April 8-9, 2011 Coach Chris Willertz is doing his annual Senior Send-Off. It is a special trip with all of his graduating Seniors to the Smoky Mountains in TN.
They will drive from Cincinnati, OH to TN (about 4-5 hours) on Friday April 8th and spend the night. Saturday April 9th they will hike all day and then drive back either that night or Sunday morning.
It would be awesome if some of you would like to join him with your Seniors ... team up and live the experience together.
I remember watching the movie Friday Night Lights ... one of the last scenes is the head coach taking all of his Senior names from their magnets and throwing them one by one in the garbage ... what a way to end the movie. What a way to "end" your coaching experience with those young men.
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If you would like more information drop me a line - ljudd@sportsleader.org
Don't let another year pass by ...
Here is the description of his experience from last year:
Senior Send-Off March 2010
This is our senior trip to Mt. Leconte in the Smoky Mts. 5 of the 6 senior wrestlers attended along with my son and my good friend Randy Morris. We drove down Friday night, arriving at 11:00PM, got to bed by 1:00AM, woke up at 6:30AM and were climbing by 8:06AM.
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park are among the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain. The tallest mountain in the East, but not the highest, Mount Le Conte towers to 6,593 feet.
For a point of reference of tallest mountains in the USA, the mountain coming in 180th place is 12,050 ft. Mt. Leconte is 10.6 miles up and down hiking. We reached the top by 11:45AM, although it got pretty scary....there was so much snow that we didn't expect.
On the top of the mountain, I presented the guys with "Wild at Heart" by John Eldridge. Officially their lives are now different, they are expected to act like men, to start working on a mission. If not.........this season has been a waste. Let's grow up and embrace MANHOOD!
The trip down was tough at least thru the tricky part due to the snow ... Once we cleared it, the sun came out and it was gorgeous!! God had answered our prayers, he helped us through the storm and boy was it beautiful! Iel, Pryde, Lonzi and Darrius sprinted down the rest of the way in a little more than two hours! The old man(me) and Rashawn took our time and made it down before 4:00PM.
We had a nice discussion once we finished (although I was cramping pretty good!) and I think we are on our way. The guys had a once in a lifetime experience-but I think they took even more from it.....life is about pushing yourself, you are more than you think you are, you have more in your tank....and the only way you can discover yourself is by pushing yourself. Is it scary? You bet! But it is worth it.
Thanks for making this happen, people. And if you want to experience a lifetime experience we're doing it again next year. You are always invited!
Coach Willertz
Winton Woods Wrestling
"Where we seperate the men from the boys!" "Our mission is to train warrior boys into championship wrestlers and championship men!"
This is our senior trip to Mt. Leconte in the Smoky Mts. 5 of the 6 senior wrestlers attended along with my son and my good friend Randy Morris. We drove down Friday night, arriving at 11:00PM, got to bed by 1:00AM, woke up at 6:30AM and were climbing by 8:06AM.
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park are among the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain. The tallest mountain in the East, but not the highest, Mount Le Conte towers to 6,593 feet.
For a point of reference of tallest mountains in the USA, the mountain coming in 180th place is 12,050 ft. Mt. Leconte is 10.6 miles up and down hiking. We reached the top by 11:45AM, although it got pretty scary....there was so much snow that we didn't expect.
On the top of the mountain, I presented the guys with "Wild at Heart" by John Eldridge. Officially their lives are now different, they are expected to act like men, to start working on a mission. If not.........this season has been a waste. Let's grow up and embrace MANHOOD!
The trip down was tough at least thru the tricky part due to the snow ... Once we cleared it, the sun came out and it was gorgeous!! God had answered our prayers, he helped us through the storm and boy was it beautiful! Iel, Pryde, Lonzi and Darrius sprinted down the rest of the way in a little more than two hours! The old man(me) and Rashawn took our time and made it down before 4:00PM.
We had a nice discussion once we finished (although I was cramping pretty good!) and I think we are on our way. The guys had a once in a lifetime experience-but I think they took even more from it.....life is about pushing yourself, you are more than you think you are, you have more in your tank....and the only way you can discover yourself is by pushing yourself. Is it scary? You bet! But it is worth it.
Thanks for making this happen, people. And if you want to experience a lifetime experience we're doing it again next year. You are always invited!
Coach Willertz
Winton Woods Wrestling
"Where we seperate the men from the boys!" "Our mission is to train warrior boys into championship wrestlers and championship men!"
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