Having six seniors to honor on Senior Day certainly presents some problems for a coach trying to fill out a starting lineup.

Sure, a class of six seniors isn't something every school can boast. And since Senior Day is a topic on many people's minds this time of year, we felt we found an interesting class. The York (Pa.) women's seniors are still intact -- all six freshmen who came in four years ago are still playing.

&&f-boxr&&And although Keli Ward leads the way (and doesn't want to hear about it) and sophomore April Sparkman is right there every step of the way, this senior class set the tone for 2008-09 well before the season started.

More on the Spartans, and their 23-1 roll, in this week's Around the Nation.

For a while it seemed like we would get through an entire season without any WIAC wackiness, without any of the league's big three in the men's standings losing to someone outside the top tier.

Yeah, scratch that. After Platteville and Whitewater each lost Wednesday night, the Stevens Point-Platteville game on Saturday has a bit of a different feel to it. A preview, in Around the Nation.