Chris Strickland

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: A German soccer fan who flew to the USA but was fearful about coming because of news about criminals and people being mean...

...breaks down into TEARS, live on air saying he has FALLEN IN LOVE with America after a random man named "Bob" in Boston gave him a ride home after he was stuck at a game with no way back to his hotel

The German soccer fan's name is Sebastian, he said after meeting Bob, he extended his entire trip.

He said leaving America will hurt worse than watching Germany get knocked out of the World Cup.

"I fall in love with America. I'm sorry, it's just so emotional. Americans are not rude... if we are together, we can achieve great things."

THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Seth Gross @GodsWrestler133]

There’s no single path in wrestling.

Some kids need to be pushed early. They’re winning everything, dominating locally, and if you don’t get them into better rooms and tougher tournaments they get comfortable. They start thinking they’re better than they actually are. Those kids need to get tested early so they stay hungry and stay humble.

But on the flip side, some kids are already getting tested every day. They’re losing in the room, losing at tournaments, struggling to place. And that’s where parents panic. They think something’s wrong so they try to add more—more training, bigger events, tougher competition.

That’s where it gets messed up.

If your kid is already getting beat, already dealing with adversity, already having to figure things out… they’re on the right path. That’s how you build resilience. Not from winning. From losing, adjusting, and showing back up anyway. Throwing them into something even harder doesn’t speed it up. Most of the time it just buries them. Harder isn’t better. Better is what they actually need.

The biggest problem is comparison. Parents see another kid dominating at the same age and think their kid is behind. So now it becomes blaming coaches, blaming the room, blaming everything instead of just understanding they’re on a different timeline.

You’re watching a snapshot and acting like it’s the whole story.

Some of those early studs never learn how to lose. Then they hit college, get beat every day, and they don’t know how to respond. No resilience. No identity. They fade out. Meanwhile the kid who couldn’t win a bracket at 10 learned how to handle losing, learned how to adjust, learned how to keep showing up when it sucked. That kid becomes dangerous later.

And then people get burnout completely wrong.

Burnout almost never comes from training too much. It comes from pressure. It comes from a kid feeling like every match defines them, like they’re letting people down, like they’re never doing enough. That’s what drains them.

You rarely see a kid who truly loves it and owns it burn out from mat time. What you do see is kids start to check out. They stop focusing in practice, go through the motions, avoid hard situations, and become inconsistent. Then people say they’re burned out.

No—they’re detached.

Wrestling stopped being something they enjoy and became something they feel judged on. And a lot of the time those kids were never fully bought in, they were just carrying expectations.

That ties right back into the path.

When you force a kid into a path that isn’t theirs—chasing rankings, chasing other kids, chasing results—you don’t build confidence, you build anxiety. So when things get hard they don’t lean in, they pull away.

The kids who last are the ones who were allowed to develop. Win, lose, struggle, figure it out. Because it’s theirs, not yours.

If your kid is winning, good—challenge them.

If your kid is losing, good—let them grow.

Either way stop panicking. Most kids don’t fail because they were on the wrong path. They fail because someone rushed it or made it about themselves, and eventually the kid walks away.

[Russell Blackston @rblackstonbhp]

@BHP_Football @KidRock - We Rocking Kid Rock - Bawitdaba - Last practice before State Championship!!!!

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[Russell Blackston @rblackstonbhp]

⁦@BHP_Football⁩ Chapter 14 ✔️ We going back to the ship! This senior class is 50 wins 5 bad ones. #lasttime #TheBestIsYetToCome #tpw #OurBrand

[Russell Blackston @rblackstonbhp]

⁦@BHP_Football⁩ Lift Before Practice on Thanksgiving Week. Good time to be a Bear!!! #TheBestIsYetToCome #tpw #OneMoreTime #ourbrand

[Coach Lomax @CoachLomax22]

Ball Player!! Proud of you 21 🔥

[Chase Justice WYFF News 4 @ChaseJusticeTV]

BEAR DOWN 🐻⬇️

@bhp_bears run away with it in the second half, dominating Woodruff 34-3 to punch their ticket back to the 3A upper state championship for the third consecutive season.

The Bears will battle Powdersville next Friday night with a trip to Orangeburg on the line.

[High School Blitz @HighSchoolBlitz]

3-A Final 4🏆🏈

[Todd Summers @ToddSummers7]

In 3rd round playoff action @BHP_Football goes on the road & knocks off @WoodruffFB 34-3.
In the win @BrentezM has 122 yards rushing & 3 TD's & @JakyriAnderson adds a fumble recovery & a 70-yard pick 6 as BHP D holds Aiden Gibson to 16 yards rushing.
Game recap here:
@WSPA7

[Anderson Area Touchdown Club @AndersonTDClub]

Your Offensive Lineman of the Year is Keylan Dixon from BHP!

[Allyson Schwab @allysonschwab]

1/2-

I started the first day of Boy’s wrestling season in the Don Bosco Wrestling room. It wasn’t the normal start to the season as Coach Ortner sat the kids down and explained he wanted to talk a little, but also was opening the floor up to others to speak. This past week the Gilbertville community lost a student. I sat there listening to these coaches on what would normally be a day where they talk goals and expectations share stories of tragedies in their life and how they chose their faith to wrestle through those times. I listened to the coaches remind the athletes in front of them how much they loved them, how results have nothing to do with their worth in this world, and how brave it is to ask for help.

I sat there debating to get up, to say something, to share how anyone can fall into the trap of darkness, how I’ve fallen into that darkness, but I stayed silent. Part of me didn’t want to embarrass my kids, the other part of me worried about taking up more time, and then there was a part of me later that regretted not sharing just in case one person in that room could relate to words on my heart.

There is so much I want to share about the loneliness that can suddenly overcome you or the lies whispered during the quiet of the night when everyone else is sleeping. In April of 2019 I told my husband I didn’t want to be here anymore. I felt like a burden to our family and those around me. He didn’t chastise me for feeling that way he just continued to try to walk alongside me so the weight I was carrying didn’t feel so heavy. To anyone on the outside you would probably say how could you feel like that- you have 4 beautiful kids, you have a loving husband, a job, a house ect. Here is the thing : You can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. It took a lot of work to get where I am today, but I would be lying if I said there isn’t days where those feelings sneak back up.

So I’m going to say what I would have said if I had spoke to these boys and girls in front of me:
No one is immune from it. At times We all negotiate our worth with performance, results, perfection, the choices we make, or our hopes for the future.

It can take a lot of work for a tired mind to silence noise.

Everyone says speak up- ask for help. Asking for help doesn’t always look like someone saying I need help or asking for it. It can look like a quick text like Hey- want to get food? Want to do something this weekend? Want to sit together at lunch? Most of the time you can’t fix them or what they are feeling, but you can sit with them.

Shame is a real feeling. It’s rarely talked about, but Brene Browne describes shame as, “ Shame drives two big takes… never good enough and who do you think you are. Shame is I am bad, guilt is I did something bad. Shame is this web of unobtainable, conflicting, competing expectations about who we are supposed to be.” You kids are trying to meet the expectations of your parents, your teachers, your coaches, your friends, your girlfriends or boyfriends, and then yourself. It can become exhausting and lonely trying to juggle all of those especially when we aren’t sure who to talk to if we need to sit one down.

There is nothing someone can say to you that is probably worse than some of the things you have said or thought about yourself. For me it’s a protection mechanism. I don’t want to experience hurt from someone else that I can never get an apology from or reconciliation so I’ll think it or say it before they do. You just forget how much time you spend with yourself refining those groves and negative thought patterns. Almost as if you are waiting for someone to prove you right.

We have to stop viewing failure as a bad thing. Success is not possible without failure.

Surround yourself with people who build you up, push you and hold you accountable, but out of love not judgement.

[High School Blitz @HighSchoolBlitz]

3-A 2nd Round

[Dee Chester @demarionchester]

highlights from last nights 55-28 win

@rblackstonbhp @BHP_Football @strickchris @CoachLomax22 @HighSchoolBlitz @amanirichburg88 @mossfitness

[Dee Chester @demarionchester]

great team win last night 45-0

@bhp_bears @rblackstonbhp @CoachLomax22 @strickchris @HighSchoolBlitz @amanirichburg88 @mossfitness

[Chris Strickland @strickchris]

@demarionchester @bhp_bears @rblackstonbhp @CoachLomax22 @HighSchoolBlitz @amanirichburg88 @mossfitness Pick 6 back to back weeks, no matter what refs say!!!!

[Chris Strickland @strickchris]

@TheCradleZone Clemson needs to bring it back, too 10 team when dropped

[OSU Cowgirls Wrestling @CowgirlsWrestle]

Coach Roper stepped in to run practice tonight while Coach Izzak is still in Bulgaria-dropping powerful wisdom on the difference between self-confidence and arrogance. Big lessons for the Cowgirls.

#GoPokes #HomeOfWrestling #Cowgirls

[BHP Bears! @BHPBearNation]

BHP is deeply saddened by the loss of Vance Schmidt, a 10th grader known for his kind heart, bright spirit, and athletic talent. A friend to all, Vance left a lasting impact on everyone who knew him. He will be deeply missed.

[CFB Home @CFBHome]

Who is the real USC?

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