Thinking back to Nov. 11, a Veteran’s Day Wednesday, at a few area high school campuses, consider that some special events were taking place. 

High school athletic transfers are down, significantly, in recent months. Yes, it’s COVID-19 related. 

Now that 10 “Last Dance” episodes are in the books … a few stray thoughts from spring’s Michael Jordan showcase: 

Kylie Fitts should be easy to spot on the field when Arizona takes on Super Bowl runner-up San Francisco in this week’s NFL opening weekend.

From the desk of one San Gorgonio High athletic director about another: 

Obrey Brown sent a text out to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame president on a Monday morning in July.

Long before that mess at the University of Redlands over a haphazard Twitter remark from head football coach Mike Maynard, there was a nice gathering of Bulldog players, their coaches and a former assistant coach.

Driving the city. Highland. What’s going on out there? At a standstill. Not many good sports notes, though. No baseball at the Little League compounds. Fall high school sports are out. It’s a virtual zero summer. 

It’s getting scary out there.

It’s an occasional effort that a parent will use. An athletic parent in particular.

Who knows what could’ve happened if Tiger Woods didn’t run into a stampede of roadblocks along the way?

I had something else completely different planned for this corner until … Saturday. That’s when the sky started falling in on some curious tweets traced back to University of Redlands football coach Mike Maynard. 

Anyone know the name Kim Holder?

You’ve got to figure that anything connected to Michael Jordan is big news.

Sports stuff is still churning even during this COVID-19 hiatus.

Talk about releaguing! In case it’s escaped anyone’s gaze, area junior college play had been switching around various conference affiliations these past few years.

There’s a lot to glean from CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod’s “message” that came out last week.

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic being thrust upon America’s working parents, because local schools are closed, the responsibility for educating their children is put in the parent(s) court as they have to homeschool their chidren.

It’s a moot point, of course, since the nation had gotten shut down, but think about the University of Redlands’ plight. On the road to faraway Wisconsin. NCAA Division III Women’s West Region, the Lady Bulldogs had an opening round KO over No. 8 Whitewater.

Here’s what you get when you win an NCAA championship:

Tim Conway Jr. fooled me back on Feb. 18 while driving to Aquinas High’s “San Bernardino Strong” game against city basketball rival Indian Springs.

It’s hard to overlook first place at an NCAA regional event -- any regional.

Rachel Roche may have had the best sports media job in all of Redlands -- maybe in San Bernardino County. There she was, cheerfully moving through a downtown Redlands Starbucks on a soon-to-be-hot Wednesday afternoon back on July 24.

CIF-Southern Section football champions in both 2017 and 2019, Aquinas High School was honored by the San Bernardino city council last week. Virtually the entire squad showed, minus those that were playing on the soccer and basketball teams.

Tim Mead is creeping up on a special date. On Jan. 21, the former Los Angeles Angels’ executive from San Gorgonio High, who is now the president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, will inform the 2020 nominees on whether or not they'll be inducted at Cooperstown this summer. Big day coming.

I keep hearing from plenty of readers around here that this is still Rams’ Country. Part of it might have to do with the fact that the L.A. Rams — who played in St. Louis for about two decades — once used the local university as their training camp from 1949-60.