As I was dishing up my Thanksgiving meal I covered most of my plate with the squash/apple bake my wife makes. That is my go to food at Thanksgiving. I enjoy looking on social media at all the different kinds of food families serve at Thanksgiving. Our Thanksgiving meals is usually the same foods year after year. That’s okay with me. I look forward to … Continue reading FUN FOOD
I jumped out of bed at 4am Friday with excitement knowing that I would be inside U.S. Bank Stadium broadcasting a state football game in a couple of hours. I am a morning person, so getting up that early doesn’t bother me. I felt like a little kid getting up on Christmas morning I was so excited. I have been broadcasting high school sports for … Continue reading I’M EXCITED!!
As I was leaving the Xcel Energy Center Friday afternoon I noticed the security guard next to the media exit sleeping in his chair. I had to wake him up so he could open the door for me! We had become friends during the state volleyball tournament. He worked all three days and we carried on with small talk each day. Thursday he told me … Continue reading PEOPLE I MEET AT STATE
When I was in high school playing sports I didn’t get the chance to play in a state tournament. I never got to know what it felt like to win a section championship and play in the big venues at state. I wish I would have had that experience. In my broadcasting career I get to watch young men and women win a section championship … Continue reading I WANTED TO GO TO STATE
On Christmas Eve our family has a familiar routine. We gather as a family to celebrate Jesus’s birth and to celebrate family. First we attend church, then eat, open presents and play games. Lots of stories are shared and there is always much laughter and fun. That’s the Raymo Christmas Eve. We did have a change this year. We decided to gather at my son … Continue reading FAMILY
I told my wife not to bother with dinner this week, because I will be gone every night broadcasting section sports. It is going to be a fun week covering high school sports. I remember traveling to Benson in late August to broadcast my first high school volleyball match of the fall. Lac qui Parle Valley was opening their season against the Braves in a … Continue reading WON’T BE HOME FOR DINNER
