Shiphead Shawn

Ships GBB 2025/26 youtu.be/bi8bPo0jb5Y?si… via @YouTube

@WisconsinHerd 🦌 All-Star 🌟

3/24/25-"Rocks, grey and heavy. The water cool and dense just when the sky opens its arms to release the warm glowing star."-(5th Hour)

On Thursday, Iowa fans will hear Kevin Harlan on Thursday's game between the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers. Before his decades of success on a national stage, Harlan was just a high schooler in Wisconsin. That's where he caught up with TV9 sports director emeritus John Campbell.

Perhaps leaving the profession is the only ‘self care’ teachers can practice that actually works. 🤔😐

#0 Sarah Bolchen - 4.0 #2 Taylor Peterson - 3.959 #3 Calla Eichmann - 3.75 #10 Kendall Schmitz - 3.842 #24 Lila Spaeth - 3.818

3/23/26-"The reeds and melting snow usher in spring along with a new dawn."-(3rd Hour)

3/20/26-"Tanner forgot his Chromebook today, anyway, the clouds look like cotton candy:)"-(6th Hour)

Herd High School All Star Game youtube.com/live/ckWm8AAJy… via @YouTube

Teachers, this is important. Regardless of what your administration says, put the March Madness games on today. They are core memories for kids. I can still remember exactly where I sat for certain games. If you get in trouble it’s ok. They won’t fire you 😂

Show some love for our Senior All-Stars! 🌟 Wisconsin Herd All-Star Game Sunday, March 22 @ 9:00 AM Oshkosh Arena Purchase tickets: gofevo.com/event/HERDALLS… Electric City All-Star Game Sunday, March 29 @ 5:00 PM Kaukauna High School

3/17/26-"The stunning glow of the sun shines over the beautiful lake we call Lake Michigan."-(5th Hour)

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

3/13/26-"The stone breakwater keeps the rough waves at bay, protecting the lee side."-(5th Hour)

1st Annual Electric City Girls All-Star Basketball Game:

There is nothing quite like watching a high school basketball team play keep away for 2+ minutes at the STATE TOURNAMENT. We have to get a shot clock in Wisconsin. ASAP.

"As the waves wash up on the shoreline and the clouds begin to pass, the sun begins to rise."-(3rd Hour) photo: C. Williams

Taking care of business in the classroom. 💪🧠

3/9/26-"Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor take warning."-(Mr B's Dad)

3/5/26-"The sand is fine and cool as the water rises and lowers wave by wave."-(5th Hour)