It’s time to start skating

U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

I’m headed over to the Arena later today to check out the skating – and hey, thanks for the tips, though Kate, I’m staying away from the costume angle – in part because I’m interested in the seeing the next great star skate.

That would be Caroline Zhang, profiled by our Jeff Bunch in this story leading the S-R’s sports page today.

The idea of having a 13-year-old’s exploits plastered on our sports front interests me because I’m guessing she’s probably in eighth grade (I know she attends a junior high, but I’m not sure about the grade), and we rarely, if ever, feature junior high athletes on our front page.

Anyhow, I’m interested in watching the junior and novice skating. I’ve attended many national youth baseball and basketball events over the years, and I would like to know how this compares. The difference is, of course, you don’t have the World Series in conjunction with the Little League championships.

Though that might improve the World Series.

That’s it on skating until later.

Until then, check our live skating blog for information, news and tidbits.