Winning is nice, but this picture proves that the Marshall Youth basketball team can still have fun despite going 0-3 Saturday. Their final tournament at Whitewater High School was not kind to them, but they proved that they can still laugh in the face of adversity. I’m sorry to admit that Hannah started this little • Read More »
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Hannah’s CO2 car
March 6, 2008 | By Patrick | 1 Comment | Filed in: HKS.It seems a right of passage for eighth graders that they design, create, detail, and race a model car that was once a block of wood. Hannah completed this task a few months ago in her Tech Ed class and I thought I’d post a picture of the car. She finished hers earlier than most, • Read More »
Hannah’s basketball tournament
February 24, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Basketball, HKS.At every tournament, regardless of the sport, there’s always one team that ends up at the bottom of the heap, winless despite their valiant effort. I’m quite familiar with this team, becoming even more so on Saturday as the Marshall Youth Club 8th grade girls basketball team traveled to Burlington to participate in their February • Read More »
The all-day tournament
January 27, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: HKS, Volleyball.Hannah participated in another volleyball tournament this Sunday at UW-Whitewater and I was lucky enough to attend as a spectator. In what seems to be more the norm, twelve teams of 14-year-olds knocked it around in pool play for 6 hours before a couple more hours of playoffs. Teams were seeded for the playoffs and • Read More »
Hannah’s volleyball tournament
January 19, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: HKS, Volleyball.Hannah and the Midwest Juniors 14s White team played in their first tournament of the season on Saturday in Rockford, IL. After a tough start, the team finally got it together and beat the girls of Harvard, IL. They finished the day 1-3 (matches) or 2-7 (games). The tournament was held at the Indoor Sports • Read More »