Tara Wheeler, Local Girl, Beauty Pageant Winner, Miss America Contestant, Star College Hockey Goalie, Nothing To See Here, Move Along

Were I a judge in the Miss America Pageant, a capacity in which I like to think I would be distinctly over-qualified to serve, I would seek to distinguish America's great beauties and talents by their knowledge of . . . hockey. The 2009 Miss America Pageant will be held in January in Las Vegas, and the pageant's representative from Virginia -- Woodbridge's Tara Wheeler -- is poised to answer any hockey question put to her. She's a star goalie, you see.