Scheduling and Fool's Gold - The Nonleague Schedule Is Out.

"Leave our comfort zone." You've read it multiple times, "Champions do extra."

Beating weak competition is fool's gold. It sanitizes won-loss records and doesn't fool sport aficionados. "You are what your record says you are," said Bill Parcells. That applies at the highest level of sport, not when we choose to take candy from figurative babies. 

A young girl watched a mogul skier. The girl said, "I love how you ski. You never fall."

The skier didn't take it as a compliment. She realized that she held back, refusing risks needed to improve and become a champion. She reinvented herself and became one. 

Players and teams improve by challenging themselves to play tougher competition. "Iron sharpens iron." Coach Scott Celli has never looked for the easy path. 

Coach Celli reported that the non-league schedule is finalized. Melrose faces three 2022 state champions - Newton North, Westborough, and Frontier and the always competitive Central Catholic. 

Choose to be better. Get ready. 

Lagniappe.