Problem with Tables

Hello there,

I run a website for a JR Hockey league.  I wrote it mostly by hand, no
HTML editor.  So the code may be sloppy :-)

It uses a number of include file.  Basically an shtml file pulls in:

-Header file
-Navigation bar
-Main data
-Footer file

The "main data" for the site comes from Microsoft Excel, using the
Publish as Webpage feature.

The pages use a number of tables.  I'm having a problem with the
alignment of one of the cells.   If you look at
http://www.empirehockey.com/teams.shtml you can see how I want it to
look.  Notice how the navigation bar is aligned at the top of the page
(and the top of a table row)??

Now look at what happens when the Microsoft Excel data is long. 
http://www.empirehockey.com/schedule.shtml  The navigation bar gets
pushed to the bottom.

I've used td valign=top for that cell but it doesn't do any good.  I
also can't find any glaring table errors, but obviously I have one
somewhere.

One note is that I can't control the format of what Microsoft Excel
exports.  It includes more tables, and even HTML and BODY tags.  I
know that's sloppy but it seems to work, and I can't change that part.

Any idea what I can do in my code to force my navigation bar to always
be top aligned?

Thanks!!!!!!
Shane

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