Mrs.Roskamp

8B

Blake Gebben

October 20

I learned in De la salle that you need good leadership. Also Football you need your” brother” back..

De la salle the coach created a family with the team mates. They won 151 games in a row which is a record in any sports. But the head coach’s goal was not winning games. But it was a little part of his goal. When they lost in 1991 in the state championship game and they lost. A group of friends/teammates/brothers said we need to start working harder and passing on the leadership so the younger guys.

I learned in this scene you can talk to others. So a high school football player for there team got murdered and he was picking up his cousin. The guy best friend lost his mom, dad, and know his friend. He was asking his coach for some advice. His coach said family isn’t just blood related, you got 60 teammates. The coach spoke at his funeral he got 4 standing ovations.   

I’ve learned in this scene to not take stuff for granted. The coach for De La salle had a heart attack. He said it was one of the best thing that ever happened to him. He said it made him think about life and live life like it’s your last day. When he got the test if he could coach next season or not. And they said it was like miracle he could coach next season. Yes he did smoke.

This next scene I learned to beat the odds. De La salle was playing Poly. Poly had 18 D1 college commits on there team. There offense/defense line weight average was 285 vs de la salle 250. It was 90 degrees there. 105 on the turf. Everybody thought Poly would win. At the half was 17-14 poly. There is A.C. in the home locker rooms not the visitors. And somehow De La salle won.

I really liked that book I would recommend to anybody.

In this book there’s a lot of life lessons.

Blake Gebben september 10

The globe reminds me of when I went to chicago. When we first arrived in chicago we couldn’t find our hotel the struggle was real. We went to two cubs vs tigers game at wrigley field. The tigers were up 5-1 after the 2nd inning. Then the rain came. We left because we thought the game was going to be canceled but it didn’t. Then we went to dinner. I got a burger with a fried egg, barbucci, and instead of a bun it was a donut it was amazing.

I did america because of 4th of July. So I went to my cousin Ethan’s house. We golfed and it came down to the last hole. We both had good 1st shot. He made his putt and I needed to make my putt I left it short. Then we went to his house and a chocolate chip cookie it was amazing. Then we watched the fireworks.

I did the anchor because I went on my boat. So we got a boat finally because I’ve been asking for one. So we went wakesurfing and I got up I tried with no rope I couldn’t. After like the millionth time I finally got. We went tubing on lake michigan it was very bumpy. There was like this 100 foot wave came. I almost died. But I didn’t.