Winter 2010: As Gil and Kaz sort out the starting five, ex-Milford point guard and former Trumpet editor Steve Luhm pops in. He has dropped out at State, just credits shy of a geography degree, and is now the MHS janitor! The main action is with Mimi’s squad, as guard Cassie Corman has a 22-year-old pizza-flipping boyfriend, Ray Richie, whom her parents want gone, and her odd hours are hurting the team. Though the floors are the shiniest ever, Luhm has time to give b-ball tips and is pegged by Mimi to coach Cassie. She starts playing well, dumps Ray in front of the team at the Bucket, and takes a shine to the janitor, kissing him, much to his ambivalence! A conference with Kaz let’s Luhm know that dodging inappropriate advances is a 24/7 issue for him, while Gil works on getting Luhm into Valley JC to finish his degree. The girls are one victory over Tilden away from conference champs and playdowns. With Cassie’s parents missing the game due to a previously scheduled trip, at tipoff time Cassie is AWOL! Luhm susses out that she is headed to Vegas to elope with Richey—she has pulled a fast one on everyone!—and confronts them at his apartment. Richey sucker-punches Luhm’s glasses right off his goateed face, but Gil intervenes and soon MPD has Richey cuffed for assault/battery, ignoring Gil’s breaking/entering. Without Cassie, the girls lose, but she apologizes to Luhm and they are friends again. Presumably Gil gets Luhm back into school, as he is never heard from again, except for authoring a better version of this strip.
Winter 2010: As Gil and Kaz sort out the starting five, ex-Milford point guard and former Trumpet editor Steve Luhm pops in. He has dropped out at State, just credits shy of a geography degree, and is now the MHS janitor! The main action is with Mimi’s squad, as guard Cassie Corman has a 22-year-old pizza-flipping boyfriend, Ray Richie, whom her parents want gone, and her odd hours are hurting the team. Though the floors are the shiniest ever, Luhm has time to give b-ball tips and is pegged by Mimi to coach Cassie. She starts playing well, dumps Ray in front of the team at the Bucket, and takes a shine to the janitor, kissing him, much to his ambivalence! A conference with Kaz let’s Luhm know that dodging inappropriate advances is a 24/7 issue for him, while Gil works on getting Luhm into Valley JC to finish his degree. The girls are one victory over Tilden away from conference champs and playdowns. With Cassie’s parents missing the game due to a previously scheduled trip, at tipoff time Cassie is AWOL! Luhm susses out that she is headed to Vegas to elope with Richey—she has pulled a fast one on everyone!—and confronts them at his apartment. Richey sucker-punches Luhm’s glasses right off his goateed face, but Gil intervenes and soon MPD has Richey cuffed for assault/battery, ignoring Gil’s breaking/entering. Without Cassie, the girls lose, but she apologizes to Luhm and they are friends again. Presumably Gil gets Luhm back into school, as he is never heard from again, except for authoring a better version of this strip.