MN to South Padre Island vacation🏝️ Highly, Highly recommend @jperry_nixa book NEVER STOP GETTING BETTER!! Easy read & very useful information!!! #LifeIsGood

What a year for Perham winter activities🐝🏆 Hockey section runner up. SECTION CHAMPS in Wrestling, GBB, & BBB. Other activities had record setting seasons. Appreciate the work ethic & eagerness to be coached hard!! Best part is each sport genuinely supports each other! #Mudita

As a leader or coach...Your culture is a combination of what create and what you allow! 💯

⁦@klnfamilybrands⁩ does so much for our community & area! A person can learn a lot from them! Always looking for opportunities to build ppl up & helping others without expecting anything in return. Sr class interviewed for KLN scholarships, then choose ppl who helped them.

This is such a powerful quote from Hornets Head Coach, Charles Lee “Anybody that's gonna push you loves you more than anybody that's gonna let you stay the same."

Our journey came to an end, but couldn’t be more proud of this team!!128 AA Teams & we were down to the final 8. We were a #4 seed in the section & peaked @ the right time. Coach Dierkhising did a masterful job bringing this group together! Perham is in good hands w/ him🏀🐝

“Being a part of something bigger than yourselves” describes the sendoff from our Perham Schools & Community!!! Tell me small town sports don’t matter! We play #1 Goodhue tonight @ 6:00 @ the Target Center. #NeverGetsOld

Henning & Perham BBB made each other better today! Nothing but respect for Coach Misegades, his staff, & players. Best of luck next week! #IronSharpensIron

Perham plays 29-1 Goodhue Wildcats on Tuesday 6:00 @ Target Center.

“Don’t lose sight of the people who help you get to where you are.” - Greg McDermott 🥇 Gratitude keeps you grounded. No one climbs the mountain alone.

Hope to clarify as we are getting asked with seedings. State BBB had a mixup, so it doesn’t start till week of 23rd. AA seeding meeting will take place @ 5:30pm on Tuesday. Enjoy the greatest@month of the year everyone🏀🏆✂️

Perham Yellowjackets are the Section 8AA Champions 🏀🐝🏆✂️ Hats off to the Staples-Motley Cardinals on a magnificent season!! March Madness NEVER gets old!!!!

March Madness is in full force for Perham tonight!!! Enjoy the greatest month of the year!!! Hive - hosts 6A BBB 6:00 Henning vs Breck 7:45 Pelican Rapids vs Park Christian GBB - @ State 8:00pm vs Rochester Lourdes BBB - Section 8AA @ Concordia 6:00 vs EGF

Congrats to the Lady Jackets winning Section 8AA over an excellent DGF Team🏀🐝🏆✂️

When I was a high school principal, I interviewed a teacher named Jake Huggins. He seemed like a good candidate—friendly, experienced, and thoughtful. I believed he could be a solid addition to our faculty. But any lingering doubt disappeared when he answered one particular question. It has always been my favorite. I asked him, “Jake, in every school in America, you can place teachers on a continuum. On one end are those who don’t seem to want to be there. They’re always complaining. Their colleagues wonder why they haven’t retired yet. They drain the energy of the building. But on the other end are teachers who are excited to come to work. They love their students. They value their colleagues. They lift the spirits of everyone around them. When graduates come back, these are the teachers they want to see. So Jake… what’s the difference between these two teachers? What is the X factor? Because that’s what we’re looking for.” Most teachers answer that question by talking about passion. Or purpose. Or the desire to make a difference rather than just earn a paycheck. Those are good answers. But Jake said something different—something I’ve never forgotten. He said, “I think almost every teacher starts out idealistic. They love kids. They want to change the world. But after a few years, you hit a wall. You realize how hard this job really is. There are endless papers to grade. Some students make it incredibly challenging to teach. And parents aren’t always supportive. Some teachers never move past that reality check. They burn out. But others do. They keep their sense of purpose in spite of the challenges. The work is hard, but they remain convinced it matters. Some students are difficult, but they know those students need someone who refuses to give up on them. They face adversity, but they don’t let it steal their passion. Those are the teachers who make a difference year after year.” We hired Jake. A few years later he was named the school’s Teacher of the Year. So today, I salute Jake—and every educator who has faced that “reality check” and chosen to keep going. The ones who remember their whyon the hard days. The ones who refuse to let frustration turn into cynicism. The ones who continue to believe, even when the work is exhausting. Because those are the teachers who change lives. And they do it… year after year. Cheers, Danny

“You can always HEAR a good team. The bad teams… you never hear. They don’t ever talk. They don’t talk to each other. They don’t talk on defense, they don’t talk in transition.” - Kelvin Sampson

Educational athletics was demonstrated this evening by Barnesville & Perham🏀 We wish Jacob Strand a quick & healthy recovery! #RespectfulRivalry

Billy Donovan shares the mindset that separates good teams from great ones. "When you miss a shot and it impacts you in a negative way and it takes you 2 or 3 plays to get over that - you're not wrapped up in really competing for the team." One mistake isn't the problem. Letting one mistake become five is. Choose to respond, not react. "There's a selflessness that takes place. The guy standing next to you has got to be so important to you. You have to have such respect for him." It's not about you - it's about the team and the people next to you. "I'm letting the team down 'cause I turned the ball over. I'm letting the team down because I missed a shot. I'm letting the team down 'cause I blew a defensive assignment...No - you're letting the team down when it parlays into 4 or 5 possessions after that." The mistake doesn't define you. Your response does. Accept it. Acknowledge it. Refocus. "You've got to pick yourself up off the mat because it's a game that's imperfect. There's gonna be mistakes that happen all throughout 48 minutes." That's the reality. Mistakes are inevitable. What matters is how quickly you reset for your team. How quickly can you bounce back? The goal is to master your next-play speed. (🎥 NBA Entertainment)

Every great high school team I’ve coached had this in common: - They mastered the details that didn’t show up in the box score. - They trusted the process, even when it was difficult. - They genuinely liked seeing THEIR teammates succeed more than themselves.

You won’t like it sometimes, but you find out that the people in your life who don’t allow you to take shortcuts or make excuses & hold you accountable, are the people who care for you the most. It’s not personal. It’s all about teaching you, preparing you & helping you improve!