Making History

In a time when our little school is as challenged as everyone else in this pandemic, our Royals have some how been able to rise above it and thrive.

This has been a fall sports season like none other. First we had an exceptional tennis team, then our volleyball team won their first rounds of regional playoffs (sorry they lost tonight to the #1 seed), our football team has its first 4-0 start in decades (and that's with a 14-man roster last night), and today, our undefeated girls cross country team punched their ticket to state with an amazing win at sectionals today! Not sure, we think it's the first girls cross country team to ever go to state for Assumption. Making history, baby!

Isn't that amazing when I thought – like 80 percent sure – we wouldn't even have fall sports?!

I wasn't planning to go to the sectional finals today. It initially was set to happen up in Three Lakes in the Rhinelander area, over 2 hours away. But they're still buried in snow up there so they moved it down to Rosholt (outside of Stevens Point) so it was just a 45-minute drive. Just like going to Camp Crop-A-Lot.

I think the race time temp of just 36 degrees actually fueled the girls to run faster! Whatever works!

They won by 16 points so they rocked it! Congrats!! 

Now the weird thing is that because the state meet would be too big of a gathering with COVID, they're having state meets in three locations. So we head to West Salem outside of La Crosse, rather than down the road at The Ridges Golf course. Basically, the girls will run for time and hope they beat all the other teams racing at the same time in other corners of the state. That'll be interesting. At least they're not canceling it.

Yet. Cross your fingers.

And yes, that was my excitement for the day – topped off with the gift of a Kringle (thanks, Steen), some hot tea and a Hallmark movie. Gonna have to be a much more productive day tomorrow. 

Maybe.