High school football practice is underway, and Arthur Utley offers a preview of the season.

The end of the high school sports season is the perfect time to reflect and honor the student-athletes who grace our fields and sports pages for 10 months out of the year. The Times-Dispatch will put the finishing touches on its 2008-09 high school sports coverage at the end of this month and in early July with the naming of the All-Metro spring sports teams.

Arthur Utley staff writer previews the upcoming Times-Dispatch Invitational Tournament being held Friday, Dec. 19 through Monday, Dec. 22.