Big Day of Hockey, Lacy Claws His Way Back to Top

It's humiliating to be busted by work colleagues watching porn at your desk (or so I've been told) but I will admit to also feeling somewhat sheepish about being caught watching Wisconsin high school hockey yesterday. Whatever.

This reporter was able to take in a lot of action despite a crazy work day. Verona looks really good. Notre Dame looks awesome, too. But you want to know who else looks great?

Joe Lacy (left) neglects his pit boss duties to radio in for

a Big Ice update.

Belleville's Joe Lacy, one of the finest tuba players to ever grace the auditorium of Edgewood High School, finds himself alone at the top of the WHSHP pyramid, just three point ahead of Blake Feist and five points ahead of former champ, Mark Jobson.

Would you trust your landscape ecology with this man?

It was a crushing day for Erik Moe, who once again watched his title dreams fall apart faster than one of his advertising campaigns in a Des Moines focus group. The embittered Moe slips to 5th, but according to calculations by a certain landscape ecologist in Seattle, he has no chance of besting Feist, his former bandmate, should Verona go all the way. Ditto for the rest of the Top 10, which includes a surprising appearance by Fort Wayne's Steve Miller and a host of other also rans. 

Steve "Wildman" Miller shares  a special moment

with an unknown man wearing Mom jeans.

So it comes down to this, again according to a landscape ecologist with as sturdy a grasp on statistics as this half-awake English major.

Joe Lacy takes the coveted WSHSHP (sic) Title if GBND are champions, I [Blake Feist] take the Title if Verona is champ and Luke Rudy will hold the Title if WW is the champ. God help us if Brookfield wins the championship.

Indeed, Professor Feist. Indeed.

Next up: My Final Four Big Ice Breakdown