I’m going to share this once. Some friends offered to do this for us. No one is under any obligation.
This time my family in going through something we’ve never been through. We’ve never had Brody need four surgeries in three months. We’ve never spent over two months away from home like we have to this year. We’ve never had to max out my wife’s PTO for Brody’s medical needs by July. We’ve never needed me to be out of my practice for 6 weeks to help care for my son because he is now a big boy that need two people to lift him in/out of his wheelchair, etc. We’ve never been in this position.
My ego pushed back against this for a long time. I don’t like asking for help. I don’t like feeling like we aren’t able to handle it. I hate all of it. But we had a lot of people ask how they could help us through this time and this is what our friends came up with.
No obligation. No expectation. Appreciation for any little bit. Love you all for all you’ve ALREADY done to lift us up during this time.
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History for @Vol_Softball!
The Lady Vols improved to 25-0 — the program's best-ever start to a season — with a 12-0 run-rule win at Lipscomb on Thursday.
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This weekend @Peyton80 surpassed the 700th strikeout of her career! She has hit this mark while having only 50 starts! That is an average of 14 strikeouts per game! @sportsinkansas@KansasPregame
4A Softball Player to Watch: Wamego’s Peyton Hardenburger has been a standout since her freshman year for the Raiders and has racked up quite the list of SIK awards heading into her senior season. 3x 4A Pitcher of the Year, 3x 4A All State, and was a Top 9 pick and All Classes Pitcher of the Year last spring as she led the Raiders to their second straight 4A Title and had one of the most dominating seasons in Kansas history. The Tennesesse commit had a 15-1 record with a .30 ERA. She struck out 288 batters in 117 innings while also hitting .459 with 23 RBI’s on the year as one of the most complete players in the state. In the 2024 state tournament alone, Hardenburger had 63 strikeouts in 31 innings - including back to back no hitters. She also pitched the entire 17 inning history making marathon game against Clearwater where she had an astonishing 30 batters struck out in the win. Hardenberger looks to go down as one of the all time greats in Kansas high school history as she enters her senior season, “I am looking forward to starting this season off with one of our most talented groups yet! Going into my last year there is no part of me that is satisfied and I’m ready to compete again.” #sportsinkansas
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