Philip was happy to go to state wrestling again this year. It's always tough competition because so many elite club wrestlers make it. For kids from clubs like ours who only wrestle in-season it's hard to do well. Philip went 0-2 but wrestled hard against a tough kid in the first match. The second match was quick...
And now we have four teenagers until Sam turns 20 in August!
He was awarded a Walter Scott Jr. Career Path Scholarship at Central Community College! It will cover tuition, room and board for both years of his Associate's Degree!! He plans to study Construction and some business as well.
When he first visited CCC last fall they told him about the scholarship, which is based on leadership skills. We knew he had some good leadership activities on his resume so we encourage him to apply. He sent off his application in late February and made it into the interview round. He had a 15 minute Zoom interview on Saturday and found out Monday that he was selected! The scholarship focuses on career and trade students and is awarded to something like 24 kids a year. They are required to live in a dedicated, on-campus dorm, regularly meet with the Scott Pathway Director, participate in various leadership learning opportunities and have some sort of internship or apprenticeship over the summer as well as various academic requirements.
We are so proud of you Thomas and are excited to see the benefits this scholarship brings you!
Since Philip's Confirmation was on a Thursday night and very close to his birthday, we celebrated with a combo party. He even got two cakes, thanks Grandma Susan!
We had a great time! Congratulations Philip!
Philip was Confirmed! He choose St. Patrick as his Confirmation saint, in part because of his birthday and hopefully also because St. Patrick is an inspiration to him. After a lot of thinking he choose a family friend from church, Sam Lombardo, as his Sponsor. His initial thought was Uncle Logan but since Logan is his Godfather, I encouraged him to choose someone who wasn't already praying for him! Sam will be a great choice!
The Confirmation Mass was beautiful and we have a parishioner who's a photographer so she graciously took the pictures so parents didn't have to! (Please note the adorable little brother servers...and the very reverent incenser.)
I used to call Cavalry "little kids" wrestling but it goes to 8th grade and Nick and Philip aren't so little anymore...
Nick went into districts hoping to make it to state but he had a hard bracket and went 0-2. He was disappointed for a bit but after about 15 minutes he asked for money to go buy lunch from the concession stand so I knew he was over it.
