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WINONA WINHAWKS

ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS PROUD TO BE A WINHAWK AT WINONA HIGH SCHOOL:
OUR COLORS WERE ORANGE AND BLACK, THE WINHAWK MASQOT WAS COOL:
I WENT OUT FOR CROSS COUNTRY--SWIMMING --AND TRACK:
THREE SPORTS BACK TO BACK TO BACK:
I STAYED VERY BUSY IN HIGH SCHOOL ALWAYS ON THE GO:
I DID MY BEST COMPETING IN EVERY SPORT YA KNOW:
I PRACTICED THE HARDEST:
BUT IN THE RACE I WON LESS:
I WAS ALWAYS SO PROUD TO BE APART OF MY SPORTS TEAM:
TO BE AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION WAS MY DREAM:
I NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO JUST HANG OUT AND ACT COOL:
I WAS TOO BUSY RUNNING OR SWIMMING LAPS IN THE POOL:
SMOKING A CIGARETTE TAKING DRUGS OR DRINKING ALCOHOL:
I FLATELY REFUSED IT ALL:
I ONLY WANTED TO BE A CHAMPION:
I DIDNT NEED DISTRACTIONS OF NONE:
THE COLORS OF ORANGE AND BLACK:
I WAS VERY PROUD TO WEAR ON MY BACK:
THE VARSITY GOT TO WEAR AN ORANGE BLAZER FOR AN AWAY MEET:
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT:
THE WINONA WINHAWKS FROM WINONA HIGH SCHOOL:
BEING ON THE TEAM WAS COOL:
WE TRAVELED TO EVERY NEIGHBORING TOWN AND COMPETED IN THE BIG-NINE:
WE ALL LOOKED FORWARD TO GOING TO A RESTAUERANT AFTER THE MEET TO DINE:
THE PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF BEING A WINONA WINHAWK I WILL ALWAYS KEEP:
THOSE MEMORIES ARE PART OF ME DEEP:

24--AUGUST--2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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