Hometown fanatics
A couple blogs ago I wrote about how "happy" and at-ease I feel when I'm in my hometown. This blog isn't going to be about that. Instead it is going to be about sports in my hometown (or your hometown too possibly).
What I absolutely LOVE about being from a small, Iowa town is the pride we take in not only the town, but obviously our high schools. Right now I'm kind of obligated to be an East Marshall fanatic. I mean I coach there and they pay me. But secretly my favorite high school team in the world is still the Algona Bulldogs. When I went home a couple weeks ago, Dad and I listened on the radio as the Bulldogs were playing at MOC Floyd Valley. The next day I saw one of the football players in the store (I do know this kid, worked with him at Pioneer) and talked about the game. I read the Algona online newspaper all the time to see how the Dawgs are doing. I knew the volleyball team was solid (and by solid I mean ranked second in the state and something like 38-0). Tonight I was watching Monday Night Football when my MSN starting beeping at my wildly. My sister and another good friend from Algona were messaging the news that the Algona Volleyball team is going to state!!! I instantly called a couple people who were like "Sweet! That hasn't happened for awhile." That got me thinking. Only in small town Iowa can we take so much pride in the high school team that we graduated from 5/6 years ago and the town we no longer live in. Heck, I see the names of the girls playing now and I say "who?" I probably really only know one or two of the girls (I do know the coach, she was there when I was and in fact I talked to her this summer), but that doesn't take away from the fact that my alma mater made State! So congrats Algona girls. We'll keep cheering for you. And reason number 2291 I love small town Iowa.
What I absolutely LOVE about being from a small, Iowa town is the pride we take in not only the town, but obviously our high schools. Right now I'm kind of obligated to be an East Marshall fanatic. I mean I coach there and they pay me. But secretly my favorite high school team in the world is still the Algona Bulldogs. When I went home a couple weeks ago, Dad and I listened on the radio as the Bulldogs were playing at MOC Floyd Valley. The next day I saw one of the football players in the store (I do know this kid, worked with him at Pioneer) and talked about the game. I read the Algona online newspaper all the time to see how the Dawgs are doing. I knew the volleyball team was solid (and by solid I mean ranked second in the state and something like 38-0). Tonight I was watching Monday Night Football when my MSN starting beeping at my wildly. My sister and another good friend from Algona were messaging the news that the Algona Volleyball team is going to state!!! I instantly called a couple people who were like "Sweet! That hasn't happened for awhile." That got me thinking. Only in small town Iowa can we take so much pride in the high school team that we graduated from 5/6 years ago and the town we no longer live in. Heck, I see the names of the girls playing now and I say "who?" I probably really only know one or two of the girls (I do know the coach, she was there when I was and in fact I talked to her this summer), but that doesn't take away from the fact that my alma mater made State! So congrats Algona girls. We'll keep cheering for you. And reason number 2291 I love small town Iowa.
posted by CKG at
8:40 PM
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hey,
i dont know if you really know me, but i know you. I am a student at lineville clio. When you was teaching there i couldnt take any of your classes because i always had another class that I "had" to have. But i have been following your blog, and i know that your an awesome teacher, just from the kids at lineville. If you would like to add me to your msn, my addy is broncrider05@hotmail.com
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