Hard as it is for me to believe, but this winter marks 20 years covering high school swimming and diving for The News-Herald. The memory of being asked to add this sport to covering hockey in the winter — not to mention the total confusion for that first time out at Viking in 2006 — remain vivid. To mark this anniversary of sorts, I’m going to repeat a fun exercise from a similar milestone 10 years ago. It goes like this: If I could assemble a team for a mythical dual meet from every News-Herald coverage area swimmer I’ve covered over the last 20 years, using a time machine to transport them from their high school prime, who would make the cut? Who would I trust to get in the...
