Free state tournament photos will be available for a limited time via the Web site of the Jordan Independent, www.jordannews.com.

Click on any of the photos on this Web site to get to the newest gallery, which is focused on the Jordan Jaguars' second-place finish in the 2008 state girls basketball tournament.

Jordan Jaguars girls basketball photos can be downloaded for free at http://jordannews.smugmug.com/gallery/4546119_DJeXg#267838583.  

Scott West wrestling photos can be downloaded for free at http://jordannews.smugmug.com/gallery/4551678_zpPrp#268204569.

Here's what the Plainview-Elgin-Milville Bulldogs are saying about the Scott West Panthers:

"Scott West is a big, physical team. They ride the legs hard, and they'll go cross-face hard," PEM coach Mike Matiash told the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

He also mentioned Lee Goldberg, Tyler Kivel, Tony Valek, the lack of having Tim Hentges available, and that he thinks the match could depend on bonus points.

Yesterday, I captured a volleyball play on video that turned out to be rarer than I thought.

I'm heading from Jordan to St. Paul right now to assist Jordan Independent Sports Editor Brian Hall in covering the state volleyball tournament.

This Jordan Hubmen baseball highlight has got to be a new record. In the game against Triton, the school's first win in a state tourney, three players chased after a foul ball and all of them lost their hats.

As you can hear from most of my highlight videos, it was indeed a windy day. And they must've been running really fast, too.

The Star Tribune gave the Jordan Hubmen baseball team plenty of press leading into the state tournament.

These few things were disappointing or odd, though:

Jordan School Board Member Dan Buresh said he had spent some time at state high school sporting tournaments with Jordan teams recently, and the Jordan students there were well behav

Sometimes, in journalism, art goes by the wayside. As well as being aesthetically pleasing, the art in a newspaper has to send the message of the story.

I just wanted to let you know how to find all of the online videos from the Jordan Jaguars basketball team's game against Pipestone in the 2007 state tournament. Here are the links: