Conclusion of the Mascot Olympics

Weeks passed and the Cougars continued playing football games that were won and lost. Yet somehow, THE cougar continued to maintain the point lead throughout 8 weeks. I was ecstatic to know that I could possibly win these Olympics.

Upon the nearing of week 9 of the regular season, I was informed that I had won the Mascot Olympics. Mr. Arons had informed me over the phone that I did win this competition and that they would like to have me come to the studio to help the sports anchors broadcast the week 9 Friday night football highlights. I quickly agreed to this offer as I had always wanted to see what the opposite side of the news camera looked like.

However, the sports broadcast always took place at 10 p.m., which was just minutes after the end of most of our games. I didn’t know if this would give me enough time to get to KGAN, but I still took my truck down to Kingston before the Kennedy v. Dubuque Walhert game.

We won the game, as I have mentioned in the post below this one, and I quickly got ready for the broadcast in the locker rooms of Kingston. I drove down to the studio at 10:12 p.m. just a few seconds before they had planned for me to go on. A studio manager helped me get my stuff on as we ran into the KGAN studio.

This was my first time live and it is more than fair to say that I was a little bit nervous. Arons presented me with a gold medal for winning the Mascot Olympics and then I helped the two other sports anchors finish the Friday night football highlights.

I really had a tremendous time being the mascot, and I was glad that I could represent my school in this way. As I reflect upon it now I can’t believe that I won this event, and even better yet had such a great time doing it.

(Just a note: this will be my job after highschool- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgdbatwWUNQ )