In Post Falls we've been fortunate to hold a welcome home caravan for teams returning with state championships in a number of sports - but until Sunday, never for wrestling.

It was a great celebration of the young men who worked hard to win the 5A team championship by more than 60 points. Parents, friends, fans ... all came to cheer their victory, the caravan led by the Post Falls Police Department and the KCFR ladder truck.

At the high school the impromptu assembly filled the bleachers. Pete Reardon, 5A Coach of the Year, thanked the team, the managers and the administration of the high school and school district, and asked all of the coaches, past and present, to come to center court. There were several former coaches in the crowd, including Greg Cossette. I talked to Greg afterward and he was quite moved by the moment.

Greg retired from teaching at PFHS a few years ago and in 2013 was inducted into the Idaho Wrestling Hall of Fame for a lifetime of service to the sport. He coached Trojan wrestling from 1974 through 2009. Greg still remembers Post Falls' very first individual state champion, Rick Durbin, who brought home the title in 1987. But the team state championship eluded Greg during his 35-year coaching career.

On Sunday it was apparent that this first championship was a sweet one for the former coach. For Coach Reardon to acknowledge the coaches who came before to build the foundation of the program showed the measure of the man who now heads a championship team.

On Sunday the PFPD's School Resource Officer Neil Uhrig was enthusiastically directing the lineup and then leading the homecoming caravan, in uniform on his day off and sporting a Trojan ball cap. I didn't realize until later that the celebration was especially meaningful. After six years, Monday was Officer Uhrig's last day as SRO. Starting today he's Detective Uhrig, with a new assignment after nearly a decade on the force. He said he'll miss being at the school but made a lot of great memories. Thanks, Detective Uhrig.

Spotted my first buttercup of the year during an outing on the Q'emiln Park hiking trails over the weekend. In the days of the Post Falls Tribune, anyone bringing in the first buttercup of the season would receive a dollar bill and have their picture published in the newspaper. So I joked with longtime Tribune office manager Jeannie Peugh that I was due a dollar. On Monday an envelope was left in my front door ... with a dollar inside. :)

Good luck and safe travels to the No. 1 ranked Post Falls boys basketball team, heading down south to play in the Idaho 5A State Tournament (first game Thursday at 5:15 p.m. PST, at the Idaho Center in Nampa). Last week, when the Trojans clinched the state tournament berth outright in a hard-fought game with Lake City, the Timberwolves players and coaches stayed on the court and applauded the trophy presentation to the Trojans. Great display of class and sportsmanship deserving of kudos all around.

The Lakeland Hawks boys basketball team, ranked No. 2 in 4A, is traveling to Boise for the state tournament, too. The eight seniors on the team were all first-graders the last time the Lakeland boys advanced to state so it will be quite a thrill for the hometown fans as well as the players. The Hawks opening game is Thursday at 5:15 p.m. PST, at Borah High School.

March definitely came in like a sunny lamb this year and with the clocks springing forward on Sunday we'll be enjoying a little more daylight later in the day.

Another unexpected art discovery is Aquinnah O'Keefe's Tangled Treasures in Coeur d'Alene. She creates unique, handcrafted braided jewelry from the tails and manes of horses. Connie Glass tells me she had a four-strand necklace made from her horse's mane and loves the craftsmanship of Aquinnah's work.

On Friday, check out Bras on Dudes at the Cd'A Inn with a rollicking fashion show to benefit the Relay for Life/American Cancer Society.

Also on Friday, Pay it Forward for Sandy Davis. Sandy has battled a myriad of health issues in recent years. She co-founded the CASA program and Sandy's friends hope to soften the financial blow the treatments have created, paying forward the lifetime of good works into which she has put her heart. Silent auction, raffles and more 6 p.m. at Paddy's on Appleway. Info: Virginia Balzer, 687-9262 or Kathy Bush, 208-929-0407.

Saturday is the annual Wine, Stein and Dine to benefit the Post Falls Education Foundation's classroom scholarships, at the Greyhound Park and Event Center.

Happy birthday today to Michael Ward, Chris Guggemos and Jon Newcomb. Tomorrow, Natalie Eckstein, Becky Funk, Jim Riley, Amy Tolzmann, Paula Ryan, Nicole Barnhart, Kelly Lattin, Hallie Gennett, Allison Mehan, Stacy Veach, Carly Hall and Matt Matthews celebrate.

On Friday, Gladys Schneidmiller (97!), Billie Dust, Rich Winter and Adam Johnson mark another year. Saturday is a special day for my sister Janna Scharf, Heidi Rogers, Jaime Jaworski, Todd Gilkey, Wayne Larson, James Barfoot and Julie Sandstrom.

Sunday birthdays will be celebrated by Cyndie Hammond, Lisa Ferguson, Robert Page, Linda Koehler, Joni Morrow, Chelsea MacEntee, Kylie MacEntee, Veronicka Peacock and Catherine Brown.

Monday, March 9, Karen Roetter, Bob Frazey, Keith Van Slate, Debbie Myles, Megan Round and Giuliana Roge will blow out the birthday candles. Nancy Frazey and Jon Dingman have Tuesday birthdays.

Kerri Rankin Thoreson is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune. Main Street appears every Wednesday in The Press and Kerri can be contacted on Facebook or via email mainstreet@cdapress.com. Follow her on Twitter @kerrithoreson.