Maddison had to excute a 10 step Rube Goldberg project for her Physics class. If you aren't familiar with what that means exactly, you should google it. People out there get extreme! Not us. Just simple and small enough so we could do it right in our kitchen. But a simple A means exactly the same as a complicated A! I think in this clip Cooper says "take 25" but I'm pretty sure we were in the thirties by the time it actually worked from start to finish. It took up a good four hours of a Saturday morning. Be sure you watch the slow motion clip after the real time. Brent's roar of success is the best!
Some other highlights of Maddie's Junior year included another great year of Highland Hawk basketball as #32. She played on the JV team and really excelled. She was co-team captain and was a defensive powerhouse each time she hit the floor. When the defense would break down Coach would call on Maddison to get the team back on track every time.
It has been so rewarding to watch her develop as a player. In 8th and 9th grade, at 5' 8", she was one of the tallest girls. She played post and handled it well. As a Sophomore and Junior the other girls playing post continued to grow but Maddie maxed out. Still Coach played her at post even though most of the girls she played against had her by five or more inches. She really had to make some adjustments and figure out how to play a tough post position at her size. She figured it out alright!
And what girl doesn't want to go to their Prom??
Maddison went with her long time friend Jake. He's a cutie and super fun.
She has managed to maintain her 4.0 through it all. I take that back. She might have 3.98 (haven't received her final report card in the mail yet) due to a 1st quarter B+ that her English teacher gave to her. Gotta love teachers that mess with a clean track record just because he can. And because I don't want to spend one more breath on this waste of human space, I will leave it at that.
She'll keep busy this summer by working at the neighborhood Dairy Queen. Go ahead and pay a visit...you'll never get ice cream with a side of gorgeous smile quite like this : )
She'll also stay out of trouble by taking part in a summer Highland basketball camp and playing on the high school Varsity summer league basketball team. She has already been on the Pioneer Trek (more to come about that) and will spend a week at Girl's Camp and make lots of time for friends and late nights. She'll take the ACT a couple times, come along on a family trip to Lake Tahoe and will fit in turning 17 in less than two weeks.
She has big plans.
BIG PLANS!!
2 comments:
Such a beautiful girl! Gotta love physics projects!
oh how I love her! She is a beauty on and off the court. I love that her and hannah's prom dresses were the same color. Maddie will forever be my favorite!
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