His journey brings music to my ears

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Brian Walsh’s odyssey makes me hear music. Maybe it’s ‘Long and Winding Road.’ (That’s the Beatles, young people. Please tell me you’ve heard of the Beatles.) Or maybe, if I listen closely, I hear ‘Highway to Hell.’ (Uh, AC/DC? Oh, never mind)

Coach Walsh and his St. Anthony football squad trekked well beyond L.A., over low desert, then into high desert, then up curvy inclines into mountains -- into the Paris Hilton-thin air of Mammoth. The final tally: a six-hour bus ride.

Then, finally, Coach Walsh’s Saints took the field and battled an altitude change (8,500-feet up) and the frosty temps (mid-30’s) and lost to Mammoth, 41-14, Friday night in the Northeast Division’s first round of the postseason.

After the game, it was back on the bus, and the 330-mile voyage home ended today at 5 in the morning. At that hour, Walsh and his coaching crew found an office, sat down and began chatting about nothing else than ... next football season.

Wait, now I hear another song when I think of Walsh’s quest for a title next year: ‘Running Down a Dream.’ (Tom Petty -- you’ve heard of him, young people, right? Ah, fuhgettabout it.)

-- Anthony Stitt

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