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Camper Achievements Week 5
Camper Achievements Week 5
Heading into the last week (ouch!!!!) and your boys are working hard to earn ranks and badges.
Take a look at all they’ve done this week – I think you’ll be as impressed by your sons as we are:
Vespers
- Cabin 7 led a vespers on “Trust.”
Chiefs of the Day
- Bryce B
- Inigo M
- Ethan J
- James E
- Mike F
- Ross C
- Luke N
Sunday Special event
- TP Fair, including our sisters from Camp Woodland.
Cabin Clean-up
- Congrats to the Men of Cabin 11! Enjoy your trip to Cathy’s Ice Cream.
Riders of the Week
- Matt S
- Noah F
- Seth H
- “Barn Rat Extraordinaire” Louis M
Archery
- Matt F earned his Black Bowman.
- Andres MDC had a high score of the day with a 39 at 50 yards.
- Nico R earned his Blue Yeoman.
- Mateo T earned his Black Archer.
- Ross C earned his Black Archer.
- Nico R earned his Black Archer.
- Ross C earned his Blue Bowman.
- Matt S earned his White Bowman.
- Nico R had a high score of the day with a 44 at 20 yards.
- Christian P earned his Blue Bowman.
- Nico R earned his Blue Bowman.
- Matt S got high score of the day with a 41 at 10 yards.
Swimming
- Gordon H passed Level 5.
- Domenic G passed Level 5.
- Tanner H passed Level 4.
- Matt S passed level 6.
- Calvin F passed level 6.
- Pablo R passed Level 6.
Skin Diving
- Andy E caught a 15” smallmouth bass.
- Andres MDC fearlessly caught a 3” bluegill. Those things are scrappier than they look.
Riflery
- Jakob S passed his Bar I.
- Ferran S-A passed his Bar I.
- Alex P passed his Bar IV.
- Manuel MDC passed his Marksman.
- Alvaro MDC passed his Bar IV.
- Gianni G had a high score of the day with a 43 from prone position.
- Marcos E earned his Sharpshooter.
- Alec B earned his Marksman First Class.
- Noah F earned his Marksman First Class.
- Ferran S-A earned his Bar II AND got high score of the day with a 44 from sitting position.
- Rodrigo B earned his Bar III.
- Ben K earned his Bar I.
- Ferran S-A earned his Bar III.
- Rodrigo B had a high score of the day with a 46 from sitting position.
- Tanner H earned his Sharpshooter.
- Ferran S-A earned his Bar IV.
- Ben K earned his Bar II.
Sail Race
- In the Dread Pirate Regatta, there was a tie between Mitch T, a.k.a., “Metch the Bardic Pirate” and Diego L. As a result, Metch got his first Skull (5 Skulls officially make you an “Ace”) and Diego earned his pirate nickname, “Captain Spiltmilk.” Don’t ask why, nicknames are a pirate’s secret.
- Ross C passed his Crew.
- Thomas K passed his Crew.
- Metch the Bardic Pirate won the Dread Pirate Regatta with Ross C as his crew.
Fishing Catch of the Day
- Alex A caught a 10” smallmouth bass.
- Johnny K caught a 12” smallmouth bass.
- James E caught a 15” smallmouth bass.
Trick Ski
- Diego L got up on one ski and slalomed.
- Matt F made it all around Lake Nokomis on the trick skis.
Weirdest Camper of the Week
- The guys learning how to “water ski” off the end of a bench. They looked so happy that I just took the photo and didn’t try to explain…