Eric Perkins

228 Miles Later

September 12, 2006

Missed the Vikings game last night!  Twins game also.  Spent the time instead in an unmarked Ford Explorer with photojournalist Bob Crippa. 

We drove to Collegeville, Minnesota, home of St. John's Prep School.  They just won their first high school football game since 2002.  They're like the little train that could.  29 players on the team, but making it happen on the field.  Finally. 

We did a feature story for this week's Prep Sports Extra.  The Head Coach didn't have his whistle though, so he just yelled "Tweet!" when he wanted his players to stop.  It was actually pretty comical. 

From there we drove to Cottage Grove.  Home of Sven Sundgaard!  There we met up with a trainer who uses Kettlebells to get fit. 

Now I don't know if you've ever studied Minnesota geography, but Collegeville and Cottage Grove ain't exactly close. 

We listened to the entire Vikings pre-game show on the radio, all of the first half, and finally got back to the station in the late 4th Quarter.  Classic. 

Meanwhile Randy Shaver and Bea Chang were rubbing elbows in D.C. with Tom Cruise who was on the sidelines near the end of the Monday Night Football game.  I'll take my rag tag prep team and my kettlebell though over a movie star any day of the week.  Katie Holmes though?  That's another story.  That would be a tougher call.  I love Dawson's Creek.  Joey Potter ruled. 

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