Month: January 2022
Results from the first WIAA girls state wrestling tournament
Individual results from WIAA girls state.
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is For Us
It’s really easy to get caught up in the causes we care about. It’s emotional. We’re invested. You know the phrase, “if you’re not with…
I Changed My Mind: Girls Should Only Compete Against Girls
In the fall of 2018 I had a conversation with a mom at Preseason Nationals in Iowa. I was there with my college wrestlers working…
A History of Girls Wrestling in Wisconsin
Looking back at what brought us to the first-ever high school girls state championships.
Meditating At The Cross
This post is part of a random daily blog series I am writing throughout January. There’s this exchange in the first chapter of the Gospel of John…
When Stories Are More Than Stories
A nod to literature and all it offers.
An Expedition With Dad
The story of a cross-country trip with my dad.
Reflection
“The past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands later, & thus we don’t have complete emotions about the…
The Older Brother
“We may start as younger sons, but when we come to Christ we become older brothers.”
Read The Gospel of Matthew. Had Some Thoughts
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind . . . Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Powerful Beyond Measure
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our…
Hangover with Jamie
It’s become an almost every Friday night thing that my brother and I have a chat over FaceTime to plan Saturday morning’s 5am class at…
Wild As A Dang Gale
A thought from Where the Crawdads Sing.
A Training Win
Notching a win in appropriate pacing and other training notes.