ICU, battlefield, boardroom, prison cell, or maternity ward – whatever your storm, “I am.” Watch the Grace for the Moment VideoĮxcerpted with permission from Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado, copyright Thomas Nelson. Unwavering in strength, He need never say, “I was.” From the center of the storm, the unwavering Jesus shouts, “I am.” Prone to be people of the past tense, we reminisce. We do because “we were.” We were younger, faster, prettier. I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
Big Five personality factors: Neuroticism (tense, anxious, worrying, and moody). Jim Neuenfeldt laughingly refers to himself and the others as “has-beens,” but what good are games and friends and teammates if you can’t share memories together six decades later? The camaraderie celebrated here is as priceless as the times that built those memories.Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Reminiscence, the recalling of memories from ones past experiences. Ray Kavanagh (former history teacher and football coach at BHS) once told me nobody ever came back to him asking to see the 2nd quarter history test, but they want to see an old game film.” Jerry Phillips sums it up well: “You spend a lot of time with your teammates - school, lockerroom, games, bus rides. These guys are re-living the glory days of basketball, and why not? I’ve been the fly on the wall long enough.
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Play over 265 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. The server stops by to take lunch orders. Stream Planez Malloy(Reminiscewitme) - 'Past Tense' by Planez Lee Malloy on desktop and mobile. Higgins awards a 1960 Region 8 runners-up trophy to Bobby Glas, who is not at the gathering but whose brother Rich (class of 1966) is, and is entrusted with delivering the award. I can see why this one has been locked in their memories for 60-odd years. The colorful description by an unnamed “special correspondent” fleshes out the story for me.
After a time-out, Glas “calmly sank the free throw for the game-winning point.” He took the ball on a pass near center court with time running out and on a hanging layup which he sailed several feet through the air just barely curled the ball through the nets” and was fouled on the play. “Then,” the story continues, “it was Glas’ turn. There’s an undated story about Bemidji beating Crookston 47-46 after what coach Bun Fortier called a “dandy” play by Bob Glas.Ī clipped story in the scrapbook, “Bemidji Wins in Thriller,” describes the tense final minutes of that game in which “the Lumberjacks (fought) an uphill contest most of the way, (including) the last 40 seconds when Bemidji tied the score on two rim-hanging free throws by Jerry Strowbridge for a 44-44 tie.”Ĭrookston got lucky nine seconds later to put them up by two. Articles clipped and saved inside fill in a few blanks for me. Later, I flip through the pages of a scrapbook lent to me by Jim Neuenfeldt (class of 1962). South …,” “…dribbling right-handed, switched to left.īun told him not to…” “Ranked #1 in state …,” “… played six years on that team …,” “… sudden death overtime,” “… Ada … 35-point win during the year … got beat at regions by 1 point, 51-50!” “… game against Crookston, five seconds to go … at the line for free throws … Bemidji wins!!” “Bob Glas got the ball, put it up, won the game …” Higgins was at that event and shared copies of the story with his old teammates at the Bemidji gathering.īits of conversations fly around the table - enough for these guys to spur sports memories, but not enough for me, the fly, to grasp: “That Richfield game …,” “… only two seniors on the team that year…,” “… concession stand…,” “Last shot … ball in the air … would win if it went in…,” “North vs.
That sports moment was notorious enough to be recounted in a March 27, 2022, Minneapolis Star Tribune story about a reunion of players from Minnesota’s one-class high school basketball teams from 1960-1970. There are stories about buzzer-beating game-winning shots and shots that could have won games but didn’t changes over the years in rules, style, strategies and coaching stories about speeches given, one-point losses, fouls not called, incredible shots made, free throws missed and bad ref calls that still sting.Īn 8-by-10-inch photo is passed around and picks the scab off an old wound from the 1961 state championship game between Bemidji and Duluth Central when Bemidji’s Lee Fawbush launched a shot that could’ve won the game and was hit by a Duluth player as the shot was released, but no foul was called. One highlight is the 1936 state championship story and photo of the BHS champs, their first-ever state title - first not only in basketball but in any sport.įlipping through the binder inspires discussions with play-by-play details from crucial games - the memories of which are as clear as if they happened yesterday instead of 60-some years ago. He hands me a copy, too, which is now on display at the Beltrami County Historical Center.
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