Four F-18 Hornets streaked over the 100th Running of the Indy 500, six warbirds cracked the sky at Super Bowl Fifty.  How can a high school sports event beat that?  Saturday morning, as the national anthem played, thirty-six small flying machines in V-formation, wingtip to wingtip, swooped down, circled the flag then exited the direction they entered.  When even the geese are excited about the big Verona cross country invitational, it’s going to be a great day!

Precisely at 8:30 a.m., ninety-six middle schoolers took off over the grass in pursuit of glory.  As they disappeared up the...