I looked around, visited a few more booths, and filled the free laminated folder I got from Scholastic with pencil erasers and tiny Kit Kats. Heavy with “gifts,” I decided to head home.

With a total of 10 pole vaulters Chesapeake might also be the state's biggest vaulting school helping to reinvigorate a sport said to be on its deathbed as recently as two years ago.

The crew struck the set with a ferocity hitherto unseen, an army more valiant in retreat than advance.

Dere's tay spikes, and cocoa spikes, and skilly spikes.