I’m getting ahead of myself again. At least when it comes to sports. Ray County schools have yet to stage their/its first ballgame or track meet to kick off the spring sports track season and I’ve already started thinking about summer sports. There are a few reasons for this. One reason is a recently published episode of “Ray County Voices,” the podcast I co-host with Sophia Bales. In late February, she and I did a give-andtake interview with Cody Hoessel and Ella Conway, two teens who are studying journalism at Kearney High School in Clay County. Sophia and I were asked about how we keep up with all the area news and maintain a steady news flow. I said that following area sports schedules on the Missouri State High School Activities Association website helps me stay abreast of games, tournaments and meets during the school year. I also discussed covering sports during the summertime. I decided early in my tenure as sports editor that I would cover high school summer sports…