Mike Hargis

Cross Country Coach Kaskaskia College Track & Field Coach Salem Community High School

[KMOX St. Louis News @kmoxnews]

Only the main tower of the Millennium Hotel remains as demolition begins

[Gretchen Wilson @gkwon1281]

Is Monty hinting that we will be seeing the "C" on Robert Thomas next season? 🤔 #stlblues

[Leadfeet @MyLeadFeet]

Congratulations @AmyMarxkors on an incredible sub-3 performance in front of a hometown crowd! Way to make us all STL proud.👊🏼

[Dustin Wright @CoachWright333]

Track & field is one of the last places in a school where the football captain, the valedictorian, the band kid, the wrestler, and the quiet kid who never thought he belonged can all wear the same jersey.

Track does not care what a kid’s last name is, how much money he has, what side of town he lives on, or how popular he is. Out here, none of that matters. Somewhere between the workouts, the bus rides, and the meets, kids who might never have spoken to each other start to build real respect.

It is hard not to respect somebody when you have seen what they are willing to push through and how much they are willing to give.

That is a big reason track & field will always mean more to me than just times, marks, and points.

[NASA @NASA]

"Welcome to my old neighborhood." Our @NASAArtemis II astronauts woke up on the sixth day of their mission to a special message recorded in 2025 by astronaut Jim Lovell, the pilot of Apollo 8.

[Brian Weiss @THS_trackfield]

It's amazing to me that athletic programs STILL have teams pay a substantial entry fee to be in their meets then proceed to pull the visiting teams' field event coaches away from coaching to judge the field events for free. Pay them!

For shame, athletic programs across the USA.

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

One of the wildest things I’ve ever seen

[Kevin Wheeler @KevinWheeler94]

Me at Costco on a rainy Saturday facing down the horde of Sample Zombies coming for their snacks.

(Seriously, what is it with the samples at Costco? People standing 7-8 deep in a line to get a chicken nugget is weird.)

[Tom Ackerman @Ackerman1120]

Love adding @DaniWex and @StefanCaray to our @Cardinals broadcast team. Between TV, KMOX and Spanish radio, we have quite the crew assembled. 168 radio affiliates. Can’t wait to get this spring schedule started and have baseball back on the air. #stlcards

[Katie Woo @katiejwoo]

Best move of their offseason. Go crush it @DaniWex ❤️

[Matt Pauley 🎙️ @MattPauleyOnAir]

Baseball things are happening!
#STLCards #ForTheLou @KMOXSports #SpringTraining

[Matt Pauley 🎙️ @MattPauleyOnAir]

Welcome to the new @KMOXSports Broadcast Center in Jupiter at the @Cardinals Spring Training Facility!
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[Song Sung Blue @songsungbluemov]

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star in SONG SUNG BLUE, based on the true story that’s winning hearts everywhere. In theaters NOW!

[St. Louis Battlehawks @BattlehawksUFL]

we got our guy 😤

former nfl wr and assistant coach Ricky Proehl has been named the battlehawks head coach!

[Tom Ackerman @Ackerman1120]

100 years ago today, KMOX went on the air for the first time: December 24, 1925.

Thank you for your trust and listenership through the years. We love St. Louis.

This is France Laux, the first “Voice of the Cardinals,” one of our 12 pioneers at https://t.co/8VROhJi0m2. #stlcards

[Jeremy @Chawgo]

College coaches be on alert, Mater Dei senior Gavin Peppenhorst is flying under the radar despite averaging 24.4 PPG and 7 RPG this season. Over his past 3 games the 6'2" guard is putting in 33 points and 9 rebounds per contest. @mrgrizzlie61 @SchuckSports @earlaustinjr

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

School taught us that C is average.
Straight A’s mean you’ll be successful in life.
Not necessarily.
Some of the most prepared people for adulthood were C students.
Not lazy.
Not incapable.

Just navigating a system that rewarded compliance more than capability.
Grades are great at measuring one thing:
How well you do school.

They are terrible at predicting:
Who can adapt
Who can recover
Who can communicate
Who can lead when there’s no rubric

C students learn those skills early—because they have to.
They fail sooner.
They adjust sooner.
They stop waiting to be told what “good” looks like.

Psychologists call it desirable difficulty.

Life calls it preparation.
And before someone says it, yes, many A students are wildly successful.

This isn’t A vs. C.
It’s a metrics problem.
Grades correlate with success in structured systems.
They don’t cause success in an unstructured world.

Some A students succeed because they also have:
resilience
relational intelligence
risk tolerance
adaptability

Those traits, not grades, help them succeed.

And many C students excel because they’ve been practicing those skills their whole lives.

In fact, two of the most successful investors on Shark Tank—a show built entirely around real-world success—were not top students.

Daymond John was an average student and dyslexic.
He didn’t do great in school.
He did great with people, timing, and opportunity.

Barbara Corcoran was a straight-D student and dyslexic.
School didn’t play to her strengths.
Failure didn’t break her.
It built confidence, persuasion, and grit.

None of them lacked intelligence.
They lacked alignment.

This isn’t anti-school.
And it’s not anti-achievement.

Because life doesn’t ask:
What was your GPA?

It asks:
Can you adapt?
Can you communicate?
Can you recover when things don’t go as planned?
Can you lead without being handed the answers?

A lot of C students already can.
And that might be the most underrated preparation of all.

[Salem Wildcat Basketball @WildcatSalemBB]

Cats go on the road and win at both levels at Wood River .
Varsity wins 64-28.

Payton Gullion - 16
Avery Gullion - 15
Kaeden Bevolo - 12 and 9 boards
Luke Boldt - 11
Ryegan Warren - 6 assists

Cats are 6-5 heading into the break with the always great Duster Thomas ahead of us

[Martin Kilcoyne @martinkilcoyne2]

This picture just screams old school STL.
Might stop by Velvet Freeze, Venture and Pantera's on my way home.

[Salem Wildcat Basketball @WildcatSalemBB]

Cats get a gutsy come from behind W! Down 8 with 2 min left we take it to OT and win 52-49 over the Olney Tigers. Back in action Friday @ Freeburg.

Avery Gullion - 20
Kaeden Bevolo - 15

#LetsGoCATS