South Lewis faced off against General Brown in the Lions' Den Thursday night, December 11, 2015. The end result was a loss with a final score of 46-24. However one can see that the South Lewis Falcons fought a hard fight in order to as well as they did. They have the drive this year to do great things which many people are starting to see. Today I was reminded of a speech done by Matthew McConnaughey during his Oscar acceptance speech. I may have took some liberties with the speech and changed it a bit during practice, but here is the key part of the speech.

"And to my hero. That’s who I chase. Now when I was 15 years old, I had a very important person in my life come to me and say “who’s your hero?” And I said, “I don’t know, I gotta think about that. Give me a couple of weeks.” I come back two weeks later, this person comes up and says “who’s your hero?” I said, “I thought about it. You know who it is? It’s me in 10 years.” So I turned 25. Ten years later, that same person comes to me and says, “So, are you a hero?” And I was like, “not even close. No, no, no.” She said, “Why?” I said, “Because my hero’s me at 35.” So you see every day, every week, every month and every year of my life, my hero’s always 10 years away. I’m never gonna be my hero. I’m not gonna attain that. I know I’m not, and that’s just fine with me because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing." -Matthew mcConnaughey-

Now we don't know what we are like in ten years. Unfortunately the magic eight ball cannot tell us this information. We can assume that we are great as long as we presently work hard each and every day. So I say to the wrestlers that they need to strive to beat the person that they will be the next month, year, five years, or ten years. They need to strive to become better than they ever thought possible so that they can change their future for the best. Wrestling is a sport centered on the idea that hard work and determination does pay off. South Lewis Falcons do not give up and keep plugging away. Strive for the best and be the best.