Occasionally Interesting, often not

We came away from Sectionals in Carmel with a 2-1 record, taking 2nd place (one better than last year!). The lament, however, is: could have, should have ... we lost the first match on Friday to the eventual winners, Fair Oaks West from Santa Clara, by a slim 2-3 margin, without Scott at #1 singles, and with two captaining decisions that might have changed the outcome to a win. But nevertheless, all in all, a very good weekend, and to tell you the truth, I'm glad not to continue to have captaining anxieties all the way up to the end-of-October Nationals. By taking 2nd place, we got an invitation to a tournament to be held next March 11-13, at the Mission Hills Country Club in Palm Springs, during the 1st weekend of the Indian Wells tournament. That tournament annually invites all the Sectionals runners-up to play, and waives their $500 entry fee (going to Nationals costs $500/team to enter, as well as the travel/accommodations costs). Those of us in Carmel all thought that this tou...