LE MARS BATTLES BUT FALLS TO HEELAN

The Le Mars Lady Bulldogs finished the 2012-13 season with a hard-fought regional semifinal loss to #1 ranked (Class 4A) Sioux City Bishop Heelan, at "The Pit."  The Lady Bulldogs gave a valiant effort but came up just short against the Crusaders, 59-53.  Heelan then advanced to the state tournament with a 70-39 victory over Spencer.  The Lady Bulldog basketball program bids farewell to 8 outstanding seniors:  Carolyn Ahlers, Mary Kate Eckstaine, Emily Ellefson, Ashley Phelan, Emily Pick, Meredith Rand, Molly Renken, and Sydney Rohde.  Thank you for an outstanding four years, seniors.  Best of luck to all of you in the future, and remember that you are always welcome back at the gym here in Le Mars!

Check out two stories from the game, linked here:

Le Mars Daily Sentinel

Sioux City Journal

CHRIS STREET



Check out the coverage from the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Des Moines Register about the late Chris Street, a former Hawkeye basketball player who was tragically killed 20 years ago in Iowa City, when his car hit a snowplow.  Street, who was from Indianola, was my favorite Hawkeye of all-time.  I will always remember hearing the tragic news as a 6th grader at Robert Asp Elementary School in Moorhead, MN, and crying because I was so saddened by it.  Ironically, I didn't go to school the next day because I was sick with the flu, the only time I missed school all year.  I was so sad that it would have been difficult to go to school anyway.  I remember when I came back to school, everyone thought I was gone because of Chris Street's death, but it was actually because I was sick.  The good-natured ribbing I received daily as an Iowa fan in northern Minnesota did not happen that day because of the respect people had for Chris Street. 

The coverage of Chris Street can be found at www.hawkcentral.com

JIM BOEHEIM

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Check out this awesome article about a true coaching legend, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse University, linked here

JON KITNA

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Check out this awesome story about former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, linked here.

LIFE LESSONS FROM OLDER AMERICANS

Once again, great stuff from the genius Daniel Pink (including a book recommendation).  Check out the link here.

THE BEST LOCKER ROOM SPEECHES EVER

Kind of a cool story here from USA Today about the best locker room speeches of all time.  Check out the link and the videos here.

LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL REUNION PICTURES

Below you will find a link to take you to some pictures from the Lady Bulldog Basketball Reunion that was held on Friday, December 14, when the Bulldogs hosted Spencer.  We honored former players and coaches at halftime of the girls game in our brand new gym at LCHS.  We were thrilled to see many former players and coaches in attendance, and we were proud to honor them at halftime; the postgame gathering at Mr. P's was fun as well!  In addition to the reunion, the Bulldog basketball teams all defeated Spencer that evening!  All photos were taken by Kent Jones of Asp'ngold Photography. Enjoy the photos at the link found here:  Lady Bulldog Basketball Reunion Pictures