Day: November 10, 2010

Best Day Foundation

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Not many people are born with what we all take for granted, and we aren’t given many opportunities to remember that. This last weekend a group of five OVS students and I volunteered at the Best Day Foundation’s Ventura Chapter in Oxnard, California where we all worked with children with disabilities ranging from being blind to have cerebral palsy. I’m pretty sure that everyone learned something from that experience.

Best Day Foundation

More than enough volunteers showed up to help and each child had at least one partner. Each station had more than enough helpers to take the children out canoeing, kayaking, body surfing, surfing, and simply spending time in the water. Some kids hadn’t even ever been to the beach. Some hadn’t ever felt sand. Some hadn’t ever experienced a wave.

I joined the canoeing station where we’d all take turn sitting in the bottom of a canoe in the harbor talking children out in groups of five or so. I met a normal boy who was there accompaning his brother who was practically the most social seven year old that I had aver met and a fifth grader from the valley who was partially blind. Even though I wasn’t faced with the most disabled people, just hanging out with them and talking to people who were their buddies made the experience worth while.

For more information visit http://www.BestDayFoundation.org

Football Wednesday

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A Wednesday full of football makes it a great day for a blog. Today we saw games with results that were not very surprising. Manchester united tied Manchester City, a result neither side was happy with.

Carlos Tevez and Rafael are kept apart by Chris Foy

As a Manchester United fan, I felt very upset. Not only is Man City our derby rivals, but this tie means that we are now 4 points back of Chelsea after their win over Fulham. We were the better team on the day but we looked as dangerous as a flower in front of the goal. Hopefully Rooney will recover quickly and come back with his vicious striking ability intact.

Arsenal grabbed a 2-0 win over Wolves thanks to a brace scored by their rising hero Chamakh. Chelsea’s win over Fulham keeps them in that top spot, one that they don’t seem like they are ever going to give up.

West Brom 3-2 Arsenal goal

With how the results ended up today, there was not any movement in the table whatsoever. So in the end no big surprises, and I can say that even though Liverpool drew Wigan, that makes my day.

What nobody told you about OVS Football

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defeat

Lancaster, California.

As we lined up on the defensive side of the ball to block a field goal, it was the 3rd quarter. The official time stood at 1:44 left to play. We got down in our positions, center hiked the ball, but there was one problem, the game was over. The referees claimed that the 45 point rule was in effect. After shaking the hands of our victors, we walked to the classroom turned dressing room they had given us. On my way, their cheerleaders each gave us a bottle of Gatorade, as if to offer some form of condolence. I got to the classroom first, looked at my drink and threw it to the ground. My words, symbolic of the season, still resignate in my mind, “I went 0-7 and all I get is a damn Gatorade.”

The play that killed us was a 20 yard touch down run turned out to be the last down of football I would ever play, thus ending an eventful High School career. It was their senior day. Before the game, Coach Rob Davis looked at me and told me it was mine. I proceeded to make 26 tackles, force a fumble, catch a pass, and recover a fumble for a touchdown. I gave my all and left it all on the field for my last high school football game.

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