his three-point stroke.
“You could tell he had been around basketball,” said Newman. “I remember Tony being a consistent guy. Being a pro as long as I was, I appreciated a really genuine guy because there aren’t a lot of those in pro ball.”
Ben Johnson sees Bennett’s continued ability to inspire buy-in as the key to his coacing success.
“He did it as a player, some 30 years ago, with a bunch of snotty-nosed, pimple-faced eighth graders and now he’s doing it as a coach with a bunch of players and a community that seems to be on fire with his way of doing things,” said Johnson. “Good stuff.”
And it is Bennett’s way or the highway. He came to UVA with a record-breaking contract, stressing that character was the one essential to building a successful basketball program, and he laid out five pillars his program is based on: humility, passion, unity, servanthood, and thankfulness. Servanthood means making your team better, he explained to the University of Virginia Magazine, and thankfulness applies to both wins and to losses, because there are lessons to be learned there, too.
His first recruiting team had four out of six players ditch UVA. WINA sports director Jay James pointed out that the two who stayed—co-captains Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell—can say, “Hey, we’re ACC champions because we stayed with Tony.”
Senior guard Joe Harris (#12) and senior power forward Akil Mitchell are the only members of Head Coach Tony Bennett’s original recruiting class to play all four years. Matt Riley/UVA Athletics
Bennett doesn’t promise recruits they’re going to end up in the NBA, said James. He tells them they’re going to get a great education and a chance to play, that they’re going to be part of something, that “it’s not about me, it’s about us.”
Bennett has made no secret about the importance of faith in his life. After the March 16 win over Duke, he told ESPN, “I’m so thankful for my faith in Christ. That really kind of sustained us when we struggled.”
Bennett has attended Trinity Presbyterian Church, and in media accounts, his players frequently mention discussing faith with their coach.
“He doesn’t try to impose it,” observed James. “I think his faith gives him a quiet strength.”
James has watched Bennett build his program over five seasons and he sees this year’s team as the culmination of a long-term project.
“What’s different this season is seeing Tony’s vision come to fruition,” he said. “The thing that jumps out is that his style is in line with the great coaches, which Tony has the potential to be. Tony is a teacher. He’s very passionate and he’ll get in a player’s face. But he never degrades them. He’s not a curser or a berater. He’s a teacher.”
That style was something UVA was looking for after the departure of Dave Leitao in 2009 following UVA’s worst season since 1967. At the announcement of Bennett’s appointment, UVA athletic director Craig Littlepage said Bennett, who was named National Coach of the Year at Washington State, was his “No. 1 choice,” and that he wanted a coach who would “give love and respect to players and to fans in good times and in bad times.”
Certainly that was something that attracted then-UVA president John Casteen, who said the University wanted to hire a coach for a long tenure at the relatively new John Paul Jones Arena. Casteen continues to be impressed with the 44-year-old Bennett.
“I like the steady hand,” said Casteen. “I like the fact he’s engaged in a positive way with the players. I like the way he communicates integrity. I like that students are excited about him.”
Bennett reminds Casteen of someone else: Terry Holland, the coach who led UVA to its last ACC tournament title in 1976.
“He has some of the laid-back star quality Terry had,” said Casteen.
Casteen isn’t the only one who has compared Bennett to Holland. Barry Parkhill sees the same emphasis on defense that Holland had.
“If you play good defense every night, you’re going to win,” Parkhill said.
Former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan agrees with the Holland comparison and believes Bennett’s focus on team concept has been refreshing to watch in an era of stars. “They’re a complete team. Teamwork is so important; his team exemplifies that to the highest level,” Corrigan said.
Another Bennett trait that Corrigan thinks plays well at Virginia: “I honestly think he’s a gentleman in the way he conducts himself in every way in games and under pressure. He’s a man I’d like my grandson to play for.”
Terry Holland, athletic director emeritus at East Carolina University, used to do color commentary for ESPN and remembers doing UW-Green Bay games when Dick Bennett was coach and Tony was a player.
“His dad is a terrific basketball coach and he learned a lot on defense from him,” Holland said.
Holland was at the ACC Tournament final in Greensboro when UVA took down Duke 72-63 and won its first title since his tenure. His reaction? One that any Wahoo fan could get behind.
“It’s about time,” said Holland.
And his take on Bennett?
“[Bennett] seems so cool under fire in all situations,” he said. “He doesn’t get sidetracked by bad calls or plays. He’s got a quiet intensity that’s very comforting for fans and players.”
A screen grab catches Kelsey Grant, Michael Eilbacher, and Zack Bartee of the Cavalier Daily on the job at the NCAA tournament in Raleigh.
Long days of interstate travel, sleepless nights in college town hotels, adrenaline-packed hours on the boards in sports arenas all over the East Coast. That’s been the life of Tony Bennett’s Cavaliers as they racked up historic wins this season, but for the last two weeks, it’s also been the reality for a small crew of Cavalier Daily staffers.
UVA’s traveling faithful get out of their seats for the ‘Hoos at the PNC Arena in Raleigh. Matt Riley/UVA ATHLETICS
Armed with press credentials and their own high hopes for the Hoos, college journos from UVA’s student-run newspaper logged hundreds of miles driving back and forth to North Carolina in recent weeks, covering a stunning ACC championship in Greensboro before turning around to follow the team through the first rounds of the NCAA tournament in Raleigh. Sports reporter Michael Eilbacher, photographer Kelsey Grant, and sports editor Zack Bartee shared stories from the path to the Sweet 16 for a post-season diary like no other.
We’re in: Sunday, March 16
Just a couple of hours after the confetti had fallen at Greensboro Coliseum in honor of UVA’s ACC tournament win, I was running on fumes, driving somewhere through Southern Virginia and trying to stay ahead of a looming snowstorm. My co-writer Zack and I were dead tired; we had just sat through one of the most exhilarating Virginia basketball games in the last 30 years, but we had to get back to Charlottesville—we had class the next day, after all.
Michael Eilbacher
We got what bits and pieces we could of Selection Sunday from Twitter and the radio, waiting patiently as they announced the No. 1 seed. Florida, Arizona and Wichita State were all givens. We were more interested in that last seed. Covering Virginia all year, it was hard to understand how they could be overlooked, but it was all at the whim of the selection committee at this point. As Virginia was announced as the final top seed, we let out a yell in my car—now removed from press row, we could allow ourselves to be less than impartial.
As we pulled back into Charlottesville, I was ready to collapse on my couch and sleep for a week. After the excitement of Sunday’s game, I needed a break from basketball for a little bit. But as I dropped off Zack, both of our phones lit up with an e-mail from Virginia Athletics: “ADVISORY: NCAA CREDENTIALS PROCESS.” Not long after, we got notice of a basketball press conference. A couple hours later, we were back at it.
Class went quickly that week, and I spent a lot of my time getting things ready: finding a hotel, nailing down travel plans, getting work done in preparation. By the time Friday rolled around, I was itching to go. I picked up Zack midday Friday and we headed back to North Carolina.
The madness had already started by that point. We listened to Duke’s collapse in Raleigh on the radio, hoping UVA wasn’t in for a similar fate. We got to Raleigh in time to settle in and eat quickly before heading over to PNC Arena to catch the end of the Memphis-George Washington matchup and get ready for Virginia’s game. What happened next is the stuff for another story, but we finished the night eating a pizza at 2am from the only place still open in Raleigh—and hoping to do it again next week.—Michael Eilbacher
Nail-biter: Friday, March 21
I arrived in Raleigh with high expectations. I had just been in Greensboro the previous week to photograph Virginia’s impressive ACC tournament victories, where the atmosphere was more incredible than I could have ever imagined.
Kelsey Grant.
Walking into the PNC Arena during the George Washington-Memphis game, I admit I was a little disappointed by the crowd. To be fair, the spectators may have been emotionally drained as a result of Mercer’s earlier upset of Duke. My initial disappointment was erased when UVA fans roared as the Virginia players left their seats in the stands to go to the locker room. It was the loudest I’d heard the crowd since arriving.
Given the team’s historic season, I wasn’t worried about Coastal Carolina. I took my seat on the court, fully expecting to get some great shots of Virginia dominating the 16th seeded team. Things started out well. A steal by Joe Harris and a few nice shots gave us the lead. UVA’s spirited pep band pumped up the Virginia fans, who overpowered the Coastal Carolina fans with early “U-V-A!” cheers. Everything seemed to be under control.
After a few minutes, it became clear that Coastal Carolina wasn’t going to go down without a fight. I couldn’t help but worry that we could be the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed. Coastal Carolina fans got louder, Virginia fans got quieter, and I started to blame myself. I had unfortunately worn Coastal Carolina colors—rookie mistake.
Akil Mitchell dunks against Coastal Carolina in the Cavaliers first NCAA tournament game on Friday, March 21. Matt Riley/UVA Athletics
At halftime, I talked to the band members and we tried to calm down, reassuring ourselves that Tony Bennett would get everything under control and they would start playing the defense that they had been playing all year.
In the second half, the team we had seen most of the season returned. Evan Nolte hit clutch threes just when we needed them and we took the lead, finally quieting the obnoxious Coastal Carolina fan near me who had found it necessary to tell everyone around him that Virginia didn’t deserve to be a No. 1 seed. Once we finally regained the lead, the tension in the arena lifted, and Teven Jones began dancing on the sideline again. The return of the smiles on the Virginia players’ faces let us all know that everything was going to be O.K.
As UVA pulled away and put the game out of reach, London Perrantes and the Virginia media relations photographer near me exchanged a look that screamed: “Wow, that could have been really bad.” Fortunately, all was well—we were moving on.—Kelsey Grant
Sweet success: Sunday, March 23
Duke, Syracuse, Pitt, North Carolina, NC State. One by one, the ACC schools fell during the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Twitter was abuzz as North Carolina bowed out to Iowa State Sunday. Would the Cavaliers, the ACC’s last remaining team, be the next to go?
Zack Bartee.
No. 14 seed Mercer upset Duke Friday in Raleigh, spawning even more doubts. But watching Tennessee pummel Mercer to the tune of Rocky Top in the Sunday game preceding Virginia’s returned a sense of normalcy to PNC Arena.
If the Cavaliers came out and played their game against Memphis, everything would be O.K.
The venue was fitting for the ACC’s lone Sweet 16 hope. The names of basketball legends hung in the rafters: Everett Case, Norm Sloan, David Thompson, and of course the larger-than-life Jim Valvano. Former Georgetown coach John Thompson, Jr. was announcing the game courtside for WestwoodOne Radio, while NBA Hall of Famer Reggie Miller and Maryland great Len Elmore called the game for CBS.
With a trip to Madison Square Garden and Virginia’s first Sweet 16 since 1995 on the line, this was what March Madness is all about.
The Tigers sprinted out to a 4-0 lead and the anxiety returned. Could Memphis’ senior guards really push the tempo and force Virginia to play their game? Sitting in front of the Memphis fan section seemed to suggest so. The first two minutes were good to Tiger fans.
Freshman point guard London Perrantes and UVA Coach Tony Bennett Matt Riley/UVA Athletics
But soon the Cavaliers began to hit shots and clamp down on defense, well on their way to a 15-point halftime lead. The Memphis fans behind us grew increasingly discontented with the referees—apparently the Cavaliers were fouling on every possession, while the Tigers merely played immaculate defense.
But by the time Virginia’s lead swelled to 27 late in the second half, those die-hard Memphis fans were long gone. Even the man dressed as Elvis, sitting in front of my dad and little brother, had left the building.
It was probably for the best, too, because I don’t think they would have appreciated Mike Tobey jacking up a three-pointer or Evan Nolte throwing down a tomahawk dunk. This court was the Cavaliers’ playground, and Virginia fans reveled in their team’s dominating performance.
Fans gleefully chanted the names of Rachel Nichols and Reggie Miller until the broadcasters acknowledged them. They chanted “Sweet 16” and “Evan Nolte” after his massive dunk.
But the loudest and most enthusiastic chant was for Tony Bennett, the man who guided the program back to the promised land after such a long exile. Bennett almost let a grin slip out, but somehow maintained his focus during the final minute of the game.
In a sense, it was symbolic of the team’s success this season. While Virginia fans celebrate each milestone, Bennett and his team remain ever-focused on the task at hand, vowing to celebrate after the season ends.
With respect to the team—I’m sure they want to celebrate their accomplishments—hopefully that end won’t come too soon. Even playing in the Sweet 16 at the Garden against Michigan State, a March Madness darling among pundits and in Vegas, is sweet.
But oh how a win would be so much sweeter.—Zack Bartee
