As is usually the case with beloved coaches who retire, Kosmo was both happy and sad to find out the other day that Novi volleyball coach Julie Fisette had decided to step down after 19 years at the helm.
It's good that Fisette has earned a chance to take a break from the rigors of coaching, but sad because she'll be missed.
Fisette did an incredible job at Novi, building the Wildcats into an annual county and state power.
Novi advanced to the state semifinals in 2007 and won the KLAA championship this year, eventually falling in five games to state runner-up Farmington Hills Mercy in a regional final.
She'll be missed and set quite a standard for future Novi coaches to follow.
— It's been a strange sight to see girls basketball teams in the OAA open up their season with league games, but that's been the case. Six OAA Red teams opened the year playing league games against each other, and there will be another important league game on Friday when Stoney Creek travels to Troy Athens. So much for having non-league games to get warmed up. These teams had to be ready to go right off of the bat.