Ethan Mulder-Austin De Boer-Jacob Faber-Marcus Altena-Austin Van Zee-Patrick KooimaMarcus and his buddies went pheasant hunting yesterday and had a great hunt - we will be eating good tomorrow for dinner - thanks Marcus!!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Marcus and friends - Pheasant Hunt
Ethan Mulder-Austin De Boer-Jacob Faber-Marcus Altena-Austin Van Zee-Patrick KooimaMarcus and his buddies went pheasant hunting yesterday and had a great hunt - we will be eating good tomorrow for dinner - thanks Marcus!!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Birthday boys and state VB
Mike celebrated his birthday last Thursday and we had small groups for young peoples on Wed. night - so we surprised him with a cake :)
Thur - Sat we went to Cedar Rapids, IA to watch Western Volleyball - I took Jamie and two of her friends and they made these shirts for Brandalyn Van Zee - their favorite player
Marcus and his buddies on Friday after the game
Marcus and Austin Van Zee
Kaylee was in our hotel(Bonnie's grandaughter) Western lost in the semi-finals - had a great year!
Sunday night Marcus' friends came over and celebrated his 17th birthday!!
Had a great time feeding and listening to them hang out - great times!!Sunday, November 8, 2009
Trapping Season is here!!!
Ready to go this morning - Jamie was excited to use her waders for the first time!!!!
Mike picked up Erin and Patrick Kooima also and they checked Patrick's traps as well - fun filled day!
They even enjoyed a packed lunch outdoors - was a very nice day - around 55 degrees and no wind.
Patrick and Marcus showing off their catches!!
Same place - 3 kinds of animals - muskrat, racoons and a mink.Today they caught 27 animals which is great - looks like Mike is going to have a good week of weather and hopefully of catching many more animals.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Friday Night Football
This is the article that was featured on the news on Tues already - I have a feeling that this game is going to be packed and lots of fun - Neither team has ever advanced to the third round of tournaments and now both are there but only one team can advance to play at the Dome!!
11/03/2009 10:56 PM
HSFB: The Battle For Hull, IA
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In a day and age where co-ops are king, its rare for two teams to call one small town home. But that's the situation in Hull, Iowa for Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian. And when the two sides meet Friday night in the Class 2A quarterfinals, moving on won't be the only thing at stake. Despite cliches like "taking it one game at a time" or "it's just another game," not even the coaches can deny Friday's matchup between Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian is a little different. "It's a unique dynamic," said Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley coach Cory Brandt. "A lot of times, to go to the UNI Dome, you're playing somebody you don't know. But in this game, we're going to play somebody we're extremely familiar with and the people know everyone in town. It will be a lot of fun." The Nighthawks and Wolfpack are a combined record of 21-1 this season. That one defeat came when the two teams played each other in October, a game Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley won 31-21. "The first game we played, I'm pretty sure there was no one left in the town," said Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley quarterback Josh Vander Maten. "Everyone was at the game, it was filled up, everyone was supporting their team."So is it going to be like that on Friday?"Oh, I'm sure," Vander Maten said. "Plus some other towns.""It'll be a town divided, there's no doubt about it," Brandt said. "There's a pretty sharp divide between those for Western and those for us, but that's the excitement in it."Western Christian has been designated as the "official" home team for Friday. Is that a home field advantage?It depends on who you ask. "It's kind of nice for us, we get to be in the home stands and stand on the home side," said Western Christian head coach Travis Kooima. "It's a little bit of an advantage, but not much though.""That's our home field too," Brandt said. "We still consider that our home place, there's no doubt about it. But yeah, they're designated home, they'll wear that jersey, we'll stand on the other side, but it's still a home field for us." And while neither team wants to lose the intra-city battle, the fact that there is a battle is a testament to the town. "I think we have a lot of pride in that, having so many athletes from such a little area," said Western Christian running back Theo Bartman. "We're going at each other to go to the Dome, it should be really exciting and fun." Friday's battle will also pit student against teacher. Kooima is a former player for the Nighthawks and coach Cory Brandt. The two will come head-to-head at 7 PM Friday night.
11/03/2009 10:56 PM
HSFB: The Battle For Hull, IA
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In a day and age where co-ops are king, its rare for two teams to call one small town home. But that's the situation in Hull, Iowa for Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian. And when the two sides meet Friday night in the Class 2A quarterfinals, moving on won't be the only thing at stake. Despite cliches like "taking it one game at a time" or "it's just another game," not even the coaches can deny Friday's matchup between Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian is a little different. "It's a unique dynamic," said Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley coach Cory Brandt. "A lot of times, to go to the UNI Dome, you're playing somebody you don't know. But in this game, we're going to play somebody we're extremely familiar with and the people know everyone in town. It will be a lot of fun." The Nighthawks and Wolfpack are a combined record of 21-1 this season. That one defeat came when the two teams played each other in October, a game Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley won 31-21. "The first game we played, I'm pretty sure there was no one left in the town," said Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley quarterback Josh Vander Maten. "Everyone was at the game, it was filled up, everyone was supporting their team."So is it going to be like that on Friday?"Oh, I'm sure," Vander Maten said. "Plus some other towns.""It'll be a town divided, there's no doubt about it," Brandt said. "There's a pretty sharp divide between those for Western and those for us, but that's the excitement in it."Western Christian has been designated as the "official" home team for Friday. Is that a home field advantage?It depends on who you ask. "It's kind of nice for us, we get to be in the home stands and stand on the home side," said Western Christian head coach Travis Kooima. "It's a little bit of an advantage, but not much though.""That's our home field too," Brandt said. "We still consider that our home place, there's no doubt about it. But yeah, they're designated home, they'll wear that jersey, we'll stand on the other side, but it's still a home field for us." And while neither team wants to lose the intra-city battle, the fact that there is a battle is a testament to the town. "I think we have a lot of pride in that, having so many athletes from such a little area," said Western Christian running back Theo Bartman. "We're going at each other to go to the Dome, it should be really exciting and fun." Friday's battle will also pit student against teacher. Kooima is a former player for the Nighthawks and coach Cory Brandt. The two will come head-to-head at 7 PM Friday night.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
GO WOLFPACK!!!!!
Monday evening at 7pm - the Western Christian Wolfpack football team is taking on Eagle Grove in the second play-off game post-season - YEAH!!!! Both teams have a record of 9-1 - we have to travel to them which is 3 hours away - I think its north of Des Moines, I know that it is past Fort Dodge a ways. We are taking Jamie out of school at 2pm and leaving around 2:30 - we hope to be back by 1am and we really hope we come back with the win!! But they are already winners in our eyes - fun times. Marcus gets to leave Western at 1pm on a chartered bus with the football team - stop on the way at Subway and on the way home they get Papa Johns pizzas - a large pizza per 3 football guys - it will be a great, fun day for the guys. GO PACK!!
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