Here are a few random musings as I'm coming down from the nauseating over-coverage of the NFL Draft:

Yikes, it ain't easy to be a female athlete at Cornell High School these days, especially if you are a two-sport athlete and your activities of choice are basketball and softball.

The basketball season would have been stomach-turning enough. Cornell went winless at 0-21 and lost by an average score of 61-14. Eight times during the season, Cornell was held to 10 points or fewer.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the softball team is also experiencing a season of futility. Through Wednesday, Cornell was 0-16 and had been outscored, 274-19.

The WPIAL baseball regular season ends next week and then the playoffs will be upon us. There are the obvious favorites, but there is a definite darkhorse in each of the four classifications. The four teams that could make a surprising run are:

Class A -- Geibel. The Gators are tough this year despite their five losses. Two of those came against schools in larger classes and, after absorbing an 0-3 mark to begin the section season, the Gators have rebounded nicely. They've won their past eight games.

Class AA -- Ford City. Two of the three Ford City section losses came against front-runner Burrell. When the playoffs roll around, Ford City will be a very, very tough out. You heard it here first.

Class AAA -- Blackhawk. Sure, everyone is talking about Pine-Richland, Peters Township and South Park, and rightly so. But, can you ever count out a Bob Amalia-coached team? No way. He has too much big-game experience and an uncanny way of managing his pitching staff when playoff time comes around. It seems as though his No. 1 guy always pitches the biggest game.

Class AAAA -- Central Catholic. The Vikings have sustained four one-run losses this spring, so with a break here and there, the 10-7 record could very well be something like 13-4 or 14-3. Also, there are a ton of juniors and seniors on Central's squad and, as everyone knows, experience is invaluable at the end of the season.

Quaker Valley named a new boys' soccer coach. Vince Burens, an assistant under legendary coach Gene Klein for the past eight seasons, has taken over this traditionally strong program. Klein departed Quaker Valley -- and how can you blame him -- to accept the head coaching job with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

In a news release sent out by the district earlier this week, Klein was quoted as saying, "Vince has worked hard to improve as a coach and I feel he has been ready to take this step as a head coach for several years. I am confident the district has made a terrific choice."

Now, I'm the first to admit I don't know a whole lot about soccer. But I know enough to know that when Gene Klein speaks, you listen. That said, if Klein is endorsing Burens , bet on the fact -- unless your name is John Daly or Charles Barkley -- that he's going to have Quaker Valley continuing to play at a level that makes the program one of the finest in the state.