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2009 - My friends Carol Green and Rick Brundage
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2008 - Hanging out with my study hall kids at Manchester Essex
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2010 - Sometimes Carol's 4th period class comes over to my room (I have planning) and performs for candy
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2009 - At my first local league Congress tournament with Harker
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2009 - In Times Square with the Manchester Essex team on the Columbia trip
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2009 - My desk!
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2009 - Set up for the Manchester Essex banquet
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2009 - My parents met my Mancester Essex kids when we came down to NC for the Myers Park tournament
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2009 - Another weekend, another airport
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2009 - My good friends from Pinecrest, Robert Sheard and Caleb Frye
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2009 - Sometimes you just have to smile and give in to the kids' abuse
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2009 - Jon Cruz snapped this pic for Victory Briefs Daily of the Mancester Essex team at Harvard
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2009 - Mancester Essex closes out the Harker PF tournament
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2009 - My MERHS kids with my parents at Myers Park
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2008 - Mancester Essex team President James Pates at graduation
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2008 - A "The People Speak" event co-sponsored by MERHS and Waring at Brooksby Village Retirement Community
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2008 - Team President Luke Elder and I have a little fun during the Tim Averill Invitational
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2007 - Between sessions at FFI I decided to try my hand at building a giant cup pyramid
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2008 - Posing with the polar bear and the Manchester Essex kids at the World of Coke on the Emory trip
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2007 - A very proud coach with his two NFL Congress finalists, Tasmaya Lagoo and Matt Graham
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2007 - Double state champion Ted Lee
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2007 - Our awesome East Chapel Hill interp assistant, Shane Zeigler, and I discuss the days events at NFL Nationals in Wichita
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2007 - The East team at the airport getting ready to leave for NFLs in Wichita
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2007 - In the cafeteria at States. The folks nearest you at the table were two awesomely dedicated assistant coaches Shane Zeigler and Elizabeth McRainey
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2007 - After the state championship I snapped this pic of three of our college volunteer coaches (L to R) Shane Zeigler, Chris Cogburn, and Davis Bennett. I seriously cannot rave enough about the difference these volunteers made for our team at East Chapel Hill.
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2007 - Group shot after the winning sweeps at the North Carolina State Championship Tournament
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2007 - It's blury but I had to include it. This is me on stage at states holding the mic for my beloved first high school coach, Mrs. Foote, as she makes a presentation. It meant more to me than I can possibly express for her to be with my East Chapel Hill team that night.
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2007 - The warm up circle at States
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2007 - At the Dania Beach amusement park after the Crestian tournament
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2007 - Cary Academy had a coach dance-off before awards at their tournament. I lost.
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2007 - Matt and I try to show what happened in our little go-kart accident at Crestian
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2007 - Matt Graham joking around at Crestian. This kid had a phenomenal run in 2006-2007 and now is an assistant coach at Durham Academy.
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2007 - At the team banquet the kids gave me a cabbage but called it lettuce. It's been a running joke at three schools now how little I like vegetables.
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2007 - National qualifiers being recognized by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board
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2006 - A photo taken for the yearbook of most of the team
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2006 - Banners at George Mason. I love tournaments that throw giant postings over balconies!
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2006 - Team captain Ian Hainline and I at awards at George Mason. Ian was a beastly extemper and also had a lot of talent in interp and Congress.
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2006 - Taking a break at Blue Key to watch some football in the judges' lounge.
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2005 - Laughing at practice with Stephen West, who would go on with his partner Carlyn to claim 10th place at NFL Nationals in Public Forum that year.
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2006 - Awards at George Mason
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2006 - We made a side trip during NFL Nationals to the grassy knoll in Dallas with my East kids
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2006 - Receiving my first diamond
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2006 - Another favorite pic. That's good friend and fabulous former coach of Massey Hill High School Nicole Carter on my left, and on my right is my second high school coach Rebecca Shepherd. They came to cheer me on at the diamond ceremony.
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2006 - At NFL Nationals with my team
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2006 - A team huddle before states begin
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2006 - With my good friends Nicole Carter and Andrew West
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2005 - Hosting our first tournament at East Chapel Hill. We had a very nice visit from Congressman David Price (D-NC) who you can see standing on the back row!
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2006 - Another shot of the East Chapel Hill group outside states
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2005 - A very tired East team celebrates our accomplishments at NFL Nationals in Philly
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2005 - Broke 2 PF teams including 1 to 10th place. Also had a Congress semifinalist. That adds up to 48 rounds and an NFL Nationals School of Excellence in Debate trophy!
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2006 - Stephen and Carlyn receive their 10th place trophies!
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2005 - Some of the winings from the year at the team banquet
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2005 - Speaking at the team banquet
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2005 - Distributing NFL membership certificates to seniors at the banquet
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2004 - My 5 kids at NFL Nationals in Salt Lake City
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2004 - Hosting a "The People Speak" event at the Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill
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1998 - Getting my medal and plaque from Mrs. Foote on the night I qualified for NFL Nationals for the first time
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2004 - East Chapel Hill team photo
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2004 - Four of our five qualifiers for NFL Nationals
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1999 - The NFL Senate Finalists. I know the picture is dark but I'm in there somewhere!