Doug,

I wanted to send you an e-mail saying how much I appreciate your site. I am from Plano and am in the National Guard. I was called up to active duty in June of last year. I was sent to Mississippi, California, Kuwait and finally Iraq. I've been in Iraq since last November. One of the things I miss the most from home is high school (and college) football. I found your site earlier this year and had a blast going through all your photos of last season. It was almost as good as being there. I especially liked the trouble you went to capturing the full scene with pics of the halftime show, the drill team, the band, the cheerleaders and the crowd. Unfortunately, I will still be in Iraq for the 2005 season. I am looking forward to seeing all the games (complete with all the pageantry) on your website. I guess the first game should be coming up soon, so I've got something to look forward to.

With any luck, I should be done with this mission and back home sometime in November. So maybe I'll get back in time for the playoffs. Maybe this year, West will go all the way. Last year, I was so out of the loop I didn't even realize that West made the playoffs, let alone that they made a run at State. Anyway, thanks again for the cool website. Keep it up.

Sgt Jonathan Locke
US Army
Iraq