A full slate of athletic contests was cancelled due to the snow that blankets central New Hampshire, but there's plenty going on. In the sugar house, the Woods Team is boiling the last of this year's maple sap. Ben feeds the fire:
The syrup yield this year was a small fraction of the typical product, due in part to a string of warm nights a while back. We are in this business for educational purposes, of course, so our foresters are philosophical and upbeat. You determine when to pour off the syrup by studying its viscosity as it "sheets" off a "spoon". Ben is all concentration:
Teams are practicing indoors. Up in the cage, Nicky puts on a clinic with his level swing:
