MIKE GESELL ARTICLE

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Iowa Hawkeye basketball player Mike Gesell is all class as he represents the University of Iowa, as well as South Sioux City and the Siouxland area.  Check out this article about Gesell, linked here

AVERY HUFFMAN

While on Twitter tonight, I came across several retweets of a Caring Bridge story, written by Brandon Huffman, who is a college football recruiting analyst for scout.com.  The story is about his daughter named Avery Huffman.  This is an emotional, powerful, and tragic story that brings out so many different emotions and thoughts...take a look at the story linked here

12 POWERFUL HABITS OF THE SUPER SUCCESSFUL

Take a look at an interesting article about 12 habits of the super successful (and wealthy), linked here

5 LEADERSHIP LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE OFFENSIVE LINE

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Check out this interesting article about lessons that can be learned from playing the offensive line in football, which are applicable to any sport or any area of life, linked here

2015 YOUTH CAMP GROUP PICTURES

Check out the two group photos from this year's Le Mars Girls Basketball Youth Camp, held June 24-26 at LCHS.  The first picture shows the grades 6-8 campers, while the second picture features the grades 3-5 campers.

A THOUGHT FROM BRAD STEVENS

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On the eve of the NBA Draft, Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens offers an interesting thought on paying your dues/working hard/earning your opportunity while remaining patient (when referring to a young player entering the league) from an article linked here.  This quote can be applicable to many young players in athletics, as well as people in many different fields:

"He didn’t always get that validation by playing time. That’s a hard position to be in, because you’re going through the mundane-ness of everyday work and not getting the reward of playing time. Over the course of time, he’s going to be ready, sooner than later.”

JJ WATT'S MESSAGE TO TEXANS PLAYERS

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This brief article is definitely worth the time to read it...find out the message from Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt to the rest of the team in offseason training, linked here