by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Resilient by Ryan Krzykowski This morning I arrived at my high school teaching job and found a student I taught last year shivering outside. On this chilly, rainy morning he’d walked about a mile to school in the dark. I encouraged him to step inside the...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Adversity by Ryan Krzykowski In today’s post, I wanted to share something written by our friend Quinn McDowell of Arete Hoops. Quinn sends out great content regularly, and the mission of Arete has a whole lot in common with that of CFC. We want to see sports...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
RIP Lepp (1980-2020) by Ryan Krzykowski A few weeks ago the coaching/sports community of Kansas City lost a giant. To those who knew Derek Leppert, aka “Coach Lepp”, he was a dependable, consistent source of joy. The guy never seemed to be having a bad...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Game On by Ryan Krzykowski The last post I wrote was called “So Weird“, and predictably it was all about how weird this current sports landscape is. And it just keeps getting weirder and weirder. But last week, our School Board voted to move forward with...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
So Weird by Ryan Krzykowski After more than five months away, last week I reported to work at the high school where I teach Math. As I arrived, hundreds of young athletes were finishing up their morning workouts. With all the face coverings it was a very 2020 scene,...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Prophetic by Ryan Krzykowski It’s looking like this will be the final CFC blog post of the 2020 summer break. In many ways, good riddance summer of 2020. Yuck. At the same time, this summer has provided unprecedented opportunities. We’ve never really...
