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While Coach Cooper went Skiing....
Coach Cooper went on an intensive training session in Flagstaff this weekend. Meanwhile, I engaged in some intense activity of my own. Above, Ted won the St. Maria Goretti wrestling tournament in the 119 weight class. Nothing gets the adrenaline going like a 3-minute wrestling match that is tied 0-0 at the end of regulation and which your son BLASTS a take-down in about the first 5 seconds of over time.
This is Ted in the stands at the Carmel basketball game Friday night. He and a bunch of friends came out to cheer on his sister Alexa's last dance with the highschool team. And in case you're wondering, body-paint and bare chests are not allowed at Carmel high school games.
Here is the rest of Alexa's cheering crew: Left to right - Bryce, Alexa's sister Tori, Luke, Alexa, Tori's boyfriend Joe F., Joe S. and Ted.
Seniors on the dance team at the after-party: Kelsey, Mikayla, Alexa and Tori
Alexa and her coach, Susan Wolf. Ms. Wolf gave a nice little speech for the girls that included the following thought: When we die, they put the date we were born and the date we died on the headstone. It is the time in-between, the trip of our life, that counts. For these girls, their time on the team seems like one of the most important things that has occurred on their "trip", when in fact, it will end up being just a little blip, barely noticeable in the long run. For Ms. Wolf, though, her nine years as coach of the team has been her very most important stretch on the trip between her start and what will be her end. Her life-role as "coach" has come to define everything about who she is. For me, it conveyed an interesting perspective, and accurately captured the essence of "coach".
Coach Cooper went on an intensive training session in Flagstaff this weekend. Meanwhile, I engaged in some intense activity of my own. Above, Ted won the St. Maria Goretti wrestling tournament in the 119 weight class. Nothing gets the adrenaline going like a 3-minute wrestling match that is tied 0-0 at the end of regulation and which your son BLASTS a take-down in about the first 5 seconds of over time.
This is Ted in the stands at the Carmel basketball game Friday night. He and a bunch of friends came out to cheer on his sister Alexa's last dance with the highschool team. And in case you're wondering, body-paint and bare chests are not allowed at Carmel high school games.
Here is the rest of Alexa's cheering crew: Left to right - Bryce, Alexa's sister Tori, Luke, Alexa, Tori's boyfriend Joe F., Joe S. and Ted.
Seniors on the dance team at the after-party: Kelsey, Mikayla, Alexa and Tori
Alexa and her coach, Susan Wolf. Ms. Wolf gave a nice little speech for the girls that included the following thought: When we die, they put the date we were born and the date we died on the headstone. It is the time in-between, the trip of our life, that counts. For these girls, their time on the team seems like one of the most important things that has occurred on their "trip", when in fact, it will end up being just a little blip, barely noticeable in the long run. For Ms. Wolf, though, her nine years as coach of the team has been her very most important stretch on the trip between her start and what will be her end. Her life-role as "coach" has come to define everything about who she is. For me, it conveyed an interesting perspective, and accurately captured the essence of "coach".
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