Randy Wray's Blog http://www.randywray.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Harding Students http://www.randywray.com/2010/03/10/harding-students/ http://www.randywray.com/2010/03/10/harding-students/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:06 +0000 Randy http://www.randywray.com/?p=1510 A group of students from Harding University have chosen to spend their spring break doing service projects in Stockton.

Given the choice between Miami Beach and Stockton I think we all know the obvious choice.

They are working hard and working well.

The student who gives up spring break time to go someplace and work is probably an all around good student.

Still, they are good ambassadors for their school.

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The first day of the tournament was a tough welcome into the world of varsity sports:  She lost her first start as a varsity pitcher and went 0 for 5 (for the day) at the plate.

The second day of the tournament yielded quite a different result:  She won her first game as a varsity pitcher, went 5 for 6 (for the day) at the plate and her team won first place in their pool.  Sure it was the losers bracket but hey – of all the losers they were # 1!

In the first game she launched this shot to the wall in the center field gap:

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Her next at bat she bounced one off the wall in left:

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Her next at bat she punched a grounder in between 3rd and short:

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Yep, one shy of hitting for the cycle isn’t bad for a day at the plate.

Good for her the memory of her first varsity tournament ended with day 2 instead of day 1!

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Here’s the video of the touchdown.

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It’s one of my all time favorite holidays and I worked right through it – not even noticing until it was too late to celebrate appropriately.

(I find that Groundhog has to marinate for at least 24 hours before grilling or it’s tough and gamey.)

Didn’t even watch Groundhog Day.

I’m so ashamed of myself.

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So until I do, I guess I won’t.

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The forecast looks rather dismal.

Good thing we’re talking about the weather.

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Wait a second, did we move back to Oregon?

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