I was watching the Dawson/Boyd Blackjack girl basketball players hugging and crying with each other after their season came to an end in section play on the Canby gymnasium floor last Monday evening. The Blackjack seniors were especially having a difficult time because it was the last time they would ever put on a Blackjack basketball jersey. Every year I witness the emotions of senior ballplayers playing their last game and it always … Continue reading LAST TIME!
I have attended many high school state tournaments in the cities over the years and they are all very special. What I experienced this past weekend at Target Center in Minneapolis has to rank right up there with one of the best state tournament experiences ever for me! Words to describe the experience would be fun, proud, emotional, exhilarating, adrenaline rush, happy, draining, and more fun! It should be a crime that … Continue reading SHADOWS!
Section dance at the Montevideo high school is one of my favorite sporting events to cover every year. The atmosphere in that gym is amazing and so much fun. I think the dance crazy fans play a big part in creating the atmosphere, along with the high energy the dancers bring to the gym floor. So much fun. I am always surprised that I am the only … Continue reading DANCE CRAZY FANS!
This will be a very personal blog today. I’ve experienced something this week that I never want to experience again. That is seeing my wife of 42 years so sick that they took her by ambulance to St. Cloud Friday evening. Roxie rarely gets sick, so this was a big shock to me when the doctor in Dawson said we need to get her to … Continue reading EMOTIONAL TWO DAYS
When people ask me how many grandchildren I have I always say seven because one is in heaven and was miscarried. My grandchildren are very special to me. I have unique relationships with all of them. When I started blogging over a year ago I thought it would be good to blog about each grandchild. Last fall I blogged about my granddaughter Adelyn and what a special … Continue reading ZANE
Last Saturday I wasn’t feeling the best, in fact I was sick. I did go to work and do the Coaches Show in the morning and then went home. The night before we received five inches of snow and I hadn’t snowblowed the driveway or sidewalks yet. When I got home from work Saturday morning my lovely wife said that she would do the snow blowing. I … Continue reading MY GIRL
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