When 18-year-old playwright Kelly Lusk wrote his award-winning play "We, The Boys," he envisioned how he wanted his audience to react. But after it was staged at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, attendees had other ideas.

I ndianapolis has won many accolades. In recent years, it has been praised for its greenways, Downtown development, community sports opportunities and relatively low home prices. And now, it is being recognized as one of the nation's best places for children. Last year, America's Promise, an alliance founded by retired Gen. Colin Powell to benefit the nation's youth, named Indianapolis one of the

Spencer Fields once kicked a star tennis player off the North Central High School team, even though the coach realized then that it meant the school would likely lose a state tennis title. Why? Because the kid was poisoning the mood of the team by putting too much pressure on everyone.

Allison "Allie" Eberle, an eighth-grade student at Guion Creek Middle School in Pike Township, works hard to maintain straight A's. She also plays viola and violin in the orchestra, and she's a soccer and basketball player.