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My latest column is up on the Sentinel website. This week I discuss what constitutes a sport as opposed to just an activity. Fun stuff.

The tragic plane crash on Wednesday, April 22 claimed the life of Michael Schute, 48 from Grantsburg.

You can read more about this story at the Burnett County Sentinel and WXCX/WCMP radio has audio from Burnett County Sheriff, Dean Roland as well as some video (which doesn’t show much except the charred ground).

Our prayers are with Mr. Schute’s family.

Photo Courtesy of the Burnett County Sentinel

The Grantsburg Pirate fastpitch team remains undefeated as they dispatch of the Luck Cardinals, 12-2 in five innings. The girls had an opportunity to win in the top of the fifth but a couple walks and missteps allowed Luck to get one run making it 11-2.

It only took two batters in the bottom of the fifth inning to get the winning run across the plate as Tiff Meyer reached on error, stole second, moved to third on a passed ball and then scored on a passed ball.

Luck held Grantsburg scoreless for two innings, exactly once around the batting order, but the bottom of the third saw Grantsburg get the first seven batters on base and having all of them score. At that point the game was all over but the final score.

I would encourage you to check out assistant coach, Steve Johnson’s recap because it’s funnier, he has some great pictures, and you might learn something!

(photo courtesy of Steve Johnson)

I wish I could’ve been there on Saturday when the lady Pirates were able to take a pair from Amery. The first game was a 3-0 shutout the second was a seventh inning come from behind win.

This is exciting to me because Grantsburg is being tested this year… and winning. How can they help but grow together through things like that. I believe that playing these tough games early and pulling them out will do nothing but great things for this team.

The Pirates are now 8-0 on the season. Read more about each game at assistant coach, Steve Johnson’s awesome site.

The baseball team is still struggling in the W/L columns but they are playing some very good teams. The team is now 2-4 after this past weekend’s Prescott tournament. Ben Larson and Jimmy Nelson were honored as all-tournament players.

I will be broadcasting the fastpitch game versus Luck on Thursday and the following week I will be broadcasting the Pirate baseball game against Frederic on the 27th. Tune into 105.7 WXCX to hear the play-by-play!

I haven’t been able to get to any games yet. The girls fastpitch team is undefeated (5-0) and outscoring thier opponents 62-6. They did have a scare against Barron, but they were able to pull it off in the bottom of the seventh inning. Read coach Steve Johnson’s account of the game here.

The baseball team is starting a little slow, dropping two of their first three games.

My column in the Sentinel had to be condensed from what I had originally written so I wanted to give you an opportunity to read the whole thing as it was intended. Here it is.

You knew it was coming, they were blind

You prayed, they slept

You loved, but were betrayed by a kiss

You were silent, they mocked

You were beaten, they laughed

You were naked, they spit

You were nearly dead, they wanted more

You were nailed, they cast lots

You were thirsty, they taunted

You died, they lived

Jesus, forgive me for I am one of them.

Thank you for the work you did on the cross. Thank you for taking my punishment. Thank you for dying for me, for my sins, so that I may live.

Wow… this is so boring!

I can’t wait for the next season to get here… I don’t have much to write about right now… I just want to point you to my newest column which discusses the All-Sentinel boys team in the Sentinel (I really need to get them a different picture of me) and to congratulate coach Danny Judd for being named the coach of the North All-Star team!

Come on, Spring!!!