Mark Childress

Husband, Father, Teacher, Coach & BRONCOS Fan

[Jeff Petty @wjeffpetty]

To all the velocity labs out there if you would be so kind to mix in how to hold runners that would be great. Throwing 90+ is great and all but when you are a 1.7+ to the plate controlling the running game becomes problematic.

[Steve Retired Texas Pragmatist @SteveTexasBest]

My Brothers in Arms

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

If you have seen Band of Brothers, you remember the scene. Winters standing alone in the middle of a road, fully exposed to German machine gun fire, screaming at his pinned-down men to move.

That happened on this day, June 12, 1944. And the real story around it is even bigger than the show had time to tell.

Six days after D-Day, the Allies had a serious problem. The five invasion beaches were not one beachhead. They were separate pockets, and the gap between Utah and Omaha ran straight through a small Norma📷📷n crossroads town called Carentan.

Whoever held Carentan controlled whether the invasion became a front or stayed a collection of vulnerable footholds Hitler could crush one by one.

Defending it: Major Friedrich von der Heydte's 6th Parachute Regiment, some of the best infantry Germany had left, dug in behind flooded marshes that funneled any attacker onto narrow causeways.

Taking it: the 101st Airborne, men who had jumped into the dark on June 6 and had barely slept since.

On June 11, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole led his battalion across an exposed causeway under murderous fire. When his men stalled, Cole did something out of another century. He blew a whistle and led a bayonet charge through the smoke into the German positions. He won the Medal of Honor. He never got to wear it. He was killed by a sniper in Holland three months later.

On the morning of June 12, Easy Company of the 506th attacked into Carentan itself. They walked into interlocking machine gun fire at a T intersection and froze in the ditches. That is when Dick Winters stood up in the open, somehow untouched, and got them moving. The town fell that day.

The Germans were not done. On June 13 they counterattacked with tanks and assault guns, and Easy Company held a thin line at a spot the paratroopers named Bloody Gulch. They were minutes from being overrun when Shermans of the 2nd Armored Division arrived and shattered the attack.

With Carentan held, Utah and Omaha linked up, and the five beaches became one continuous Allied front. The door the Germans needed to split the invasion was closed forever.

One more detail. Von der Heydte, the German commander, later said his men had fought to the last of their ammunition. After the war, he became a law professor.

Winters became a farmer. He said he had promised God on D-Day that if he survived, he would find a quiet piece of land and live in peace.

He kept the promise.

[Josh Straughan @JoshStraughan1]

Travel ball is bleeding families dry. Tournaments fees. Hotels. Food. Equipment.

And now they charge parents insane amounts just to watch their own kid play. What’s next — pay-per-flush bathrooms?

Enough is enough‼️

[TheLizVariant @TheLizVariant]

Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Oregon have reportedly pulled out of the Great American State Fair celebrating America’s 250th birthday. 🇺🇸

Maybe it’s just me, but refusing to participate in a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary because of politics feels like refusing to attend your grandmother’s birthday because she voted for Trump.

You don’t have to agree with everyone in America to celebrate America.

In fact, the freedom to disagree with each other is kind of the whole point.

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

⚾️ Congratulations to our @RBHS_Baseball All-City selections!

Kyle Miller was named DIV Pitcher of the Year‼️

First Team: Kyle Miller and Terrance Todd
Second Team: Ian Childress and Max DeFranco

🔗 https://t.co/xcvmwBCrbb

#HailSpartans

[Denver Broncos @Broncos]

RT to help us wish @matthewpeart65 a happy birthday! 🥳

[Cincinnati Angels 2029 @CincyAngels15U]

We are excited to announce new Assistant Coach Ian Childress!

Ian was a 4-year letter winner at Roger Bacon, helped lead the team to back-to-back District championships and earned 2nd Team All-MVC this past season.

He is a welcome addition to the staff!

#WeNotMe
#Compete

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

Your starting lineup for @RBHS_Baseball!

#HailSpartans

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

@RBHS_Baseball SPARTANS LEAD! Ian Childress brings in Miller and @RBHS_Baseball leads 4-3 heading into the bottom of the 5th

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

@RBHS_Baseball Kyle Miller brings in 3 and ties the game!

[Roger Bacon Baseball @RBHS_Baseball]

Our season came to a heartbreaking end in the Regional Championship.

To this incredible senior class and their families — thank you.

21 wins. Back-to-back District Champions.

3 Regional Championship appearances in 7 seasons. Not many programs in the state can say that.

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

Roger Bacon loses 5-4 on a walk-off in the Regional Championship game.

Thank you Seniors for all you’ve done for the program! A big thank you to everyone who made it out to the games at Dayton this week.

Roger Bacon finishes the season 21-9 as Regional Runners-Up.

#HailSpartans

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

Yesterday's 8-1 win over Bethel was the 21st of the season for @RBHS_Baseball. This is the most wins in a season in program history!

Congratulations to the baseball team on this milestone!

#HailSpartans

[Roger Bacon Baseball @RBHS_Baseball]

The Spartan offense tallied 7 hits and 10 stolen bases 💨

Ben Powers led the way with a bang to open the game- nuking a triple in the gap!

Sam Bova with 3 big hits!

Leaders:

Powers: 2-2 (3B, 2B), 3 R, 4 SB, RBI
Gipson: 1-2 RBI
L. DeFranco: 1-2 RBI
Bova: 3-3 2 RBI

[Roger Bacon Baseball @RBHS_Baseball]

Kyle Miller was absolutely DOMINANT in the Regional Semifinal.

7 IP- CG
12 Ks
4 H
1 ER

Picked up his 200th career K in the win.

8-1 on the season

.898 ERA

[Roger Bacon Baseball @RBHS_Baseball]

Spartans move on to the Regional Championship for the 3rd time in 7 years!

The Spartans win #21 on the season school record.

Winners of 17 of their last 19.

[Caleb Noe @CalebNoeTV]

Roger Bacon pitcher Kyle Miller surpassed 200 career strikeouts today, and led the Spartans to a regional semifinal win.

🎥 The final out
🎥 Ice bucket for Kyle after the game 🥶🧊

@WCPO @RBSpartans

[Roger Bacon Spartans @RBSpartans]

Spartans win‼️

@RBHS_Baseball defeats Bethel 8-1 to advance to the Regional Final game!

Kyle Miller throws a complete game to lead the way. Up next ➡️ vs Fenwick at 2 PM on Thursday

#HailSpartans