JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================UK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?Yl爣uUxd11@,^!l-gg<+ZHmOIczVNrRokuOݼ+:Vɣ$|N:Z^jfS1 yym.Lb0sv{&y/ݘz_R4wR2rT[6zck5T~ꎹDjˁU\mtgpٱUiv OB]ZbFK)bs~JCk"L6BW0& IrT LGCZ-ڝĚep̥g(ris5T!x|wA?MZ(<~s\-)S[ъMԽIEM;vhxR:N# f>T~Zn;?jaQZ&-/b?gH8YKۜG5v1A薖/ʫg'"k\ >BFc;'3޹"u -Կ }Ewƥs.wqhbK!T `cn5{2T+5hLUv$qEzf GO9cTdzG֦үdD8k,|kEa-ⱍ[ ui*\+r ўq# ~.N-~khhqn]es& `@Bֶ.lN$m7rNG9猕88=WKyk+k*l!`~cJt^5 A"+=D瑎ğ#מZХ'#;҈N/K.8br:u=:=Zki2aܻQ8ww}̦^&,=3 I-ќHAQ^989+&U:.\fåFBu%ZEP[Aq'035J[ҡ8e]7L[ӼBrS!bsGcu/I:L/%ޮ&HԴ 8aiDD1* H@*?![ssêKnVA=z[pV8n0:MJ"^? [6s 40÷ʹE [[t۴1'Y+7.%UcD"? V0P}+&w!O|5<7pfP!:S)ir@  WMM.>Y%IZ5-MVviU< C-1OZ;kM:?3Em 3\EֶX$I^Fb$hҼqPzl'}9[!uySNt_CWȪ~1^ M^YZ"$p>m\m>DdsɭU5K^!4eicf2c qdx+8wZ_d,o,`@ 5.ҴMy\nޅQwn5Aay8,z&cNTcX>w2AYV,l9# &5/$1:Tn>)XJ ѕ튳mq豛-#eZcǚk6ƶ dǗ( \Onʛe?ðUXC8(I $Y|*^W|LHV`ۇQV],ds8B,90/.- sKalbF޸;z%ԟٌd\JʟCG5 od yr{#0jUJ 3uGXsu · PjИxcVVX2j4*DY+4Ip gNFRjE? \REZ0Il`ghZƓ~. |Ed4nx\0[ld+?Z(m6)@2󢊒Othe '99 season our Superintendent and our Athletic Director informed us that ground would break in the spring for a new 3,600 square-foot weight-training facility. It had taken less than a year to raise the $300,000 needed to build the facility. Amazingly, all the funds were privately donated - not a single tax dollar was used. It seemed like everything was going our way and that nothing was going to stop us now.<br><br> Overcoming Adversity<br><br>As we entered the 2000 season, we were picked as one of the preseason favorites. The trouble with that was our team read the papers and believed everything they read. It was our job as a staff to bring them back to reality. We did this by having daily "lessons", focusing on one topic a day. One day's topic was overcoming adversity. Little did we know the way that lesson would be brought to life for our team, and our community. <br>During the 5th week of our season, an F-4 tornado ripped through Xenia. (This was the second major tornado to hit Xenia in 30 years.) The tornado hit the evening of September 20th. School was cancelled for 3 days. Our first concern as a coaching staff was finding out if all the boys on the team were ok. We went to the practice field and found that 2 boys had lost their homes. The team wanted to practice because we were informed that the home game on Friday was still on and that everyone