Day one of Championship Week was a success. It was a beautiful day and we were able to complete all of our scheduled games and events. We started out with morning meeting to go over the day's schedule. There were no Camper of the Day awards given because of the King's Dominion trip.
The first set of games started promptly at 9am with Basketball, Football, Hockey, Lacrosse and Soccer. Below are the results.
Basketball
Florida 36
Ohio State 28
Football
Virginia 0
Michigan 24
Hockey
Penn State 4
Oklahoma 2
Lacrosse
Duke 3
USC 0
Soccer
UNC 3
Notre Dame 4
The 11am game Results:
Basketball
UNC 39
Virginia 32
Football
Texas 33
Duke 6
Lacrosse
Michigan 4
Florida 2
Soccer
USC 3
LSU 2
Softball
Ohio Sate 1
Penn State 7
The campers and counselors enjoyed a short break after lunch and then it was time to compete in the individual tournaments. At 1:45pm the campers broke off into their age groups to take part in Basketball, where they shot free throws, Hockey- penalty shots, Tennis - matches vs. others in their age group, Swim Meet, Golf - chipping and putting. There will be ribbons awarded on Saturday to campers that finished in the top spots for each event in their age group. We actually spent two sessions on these tournaments. Once these were finished, the groups went on to canteen and rested up for the 4:20pm Games. Below are those results.
Basketball
Notre Dame 42
Oklahoma 29
Football
Florida 30
Ohio State 0
Hockey
Duke 3
Michigan 0
Lacrosse
Penn State 6
Virginia 0
Finally, Dinner... We enjoyed some real homestyle cooking tonight. One of my favorite WFS dinners, Pot Roast. I don't think I can make it any better. There was another birthday today. I think you could hear the birthday song all the way in Orange! Soon after dinner it was back down the hill for the 7 o'clock games. Below are the results.
Football
Penn State 39
Oklahoma 6
Hockey
Virginia 7
USC 8
Soccer
Ohio State 3
Duke 2
Softball
LSU 4
Notre Dame 1
Last night was a Fir Tree night. The campers certainly earned their milk shakes. We do it all over again Wednesday. The weather looks sketchy. We're hoping to get in as many games as we can. We'll keep you posted!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Championship Week!
Good morning! Today we kick off the first games on the road to the Championship. At 9am sharp, the teams will be down the hill ready to play round one of the tournament games. After lunch, individuals will face off in their age groups for the individual champion tournaments in various events. We have quite a busy week ahead of us.
Yesterday was fabulous. We traveled 90 minutes to the east and then slightly south when we arrived at King's Dominion. Coach handed out the "bright orange" Under Armor shirts at morning meeting and went over some expectations for the day. He talked about stranger danger. He expects no camper to ever travel alone, on a ride, to the bathroom, etc. The talk finished with his expectations about their behavior while inside the park. We're a large group of bright orange shirts, we're hard to miss and how we act will be noticed! The kids loaded up on their assigned buses. The group lucky enough to be on the charter bus had the pleasure of watching a movie. One of my all time favorites, The Sandlot!
When we arrived at King's Dominon, the groups were given their tickets and lunch money. Most of the groups went right to the rides. (which was smart based on the fact that half the coasters turn you upside down and loop all around) A few of the groups dashed on over to the newest ride, The Dominator. It claims to be the "longest floorless coaster" and have the "largest roller coaster loop". Can you believe some of these groups rode this thing 6 times yesterday? I was nauseous just looking at it.
At around 4pm, groups started to make their way to the meeting place, the famous "Eiffel Tower". Dinner money was handed out and the groups were told to meet at the exit at 6:30pm sharp. By this time many of the groups had been on the rides 2 and 3 times. It was a perfect day for us to be there. It remained pretty cloudy all day, with a threat of rain. The park was relatively quiet and word had it, the longest wait to get on a ride was maybe 10 minutes.
The camp slept well last night, I'm sure. They'll need to rest in order to be up for the tournament this week. We expect some exciting games. There will be some upsets! Be sure to check the blog for the updates. Enjoy your day!
This Mornings 1st round Games
Basketball
Florida vs Ohio State
Football
Virginia vs Michigan
Hockey
Penn State vs Oklahoma
Lacrosse
Duke vs USC
Soccer
UNC vs Notre Dame
Basketball
UNC vs Virginia
Football
Texas vs Duke
Lacrosse
Michigan vs Florida
Soccer
USC vs LSU
Softball
Ohio State vs Penn Sate
Yesterday was fabulous. We traveled 90 minutes to the east and then slightly south when we arrived at King's Dominion. Coach handed out the "bright orange" Under Armor shirts at morning meeting and went over some expectations for the day. He talked about stranger danger. He expects no camper to ever travel alone, on a ride, to the bathroom, etc. The talk finished with his expectations about their behavior while inside the park. We're a large group of bright orange shirts, we're hard to miss and how we act will be noticed! The kids loaded up on their assigned buses. The group lucky enough to be on the charter bus had the pleasure of watching a movie. One of my all time favorites, The Sandlot!
When we arrived at King's Dominon, the groups were given their tickets and lunch money. Most of the groups went right to the rides. (which was smart based on the fact that half the coasters turn you upside down and loop all around) A few of the groups dashed on over to the newest ride, The Dominator. It claims to be the "longest floorless coaster" and have the "largest roller coaster loop". Can you believe some of these groups rode this thing 6 times yesterday? I was nauseous just looking at it.
At around 4pm, groups started to make their way to the meeting place, the famous "Eiffel Tower". Dinner money was handed out and the groups were told to meet at the exit at 6:30pm sharp. By this time many of the groups had been on the rides 2 and 3 times. It was a perfect day for us to be there. It remained pretty cloudy all day, with a threat of rain. The park was relatively quiet and word had it, the longest wait to get on a ride was maybe 10 minutes.
The camp slept well last night, I'm sure. They'll need to rest in order to be up for the tournament this week. We expect some exciting games. There will be some upsets! Be sure to check the blog for the updates. Enjoy your day!
This Mornings 1st round Games
Basketball
Florida vs Ohio State
Football
Virginia vs Michigan
Hockey
Penn State vs Oklahoma
Lacrosse
Duke vs USC
Soccer
UNC vs Notre Dame
Basketball
UNC vs Virginia
Football
Texas vs Duke
Lacrosse
Michigan vs Florida
Soccer
USC vs LSU
Softball
Ohio State vs Penn Sate
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sunday July 6
After an extra hour of sleep, it was rise and shine, without the shine. It rained a good part of the night and although cloudy, the plan for this morning was to make up the games that had been rained out on Saturday.
First we enjoyed breakfast and then morning meeting. Camper of the day awards were given out and then we had the pleasure of listening to Coach Stowers.
Today's talk started out on the subject of Teamwork. Coach Stowers began by defining "Teamwork". He continued with "we should genuinely believe the value of a team's success is worth more than individual sacrifice". Sacrifice should be encouraged and rewarded. Coach mentioned the orange "TEAM" bands (or bracelets) that have been given out... TEAM, some say, stands for "Together Everyone Achieves More".
Coach Stowers also talked about failure. Failure is an opportunity to begin again, only more intelligently. Failure makes you look at yourself and analyze. You can either give up and stay down, wallow in self defeat or get back up and move on to the next sport. The message he wanted to send to the boys today was that they shouldn't linger in the losses. He went on to say that these lessons will be useful in everyday life as they experience more and continue to grow.
These ideas are important to us as we move into "Championship Week". How we look at each other and how we look at failure will be key to having a great final week.
Later that morning we were able to make up some games missed Saturday due to thunder. It was a busy mid morning. The campers had lunch and a long rest period today to ensure some questionable lunch time weather had passed and then it was off to some more conference games.
Dinner this evening was grilled chicken breast, broccoli, cheesy potatoes and mini apple pie. Yum! We celebrated two birthdays today (a day early). These boys have gotten real good at singing the birthday song!
The evening games got started, but had to be called early due to thunder again. The rain began to really pour down by 8pm. We had gotten the boys up the hill for showers and then huddle meetings just in time.
Below are the standings going into championship week. Things can change drastically during this week. We'll keep you updated!
2008 Conference Totals
East 53 - 40
West 44 - 48 - 1
South 43 - 49 - 1
Midwest 45 - 48
Basketball
East 9 - 6 PA West 7 - 8 PA
UNC 4 - 1 165 Oklahoma 0 - 5
Virginia 0 - 5 Texas 5 - 0 121
Penn State 5 - 0 131 USC 2 - 3
South 7 - 10 PA Midwest 8 - 7 PA
LSU 4 - 2 173 Michigan 4 - 1 143
Florida 2 - 3 157 Ohio State 1 - 4
Duke 1 - 5 Notre Dame 3 - 2 119
Football
East 10 - 5 PA West 6 - 11 PA
UNC 4 - 1 33 Oklahoma 0 - 6
Virginia 2 - 3 Texas 3 - 3 59
Penn State 4 - 1 102 USC 3 - 2 34
South 9 - 6 PA Midwest 6 - 9 PA
LSU 4 - 1 81 Michigan 2 - 3
Florida 4 - 2 45 Ohio State 1 - 4
Duke 1 - 3 Notre Dame 3 - 2 71
Hockey
East 11 - 6 PA West 8 - 7 PA
UNC 5 - 1 Oklahoma 2 - 3
Virginia 3 - 2 17 Texas 5 - 0
Penn State 3 - 3 USC 1 - 4
South 10 - 5 PA Midwest 2 - 13 PA
LSU 3 - 2 13 Michigan 1 - 4 20
Florida 4 - 1 Ohio State 0 - 5
Duke 3 - 2 18 Notre Dame 1 - 4 16
Lacrosse
East 8 - 8 PA West 6 - 9 PA
UNC 4 - 1 11 Oklahoma 0 - 5
Virginia 1 - 5 Texas 5 - 0 7
Penn State 3 - 2 14 USC 1 - 4
South 5 - 10 PA Midwest 12 - 4 PA
LSU 3 - 2 16 Michigan 2 - 4
Florida 1 - 4 Ohio State 5 - 0 3
Duke 1 - 4 Notre Dame 5 - 0 7
Soccer
East 9 - 6 PA West 9 - 6 PA
UNC 2 - 3 Oklahoma 1 - 4
Virginia 3 - 2 Texas 4 - 1 13
Penn State 4 - 1 15 USC 4 - 1 18
South 3 - 11 PA Midwest 10 - 7 PA
LSU 1 - 4 29 Michigan 4 - 1 14
Florida 1 - 4 22 Ohio State 4 - 2
Duke 1 - 4 23 Notre Dame 2 - 4
Softball
East 6 - 9 PA West 8 - 8 - 1 PA
UNC 3 - 2 Oklahoma 1 - 4 - 1
Virginia 1 - 4 Texas 4 - 1 12
Penn State 2 - 3 USC 3 - 3
South 9 - 5 - 1 PA Midwest 7 - 8 PA
LSU 3 - 2 25 Michigan 4 - 1 9
Florida 3 - 2 19 Ohio State 2 - 3
Duke 3 - 1 - 1 14 Notre Dame 1 - 4
First we enjoyed breakfast and then morning meeting. Camper of the day awards were given out and then we had the pleasure of listening to Coach Stowers.
Today's talk started out on the subject of Teamwork. Coach Stowers began by defining "Teamwork". He continued with "we should genuinely believe the value of a team's success is worth more than individual sacrifice". Sacrifice should be encouraged and rewarded. Coach mentioned the orange "TEAM" bands (or bracelets) that have been given out... TEAM, some say, stands for "Together Everyone Achieves More".
Coach Stowers also talked about failure. Failure is an opportunity to begin again, only more intelligently. Failure makes you look at yourself and analyze. You can either give up and stay down, wallow in self defeat or get back up and move on to the next sport. The message he wanted to send to the boys today was that they shouldn't linger in the losses. He went on to say that these lessons will be useful in everyday life as they experience more and continue to grow.
These ideas are important to us as we move into "Championship Week". How we look at each other and how we look at failure will be key to having a great final week.
Later that morning we were able to make up some games missed Saturday due to thunder. It was a busy mid morning. The campers had lunch and a long rest period today to ensure some questionable lunch time weather had passed and then it was off to some more conference games.
Dinner this evening was grilled chicken breast, broccoli, cheesy potatoes and mini apple pie. Yum! We celebrated two birthdays today (a day early). These boys have gotten real good at singing the birthday song!
The evening games got started, but had to be called early due to thunder again. The rain began to really pour down by 8pm. We had gotten the boys up the hill for showers and then huddle meetings just in time.
Below are the standings going into championship week. Things can change drastically during this week. We'll keep you updated!
2008 Conference Totals
East 53 - 40
West 44 - 48 - 1
South 43 - 49 - 1
Midwest 45 - 48
Basketball
East 9 - 6 PA West 7 - 8 PA
UNC 4 - 1 165 Oklahoma 0 - 5
Virginia 0 - 5 Texas 5 - 0 121
Penn State 5 - 0 131 USC 2 - 3
South 7 - 10 PA Midwest 8 - 7 PA
LSU 4 - 2 173 Michigan 4 - 1 143
Florida 2 - 3 157 Ohio State 1 - 4
Duke 1 - 5 Notre Dame 3 - 2 119
Football
East 10 - 5 PA West 6 - 11 PA
UNC 4 - 1 33 Oklahoma 0 - 6
Virginia 2 - 3 Texas 3 - 3 59
Penn State 4 - 1 102 USC 3 - 2 34
South 9 - 6 PA Midwest 6 - 9 PA
LSU 4 - 1 81 Michigan 2 - 3
Florida 4 - 2 45 Ohio State 1 - 4
Duke 1 - 3 Notre Dame 3 - 2 71
Hockey
East 11 - 6 PA West 8 - 7 PA
UNC 5 - 1 Oklahoma 2 - 3
Virginia 3 - 2 17 Texas 5 - 0
Penn State 3 - 3 USC 1 - 4
South 10 - 5 PA Midwest 2 - 13 PA
LSU 3 - 2 13 Michigan 1 - 4 20
Florida 4 - 1 Ohio State 0 - 5
Duke 3 - 2 18 Notre Dame 1 - 4 16
Lacrosse
East 8 - 8 PA West 6 - 9 PA
UNC 4 - 1 11 Oklahoma 0 - 5
Virginia 1 - 5 Texas 5 - 0 7
Penn State 3 - 2 14 USC 1 - 4
South 5 - 10 PA Midwest 12 - 4 PA
LSU 3 - 2 16 Michigan 2 - 4
Florida 1 - 4 Ohio State 5 - 0 3
Duke 1 - 4 Notre Dame 5 - 0 7
Soccer
East 9 - 6 PA West 9 - 6 PA
UNC 2 - 3 Oklahoma 1 - 4
Virginia 3 - 2 Texas 4 - 1 13
Penn State 4 - 1 15 USC 4 - 1 18
South 3 - 11 PA Midwest 10 - 7 PA
LSU 1 - 4 29 Michigan 4 - 1 14
Florida 1 - 4 22 Ohio State 4 - 2
Duke 1 - 4 23 Notre Dame 2 - 4
Softball
East 6 - 9 PA West 8 - 8 - 1 PA
UNC 3 - 2 Oklahoma 1 - 4 - 1
Virginia 1 - 4 Texas 4 - 1 12
Penn State 2 - 3 USC 3 - 3
South 9 - 5 - 1 PA Midwest 7 - 8 PA
LSU 3 - 2 25 Michigan 4 - 1 9
Florida 3 - 2 19 Ohio State 2 - 3
Duke 3 - 1 - 1 14 Notre Dame 1 - 4
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