After a great day of competition and clinics the campers were eager to get to the campsite for the first of the three campfires. At this weekly ritual the "W" is lit, four teams perform skits, the camper of the week awards are presented and the team with the cleanest rooms are announced.
The camper of the week award is given to one camper per team who performed outstanding all week long. This boy may have a few or all of the following qualities; good character, athleticism, thoughtfulness, dedication, heart, hustle, etc... This year's award is an embroidered ball cap. Check out the pictures at the end of the slide show to see this week's recipients. Way to go guys!
Pizza's were awarded to the team with the cleanest rooms. As we all descended to the river for the campfire, you could smell the fresh hot pizzas, waiting for the winners. The winning team consistently kept their rooms clean. Daily, Coach Hannenburg inspects dorm rooms and assigns a score based on cleanliness. The beds need to be made and dirty clothes need to be put into their laundry bags. The scores are tallied weekly. This year, the higher the score, the cleaner the room. The highest scoring conference this week was the Eastern Conference. The team with the highest score was Virginia!
Last night four teams performed their skits. These are skits thought up by coaches and campers. They took time to work on these daily. The four teams bravely took center stage in front of the "W". First up was Duke. They quickly won over the crowd with their mocking of certain counselors and Coach Alexander. Their re-enactment of Coach Alexander's talk about the Old Rag plan, was an instant hit. Oklahoma, Penn State and Michigan followed. Michigan decided to take on the classic "You've lost that lovin' feeling". Two campers bravely portrayed Maverick and Goose and then the rest of the team kicked in to finish out the song. Oklahoma and Penn State picked on a few counselors and Coach Alexander as well. Oklahoma's depiction of Coach was the best I think I've ever seen. It was all in good fun and the laughs kept coming. In the end, Duke won the competition and enjoyed the remaining pizzas! Can't wait to see what the guys come up with next week.
Today at morning meeting Coach Alexander reminded the team's to discuss and review this past week during their values meetings. It's important that they take a look at all the positives and improve on the negatives. He also went over plans for the upcoming Water Country trip. The trip is tomorrow and everyone is pretty excited.
The crowd cheered as coach explained today's schedule changes. At 2pm the teams can choose to either watch World Cup Soccer or head down to Johnson Stadium for an American football clinic. We have a special guest today. Ed Reynolds Jr. is on campus. He'll be helping kids during the clinic.
This week's weather forecast looks great. Yesterday was gorgeous. This is the way we like it. We are truly blessed. Have a great day!
Check out yesterday's scores.
Softball
UNC vs. Notre Dame UNC 4-3
Penn State vs Ohio State OSU 7-0
Virginia vs Michigan UVA 3-1
Football
USC vs Duke Duke 13-6
Texas vs LSU Texas 7-0 2OT
Oklahoma vs Florida Florida 19-0
Basketball
Texas vs Florida Texas 38-35
Oklahoma vs Duke Oklahoma 34-32
USC vs LSU USC 50-17
Lacrosse
Virginia vs Ohio State Ohio State 4-0
UNC vs Michigan Michigan 3-2 OT
Penn State vs Notre Dame Penn State 3-1
Hockey
Oklahoma vs LSU Oklahoma 5-1
USC vs Florida Florida 5-0
Texas vs Duke Duke 4-3
Soccer
Penn State vs Michigan Penn State 6-4
Virginia vs Notre Dame Notre Dame 3-2
UNC vs Ohio State Ohio State 1-0
