It’s not just about baseball or good sportsmanship on the field. This is about something much deeper — it’s about being a decent, kind human being who does the right thing.❤️
@CoachJoergens I am so sorry to hear this. Yes, it is so heartbreaking to lose students. Thoughts and prayers for you, the family and the community. 🙏🏻
Swimmies for Weenies 🥰🥰🥰
Weenies playing fetch in the pool is the timeline cleanse I needed today. It looks like they are having the best time.
The very end is worth staying for. 😍
Congrats to @Brodyp1515 on a big-time season for Arcola.
1st Team All-Conference and production on both sides of the ball:
.342 AVG | .510 OBP | .603 SLG
28 SB | 37 R
5-1 | 1.27 ERA | 62 K in 33 IP
Dynamic athlete, competitor, and a huge piece of our Canes group. Excited to get him rolling this summer.
@ScoutConnectBB@CanesBBScouting@PrepBaseballIL
End of season stats:
1st Team Lincoln Prairie All-Conference
PA: 98
AB: 73
Avg: .342
OBP: .510
SLG: .603
H: 25
2B: 7
3B: 3
HR: 2
SB: 28
R: 37
33 IP
5-1
6 ER
62 SO
1.27 ERA
A teenage boy offered to clean my entire storm-damaged yard for just $40.
At first, I thought he was desperate.
Then I saw the injured dog beside him.
Seventeen-year-old Mason spent all day hauling broken branches in brutal heat without complaining once. Every twenty minutes, he stopped—not to rest, but to check on the stray dog he’d rescued the day before.
The dog had been hit by a car.
Broken leg.
Visible ribs.
Nowhere else to go.
When I asked Mason why he needed the money so badly, his voice cracked:
“If I can’t pay for the surgery tonight… they’ll transfer him.”
That’s when I realized:
He wasn’t working for spending money.
He was trying to save a life.
By sunset, my yard was spotless.
I handed him $500.
He tried to refuse it because we had “agreed on forty.”
A kid willing to work himself to exhaustion for a dog he barely knew.
Not because he had to.
Because he chose to.
People say young people today are lazy or selfish.
That’s not what I saw.
I saw character.
Compassion.
Responsibility.
Sometimes, the richest people are the ones willing to give everything they have for someone who has nothing.
Credit: Born legend
Each May, as the school year wraps up, I try to share one more lesson that my students will inevitably ignore and/or shortly forget entirely:
A list of ten things that I would tell myself when I was their age, if I could have one conversation with him.
A decade of teaching ✅
Brevyn Whisman and “Tank” Griffith hit back-2-back jacks, including a grand slam by Whisman, to lead Arcola to a 11-4 victory over Argenta. Whisman and Brody Phillips combined for 17 k’s on the mound for Arcola. Canton Wesch had 2 hits, and Phillips had 4 walks and scored 4 runs.
Brevyn Whisman homered and had 3 hits, as Arcola fell in extra (9) innings to Tuscola. Arcola moves to 10-10 on the season. Kaden Hohlbauch added 3 RBI’s at the plate. Brody Phillips went 5 IP and gave up 0 ER while punching out 6 Tuscola hitters.
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Brody Phillips pitched 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief, striking out 7 Sullivan hitters, and the offense woke up late, to give Arcola an 8-3 victory. Brevyn Whisman had 2 hits, scored 2 runs, and drove in 2 for AHS. Hunter Drake contributed 2 hits, and Phillips scored 2 runs.