District Tournament

Wow... what a nail bitter. Girls, outstanding job in going on to the next phase to State, and guys, I have enjoyed watching you all season, and just can't believe it is over for you as a team, you fought a good fight. It takes a special person to accept defeat, and for the Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen, I wish you luck next year, and for the Seniors, I hope you continue running after High School and remember all the joy it has brought you, and the better person it has made you. Dean and Bryan, it's not over for you yet, so stick with it, and there is nothing that is telling me or anyone else that you can not go to the State Championships and win. It's all up to you, and deep down, you know you want it.

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CVC League Meet

What a way to end the regular season on your home turf Harriers!! Ladies, you were awesome, and guys, you did great too!

What I thought was going to be a dreary day, sure turned into a fantastic Perry afternoon, and the weather wasn't bad either.

Now, the fun part of the season starts gang. Don't look back, keep laddering up, and victory will be yours!




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Pictures Needed

Folks, I apologize, but I was sick this weekend and unable to get down to the Legends meet. If you or your parents to pictures, please let us know and put them on a CD and I will incorporate them into this weeks slide show. You can email me at johnvnelson (at) gmail.com and I will have someone pick them up on Sunday.

Thanks everyone!!

Strongsville...Oops

Guess it would help if I posted the Streaming Video.... sorry about that gang. :)

Strongsville

Covered in rain, yes, that describes the meet fairly good. You guys and gals are tough as nails! All I can say is that when Mrs Nelson and I showed up at the meet, I said to myself, I just want to go home. The rain was like ice, and burned right through to the bone. As we came upon the varsity girls, we heard Ally call out "Mom, Dad!", and we saw the varsity girls standing in the rain, with Coach Sarvis all huddled together. Tough as Nails, and covered in rain they were.

I tell you gang, I don't know how any of you did it, but you did an awesome job! It was rainy, cold, bitter, but you gave it your all and kept on fighting it on just like a Perry Pirate Harrier would.

I know in my heart and soul, you all made your parents proud, your teammates proud, your coaches proud, and all of Perry Proud.

GO PIRATES!

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"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."
- Inspirational sign on a runner's office wall

Boardman 2009

What a beautiful day for a meet. Remember last year? Rain, mud, etc, but not this year.

As always, there were a boatload of teams, and you held your own again and did quite well. You ALL impressed us and we are all so very proud of you. Since you fought the good fight this weekend, I'm going to give you a taste of some great classic rock from the Canadian power trio who infused guitar athletics with eyebrow raising falsettos and a haze of dry ice. As the song says, you fought the good fight!

Thanks to Mr Baranauskas for the song suggestion for this week!

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"" What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are small compared to what lies within us."
~ Ralph Waldo Emmerson

2009 Photos

I have received a few requests from various athletes and parents if it would be possible to get copies of the photos that I take each week. While it would be hard to satisfy single requests for a specific picture, I am going to ZIP up each weeks photos and post them for download.

I will re-size the photos to 1024x768 to make it easier to download and for space considerations. Each week I will post the link for the photos with the video download in the post. If you would like to download your son or daughters pictures, please feel free to do so.

For the previous weeks posts, I have added them to the prior posts. If you don't see all of them for 2009, just give me time as I get them uploaded.