My first bright idea was to learn to build furniture. State Placers 113 Daniel Porter 6th Place 120 Stevie Chopek State Runner Up 138 Peyton Hughes State Champ 160 Connor Green 3rd Place 182 Abbott Taylor 5th Place Cavender and Manwarren finished fourth, and Ocasio and Dixon placed second.

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Fleming Island finished No. Eight months later, I finished Rising Phoenix and about a year after that I managed to get it published. Also qualifying for Clay were Josh McLeod (112), Jason Wojcik (119), Pat Laniel (135), Casey Soileau (140), Cody Underwood (160) and Eric Minich (171). That plan had some drawbacks, the most obvious of which being that I’m not very handy. So one weekend in the early ’90s, I packed up my car, drove to West Virginia and spent a weekend taking lessons.

"We will return four state qualifiers [Isaiah McNealy, Cavender, Ocasio and Dixon] for next season.".

Moving to Wyoming was the best decision we ever made.

Aging elbows have forced me to replace climbing with backcountry skiing and mountain bike racing.

An unknown error has occurred. "Ridgeview had a great showing at the state event," McNealy said. "Three of the five state qualifiers will return next year," Jordan said, "all of whom now have experienced the state tournament twice each.

Enter rock climbing. Four Clay County high schools - Clay High, Ridgeview, Fleming Island and Middleburg - enjoyed varying degrees of success in the Feb. 21 FHSAA Wrestling Finals held in Lakeland. Who would have thought that all this esoteric knowledge would end up being so useful?

Clay High finished seventh in the Class 1A state tournament, and students Garrett Soileau (130) and Kyle Mills …

"Their families have made such a personal commitment to the sport and the program [that] it was pure bliss to see them get their long overdue reward.". View the profiles of people named Kyle Mills.

It was my wife who suggested I write a novel. The Panthers had six wrestlers - Isaiah McNealy (103), Maxwell Cavender (119), Giovany Ocasio (135), Richard Manwarren (145), Derek Johnson (152) and Jonathan Dixon (285) - participate.

While I did go for the corporate job, I drove a beat up Jeep and lived in a tiny house in a so-so Baltimore neighborhood. I came into writing from kind of a strange angle.

Like most young boys, I was endlessly fascinated with talk of chasing criminals and, of course, pictured it in the most romantic terms possible. I began dating a girl who liked to climb and we decided we wanted to live somewhere with taller rocks and more open space. 19 in Class 2A.

In a roundabout way, it was these people who made it possible for me to write a novel. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Clay High finished seventh in the Class 1A state tournament, and students Garrett Soileau (130) and Kyle Mills (152) won state titles. Chris Fox (103), Mark Cornett (112), Corey Perry (145), Grant Taylor (189) and Caleb Bradley (215) all qualified. McLeod was the only other Clay wrestler who placed (fifth). Everything was possible for them and I wanted to be that type of person too. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in our, Article details, "Wrestling Finals Have Clay County Coaches...", {{filterTypeLookup[searchItem.filterType]}}, {{searchTypeLookup[searchItem.searchType]}}, Primary Sources (Literary and Historical), Full access to this article and over 14 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers, Access to powerful writing and research tools. The Florida Times Union, Newspaper article Join Facebook to connect with Kyle Mills and others you may know. I was completely enamored with anyone who could create something from nothing because I felt like it was beyond me. My father was an FBI agent and I was a bureau kid, which is similar to being an army brat. Newspaper article Taylor, who finished third, was the only Fleming Island wrestler who placed at the tournament. This was the second state tournament appearance for Fox, Cornett, Perry and Taylor. I grew up in Oregon but have lived all over—D.C., Virginia, Maryland, London, Wyoming.

For some reason, it finally occurred to me that I’d never actually tried to be creative. Bradley won conference, district and regional titles. Panther coach Chris McNealy said he was pleased with his team's performance.

You tend to spend your time with other bureau kids and get transferred around a lot, though I fared better on that front than many others. And I got the not-so-smart idea of restoring an old pickup to replace the dying Jeep. Maybe I could make something from nothing.

Blue Devil wrestling coach James Reape said watching Soileau and Mills celebrate was gratifying.

The place is full of the most amazing people. Why not give it a shot?

Most of the money I made just kind of accumulated in my checking account and I found myself increasingly drawn to the unconventional, artistic people who lived around me. February 28, 2009. You tend to spend your time with other bureau kids and get transferred around a lot, though I fared better on that front than many others. …, Publication date: One positive aspect of this lifestyle is that you can’t help but absorb an enormous amount about the FBI, CIA, Special Forces, etc. I’d read an article on climbing when I was in college and thought it looked like an incredible thing to do. My father was an FBI agent and I was a bureau kid, which is similar to being an army brat. Ridgeview High finished seventh in the 2A state tournament.

Keyword searches may also use the operators Other than that, my life hasn’t changed all that much. Golden Eagle wrestling coach Jeff Jordan he is already talking about the future.

"For Garrett and Kyle to perform so masterfully in the big moment when the big moment had eluded us the last few years was sweet for the soul," Reape said. They seemed to have no limitations. Unknown to me at the time, this would be the start of an obsession that still hangs with me today. The Florida Times Union. Meet Kyle I grew up in Oregon but have lived all over—D.C., Virginia, Maryland, London, Wyoming. It seemed like a dumb idea, though, since I majored in finance and had spent my entire college career avoiding English courses like the plague. Four Clay County high schools - Clay High, Ridgeview, Fleming Island and Middleburg - enjoyed varying degrees of success in the Feb. 21 FHSAA Wrestling Finals held in Lakeland.

Someday, I told myself, I would give it a try.

I was working for a little bank in Jackson Hole, spending my days making business loans and my afternoons and weekends climbing. Eventually, it nagged at me long enough that I felt compelled to put pen to paper. You might meet someone on a bike ride and find out they were in the Olympics, or climbed Everest, or just got back from two months trekking in Nepal. He finished this season with a school record of 45 wins. AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( ), We use cookies to deliver a better user experience and to show you ads based on your interests. The success of Rising Phoenix and my subsequent books has allowed me to make my living as a writer, which isn’t bad work if you can get it.

When I graduated from college in the late eighties, I had the same dream as everyone else at the time—a corporate job, a nice car, and a house with lots of square footage.

If the problem persists, please try again in a little while. It turns out that none of that really suited me.

I still live in Wyoming, though, and I’m still married to the girl I started climbing with so many years ago. Having said that, I couldn’t completely shake off the idea.