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Starting LineupFEATURES06 The Madison Mustangs --

How to Build a DynastyFor two years in a row, the Mustangswalked all over their competition.Kyle Mellon

14 Madison Area SailingInsight into one of Madison's favoritewater-oriented pasttimes.James Edward Mills

14 Justus ServedLocal Youth Justus Benson Looks forWorld ChampionshipKyle Mellon

14 Dream SeasonThis summer Madison sent one LittleLeague team to regionals and one to theWorld Series.Kyle Mellon

14 Special Olympics Athlete --A Perfect "10" in More WaysThan OneA profile of local athlete Pat Ashbrook.Kyle Mellon

FIERCE COMPETITION24 From Center All Options Are

VisibleThe benefits of approaching life from thebalance mindset taught in martial arts.Kevin McDaniel

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Golf Rules of the RoadIf you're a beginner, you can still feel com-fortable on any golf course. Here's how.Derek Schnarr

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21 Why Now Is the Perfect Time toExerciseNo excuses allowed. Put yourself first.Kevin Monroe

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Cover Photo: Mustang halfback Kyle Brodd (Middleton HighSchool) runs for yardage against the the Roscoe Rush, as theMustangs top the Rush 31-7 on Saturday, 6/20/09, atBreitenbach Stadium in Middleton,Wisconsin.

Table of contents photo Mustang halfback Kyle Brodd(Middleton High School) celebrates, as the Mustangs topthe Rush 31-7 on Saturday, 6/20/09, at Breitenbach Stadiumin Middleton,Wisconsin

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QUESTION OF THE MONTH

By Kyle Mellon

We took that question to the streets ofMadison to get your answers...

Are the UW Badgers stilla national football power?

Peter Cleden, Fitchburg

Yes, they are. They had one bad year last year. Theywere down 7-5 last year, but they got six votes thisyear and are in the top 25....That's pretty good.Let's see what the year brings.

Tom McHugh, Madison

I think they are. I don't follow them asmuch as I dosome of the other teams even though I live here,but I think they're supposed to be what, numberthree in the Big Ten this year?

Shannon Lane, Fitchburg

I think they are just because the recruiting is a littlebetter. They just need to do more on the field. Ifthey can do that, then I think they can be a power.So I do think they are still a national power.

Lucas Burfield, Minneapolis

I think they are, because the (Minnesota) Gophersmake it to bowl games pretty much off and onevery other year, and Wisconsin always seems tokick our (butt), so if we can beat some of the betterfootball teams and Wisconsin can beat us, I don'tsee why not.

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By Kyle Mellon

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– How To Build A Dynasty– How To Build A Dynasty

The Madison Mustangs (left) beat the Rock County Gladiators 63-13 on Saturday, August 8,2009, in Ironman Football League competition at Breitenbach Stadium in Middleton, WI.


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It's a Wednesday night in late July.

The Madison Mustangs semi-pro footballteam has just wrapped up practice atMiddleton High School in preparation fortheir upcoming game at home against theMilwaukee Venom. Currently, the Mustangslead the ten-team Ironman Football Leagueat 6-0. The Venom come in at 2-4.

As the players stretch out before headinghome, positioned in a large circle coveringhalf the football field, offensive coordinatorand director of football operations AdamSmith approaches every player on the team,slaps hands with him and offers a fewpositive words. His energy is contagious.The respect he has earned among theplayers is immensely apparent.

To the casual observer practice was intense,crisp, highly organized and efficiently run.The pace was fast, the atmospherebusinesslike. The kickoff return teamworkedcontinuously on a play involving a cross-fieldlateral – most times resulting in someonespeeding up the field for a monster gainfollowed by high fives and jovial trash talk.A team brimming over with confidence andenthusiasm.

Smith was not impressed, though, and callsthe team together after stretches for a fewfinal words. He told them that he thoughtthey lacked intensity today and that theycannot let up for one play this comingweekend. He informs them that he knowsthe Venom have this date against theMustangs circled on their schedule, that thisis their championship and that theywill mostcertainly come ready to play.

Few, if any, really doubt that the Mustangswill be ready to play on Saturday. Theirclosest game up to this point was a 31-7pasting of the Roscoe Rush on June 20, andover the past two seasons have establishedthemselves as the poster team of theIronman Football League, dominating theiropponents week in and week out.

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The Mustangs won Saturday's game 70-0.Their offense, something akin to that of theMichigan Wolverines of late, is a fast-paced,no-huddle attack that no teamhas been ableto figure out this season. The defense juststifling. To add insult to injury, theMustangsblocked aVenomfield goal with just secondsleft in the game.

No lack of intensity today.

Intensity has rarely been an issue for theMustangs since 2006, when local attorneyBob Gingras became the owner of thefranchise (previously known as the MadisonSeminoles). Gingras immediately took overthe head coaching duties and infused ahigher level of organization and structure tothe team. Prior to that, the team was run byplayer/coaches. The following season hebrought on former Oregon High School andJUCO (California's Chabot College) playerAdam Smith to serve as his director offootball operations and offensive coordina-tor, put together a staff of dedicated positioncoaches and put his focus on building afootball teamwith the character necessary tobe great.

In 2007 the Mustangs were named the IFL'sFranchise of the Year for both their footballand business accomplishments. In 2008 theywent undefeated to win Ironbowl XII, the

IFL's league championship game. Their com-petition includes teams from Milwaukee,Rock County, Burlington,Wauwatosa, Shore-wood, Muskego, Fond do Lac, and Green-dale.

As is the case with any elite organization,professional or amateur, sports ornon-sports, the group that operates withunified purpose and vision will usuallyoutperform the group with multiplepurposes and visions.

There were specific values that Smithbrought to the team. As Smith told us, theywere,“a sense of professionalism and energy.I try to bring an intensity and have anexpectation of our guys. I'm a perfectionist.I know we can't all be perfect. I'm notperfect at all, but I strive to be perfect, andthen the one day a week that we practice Iexpect our guys to hold up to that standard.”

A new culture was being developed withinthe organization, but not everyone wasreceptive. “After the first season (2007) therewere some guys that we just got rid ofbecause they couldn't live up to ourexpectations of playing with professional-ism, playing with class and...respecting thecoaching staff,” said Smith.

Third-year safetyWill Smith, another product

of Oregon High School appreciates the newdirection and sense of purpose that Gingrasand Adam Smith brought to the team. “FirstBob came on as a coach, and that was a stepup,”he said. “Then we addedmore andmorestaff and then this venue (BreitenbachStadium, Middleton High School) that we'replaying at and practicing at, film sessions –we never had that. All those steps, that'swhere success comes from. Recruiting. Wenever had recruiting. Nowwe recruit. CoachSmith is right on it right after the season(evaluating) a list of hundreds and hundredsof players.”

Will Smith is making the transition thisseason from cornerback to free safety, andone coach who has especially impacted hisplay is defensive coach Jason Suttle, whoplayed at UW-Madison in the late 90's. “Hisknowledge is just ridiculous,”said Smith. “Justlittle things from back-pedaling to receiveralignment – anything. It just helpsme out somuch.”

Second-year quarterback David Pietrowiak(“Petro” to his friends and fans) made themove to the offensive side of the line fromsafety, his position when he played atUW-Platteville. While he says theMustang of-fense is similar to what UW-Platteville ran,making it relatively easy to pick up, he was

Mustangs wide receiverJohn Hinner (St. Norbert College)

makes a reception for a touchdownas the Madison Mustangs top the

Rock County Gladiators 63-13on Saturday, August 8, 2009

Mustangs owner Bob Gingras talksto an official at the Mustangs/Venom

game at Breitenbach Stadium inMiddleton, Wisconsin on Saturday,

July 25, 2009

Mustangs halfback George Randolph (Universityof Wisconsin) breaks a tackle, as the Madison

Mustangs top the Muskego Hitmen 35-0 atBreitenbach Stadium in Middleton, Wisconsin

on Saturday, August 1, 2009

As is the case with any elite organization, professional oramateur, sports or non-sports, the group that operateswith unified purpose and vision will usually outperformthe group with multiple purposes and visions.


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pleased to have the opportunity be theback-up quarterback last year and learnfrom starter Marques Korpela.

And for what it's worth, Pietrowiak assuresus that the hits at this level are every bitwhat theywere in college. “People still bringit,” he said. “They look for the big hits. Youknow, no cheap shots, but they're lookingfor big hits.”

Do the Mustangs just have better athletesthan the rest of the league?

“I think I see (the better athleticism on thepart of the Mustangs),” said Pietrowiak, “butI think it also comes down to the fact thatguys work hard in the off-season. They puta lot of work in, and it seems to show on thefield. We're able to move at a high tempo,we're able to get up and go on teams. I'mnot sure if other teams are doing the samethings, but a lot of our guys take pride inoff-seasonwork so that we're able to get thetempo up and wear teams down.”

Don't let the term“semi-pro”fool you. Noneof theMustangs players or coaches are paidfor their efforts, receiving nothing morethan bus trips to games and otherrelatively small perks. They play becausethey love the game – which can makecreating an environment with highexpectations challenging. They get beat upon weekends and practice once during the

Photo of wide receiver Zak Gordonduring the game that the Madison Mustangs

shut out the Fond du Lac Crusaders 66-0 onJuly 18, 2009 at Breitenbach Stadium in

Middleton, Wisconsin

Mustangs wide receiver Reggi Davis(UW - Platteville) goes up to catch apass, as the Madison Mustangs top theMuskego Hitmen 35-0 at BreitenbachStadium in Middleton, Wisconsin onSaturday, August 1, 2009


10Photos in schedule: Left - Mustang halfback Kyle Brodd (Middleton High School) runs up the sideline for a touchdown, as the Mustangs shut out the Fond duLac Crusaders 66-0 on July 18, 2009 at Breitenbach Stadium in Middleton,Wisconsin. Right - Mustangs halfback Russ Beier (UW-River Falls) runs up field, asthe Madison Mustangs shut out the Fond du Lac Crusaders 66-0 on July 18, 2009 at Breitenbach Stadium in Middleton,Wisconsin

week, all thewhile facing thenormal stresses of support-ing themselves and theirfamilies with regularjobs.

“Our guys wouldn't behere if it wasn't fun,”said Coach Smith.“They enjoy what they do. We don'tberate them. We don't talk down tothem. We treat them like men. Theyplay football to get away from that. Tobe yelled at at home or yelled at atwork – they don't come out here to beyelled at. We get into them a little bit,but...there's a mutual respect.”

So the teamhas shown that it can competeon the football field. From a businessperspective, Gingraswould like to build thefan base and bring more fans to the homegames.

“My main goal,” said Gingras, “is to put anexcellent product out there, both in terms

of the football and in terms of the market-ing on the field. We want it to be fun for thefans. I'm not in it to make money. My goalwould be satisfied if we broke even.”

Ultimately, Gingras would like to find aquality stadium for the team where beercould be sold, whichwould presumably leadto bigger crowds at home games. Whoknows how soon a move like that mayhappen – let's face it, the facilities atMiddleton High School are incredible. Factis that beer and football just go together –like Mallards baseball and beer go together.

Some might say that the Mustangs haveoutgrown the IFL. The logical next stepwould be to join the North AmericanFootball League and play teams like the St.Paul Pioneers, Dubuque Bruisers andChicago Wolverines. The competition iscertainly stiffer, but the road trips and timeaway from work and family are longer.When you're playing for free, that makes adifference. Gingras doesn't see thathappening anytime soon.

For now, the Mustangs will be content towin their second consecutive IFLchampionship and continue to set theleague standard for excellence on and offthe field. MSM

The Mustangs went a perfect 9-0 for the regularseason. Here's the season in a nutshell and a

look at the road to their potential secondconsecutive Iron Bowl championship.

The Madison Mustangs Season

The Madison Mustangs Playoffs

Wauwatosa Spartans W 55-19Burlington Blue Devils W 51-14Roscoe Rush W 31-7Greendale Panthers W 37-0Milwaukee Marauders W 37-8Fond du Lac Crusaders W 66-0Milwaukee Venom W 70-0Muskego Hitmen W 35-0Rock County Gladiators W 63-13

8/22 or 8/23 (time TBA) - 1st Round at Middleton HS

8/30 (time TBA) - Conference Championship at Middleton HS(if Mustangs are alive)

9/12 (time TBA) - Iron Bowl XII

Mustangs wide receiver John Hinner (St. NorbertCollege) makes a reception for a touchdown as the

Madison Mustangs top the Rock County Gladiators63-13 on Saturday, August 8, 2009.


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Sun Prairie's Justus Benson is only 11years old, and already he seems to havethe world by the tail.

In East Lansing, Michigan, earlier this sum-mer he won his second and third nationalchampionships in his age group, teamingup with other players to take the 10 &Under boys doubles title and the 10 &under mixed doubles title.

With the victories, Benson secured a spoton the 2009 junior national racquetballteam and will play for the world title thisDecember in the Dominican Republic.

He has been playing racquetball for fouryears and trains with Prairie Athletic Clubracquetball instructor Paul Krueger. In hisyoung career so far, Benson has played intournaments inCleveland, Baltimore,Phoenix, San Francisco, Chicago, Min-neapolis and Des Moines.

Wewish Benson all the success in theworldas he prepares for worlds.

11-Year-Old Racquetball Phenom Gears Up forWorld Championships.

Justus ServedBy Kyle Mellon

National racquetballchamp Justus Bensonn action.


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WISCONSIN BADGERS

FOOTBALL 2009

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Date Time Opponent

9/5 6pm NORTHERN ILLINOIS (Hall of Fame Day)

9/12 11am FRESNO STATE

9/19 11am WOFFORD (Band Day)

9/26 TBA MICHIGAN STATE

10/3 TBA at Minnesota

10/10 TBA at Ohio State

10/17 11am IOWA (Homecoming)

10/24 Bye Week

10/31 TBA PURDUE

11/7 TBA at Indiana

11/14 TBA MICHIGAN (Parents Day / W Club Day)

11/21 TBA at Northwestern

11/28 Bye Week

12/5 TBA at Hawaii

1/7/10 5pm BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP(Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California)


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VOLLEYBALL 2009Date Time Opponent8/28 7pm DUKE (InnTowner Invitational at UW)8/29 7pm SOUTH DAKOTA (InnTowner Invitational at UW)8/30 1pm OHIO (InnTowner Invitational at UW)9/5 TBA SEATTLE (Oregon State Invitation in Corvallis, Oregon)9/6 12pm CAL STATE FULLERTON (Oregon State Invitation in Corvallis, Oregon)9/6 9pm OREGON STATE (Oregon State Invitation in Corvallis, Oregon)9/11 7pm NOTRE DAME (Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana)9/12 5pm NEW MEXICA STATE (Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana)9/16 7pm at Green Bay9/23 7pm IOWA9/25 7pm at Minnesota10/2 6pm at Ohio State10/3 6pm at Penn State10/9 7pm MICHIGAN STATE10/10 7pm MICHIGAN10/16 6pm at Purdue10/18 12pm at Indiana10/23 7pm ILLINOIS10/24 7pm NORTHWESTERN10/30 6pm at Michigan10/31 5:30pm at Michigan State11/6 7pm PENN STATE11/7 7pm OHIO STATE11/11 7pm at Iowa11/15 1pm MINNESOTA11/20 7pm at Northwestern11/21 7pm at Illinois11/27 7pm INDIANA11/28 7pm PURDUE12/4 TBA NCAA 1st ROUND12/5 TBA NCAA 2nd ROUND12/11 TBA NCAA REGIONAL SEMIFINALS12/12 TBA NCAA REGIONAL FINAL12/17 TBA NCAA SEMIFINALS (St. Petersburg, Florida)12/19 TBA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Date Time Opponent8/28 7pm DUKE (InnTowner Invitational at UW)8/29 7pm SOUTH DAKOTA (InnTowner Invitational at UW)8/30 1pm OHIO (InnTowner Invitational at UW)9/5 TBA SEATTLE (Oregon State Invitation in Corvallis, Oregon)9/6 12pm CAL STATE FULLERTON (Oregon State Invitation in Corvallis, Oregon)9/6 9pm OREGON STATE (Oregon State Invitation in Corvallis, Oregon)9/11 7pm NOTRE DAME (Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana)9/12 5pm NEW MEXICA STATE (Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Indiana)9/16 7pm at Green Bay9/23 7pm IOWA9/25 7pm at Minnesota10/2 6pm at Ohio State10/3 6pm at Penn State10/9 7pm MICHIGAN STATE10/10 7pm MICHIGAN10/16 6pm at Purdue10/18 12pm at Indiana10/23 7pm ILLINOIS10/24 7pm NORTHWESTERN10/30 6pm at Michigan10/31 5:30pm at Michigan State11/6 7pm PENN STATE11/7 7pm OHIO STATE11/11 7pm at Iowa11/15 1pm MINNESOTA11/20 7pm at Northwestern11/21 7pm at Illinois11/27 7pm INDIANA11/28 7pm PURDUE12/4 TBA NCAA 1st ROUND12/5 TBA NCAA 2nd ROUND12/11 TBA NCAA REGIONAL SEMIFINALS12/12 TBA NCAA REGIONAL FINAL12/17 TBA NCAA SEMIFINALS (St. Petersburg, Florida)12/19 TBA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (St. Petersburg, Florida)

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By James Edward Mills

Madison Area

SAILING


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erating and exciting. As practiced skill and in-

stincts honed over time combine with the

rush of wind and crashing waves sailors

speed their boats through water in an utter

thrill ride. But sailing isn’t one of those sports

you can just pick up and do. It takes a bit of

instruction and training to get started.

Erik Luken, a coordinator in the cardiac care

unit atMeriter Hospital and former sailing in-

structor, says first time sailors should begin

by simply becoming comfortable moving

about the boat as it gets underway.

“It’s a really stiff learning curve in the begin-

ning. There’s so much information you need

to know,” Luken says. “You’ve got one hand

on the tiller, one hand the sail. You’re think-

ing ‘where am I going to sit?’ ‘How many

boats are around?’ ‘Why aren’t I going any-

where?’ ‘Why am I going in circles?’You have

to get to the point where you can prioritize

all that stuff and so you can think about

other things while you’re out there. And that

takes time.”

For about $60 per person beginning boaters

can start off with a 3-hour group sailing

course at Wingra Boats, 824 Knickerbocker

St. on LakeWingra.“After that class just about

anyone would be qualified to take out one

of our smaller boats,” says manager and sail-

ing instructor Nick Remis. “That would be a

13-foot single-sail boat called a Butterfly.”

In a single day you can acquire enough train-

ing to sail safely on a calm lake in good

weather. “But what really builds your skills is

time on the water,” Remis says. “You have to

havemore time handling the boat to get the

confidence that will let you graduate up to

something bigger.”

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison stu-

dents, faculty, staff andmembers of the com-

munity can sign up for an intro to sailing

Tom McMann lives onMadison’s Lake Mendotaand he loves to sail. Over the

years this retired traveling salesman has

owned several boats. And on each he’s had

mounted a brass plaque to the bulkhead in-

scribed with words that express his passion

for the sport.

“It’s a quote from Ratty in the book TheWind

and the Willows,” McMann said. “I’m para-

phrasing, but it says, ‘There is nothing, ab-

solutely nothing, quite somuchworth doing

as simply messing about in boats.’ I sort of

feel like Ratty does. I love messing about in

boats.”

In this line from the classic fable of adventure

and friendship by Kenneth Graham, Ratty, a

water vole, explains to his new friend Mole

why he loves his watery home on the river

and the boats he uses to explore it. First pub-

lished in 1908, this story defines for many

their love for wind and sails and open water.

When he first moved to Madison in the mid

70s McMann rented a little cottage on Mid-

dleton Beach Road where he kept his first

boat, a 15-foot dinghy he recalls was a Laser

sailboat. “I’d come in off the road wound

pretty tight and I’d go out in that boat,” he

said. “It didn’t takeme toomany trips to real-

ize that once I left the shore and started sail-

ing I forgot about everything else.”

With a great many things to occupy one’s

mind, boat handling takes up a sailor’s full at-

tention. “If you’re going to do it right, it re-

quires that you be pretty focused on the

wind and the sail shapes and the waves,”Mc-

Mann said. “One of the reasons I enjoy it so

much is that it totally focuses your mind on

the present.”

For many time spent sailing is incredibly lib-


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class as well as more advance courses in

larger boats through theHoofers sailing club.

“This week we have more than 180 lessons

posted,”said head instructor Brian Borkovec.

“We teach everything from the small boats

we call Techs to the larger more advanced

keel boats.”

You can get a year’s membership to the

Hoofers Sailing Club for as little as $198 for

students. It’s $272 for Wisconsin Memorial

Union members and $322 for faculty and

staff. But for each of those prices members

receive unlimited sailing instruction and use

of the clubs boats. “ That ‘s a pretty good

deal,”Borkovec said,“considering you can ba-

sically learn how to sail and sail all summer

and into the fall for one price.”

Madison is a town with a great sailing tradi-

tion.With several places to learn and practice

sailing it’s possible to acquire enough skill

and experience to one day sail on larger lakes

or on the great oceans.

“And a lot of our members have done that,”

Borkovec said. “We had one instructor who

started off not even knowing how to swim,

whowent on to not only teach sailing but he

sailed around the world. If you learn to sail

here you can literally sail anywhere.”

Erin Luken who learned how to sail while in

college at the UW says she and her husband

now travel on vacation on boats they rent in

exotic settings like the Caribbean.

“The community of sailors around the world

is really friendly and inviting, especially in

Madison,”Luken said. “Here my favorite time

to sail is in the fall when the water is warm

and breeze is cooler. The leaves start turning

and the colors are so beautiful. It’s just a great

way to be outside.”MSM


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SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETE

Figure skating and gymnasticsboth utilize “10” to represent aperfect score. For Special Olympicsathletes and supporters participating in theannual Polar Plunge fundraiser held on LakeMonona in February, they can expect toreceive a “10” from Polar Plunge judge andSpecial Olympics athlete Pat Ashbrook. “Iusually give them a “10” because they’rebrave enough to come out in the cold,” hecomments, chuckling.

In the past, more than 2,500 individuals,including Bucky Badger andmembers of theUniversity of Wisconsin Madison marchingband took the plunge in support of SpecialOlympics. A huge fan of UW Madisonsports, Ashbrook was thrilled to see BuckyBadger take the plunge. “He’s crazy jumpingin there,” Ashbrook said, but gave Buckya “100” for his gallant effort (yes, that’s anextra zero!).

Ashbrook, 29, Madison, has participated inSpecial Olympics for the past fifteen years,excelling in volleyball, basketball, soccer, andsoftball. Training and competing for theevents is a thrill for him, as he loves “playingwith other people on a team.” Competitionsgive him the chance to visit cities he’s neverbeen to and to meet other athletes.

Being a sports buff, he does more than justkeep up with sports statistics. A WisconsinBadger enthusiast, Ashbrook attends manyUW-Madison sporting events. Basketball ishis favorite, and he carefully scrutinizes eachmove the players make, learning skills andtechniques which he utilizes in his SpecialOlympics basketball games. “I learn fromwatching the game. It gives me ideas onhow to run defense and offense,” Ashbrooksaid.

Special Olympics events provide peoplewithcognitive disabilities the chance to compete,but Ashbrook also participates as a way tomeet people and to stay busy. “SpecialOlympics gives me something to do and Ihave fun,” he said. He also recognizes thephysical benefits of participating in sportsand keeping fit. “It keeps me in shape and itkeeps me exercising,”Ashbrook said.

Ashbrook is committed to training tobecome the best athlete he can be. He runsto stay in shape, and gets together once perweekwith fellow athletes inMadison to trainin his team sports. Not only is the Madisonarea host to many Special Olympicscompetitions, but also fundraising eventswhich Ashbrook participates in. He volun-teers each year at theworld’s largest Bratfest,where he assists in raising more than$10,000 for his local Special Olympicsagency.

Ashbrook also contributes to the annualMadison area Law Enforcement Torch Runheld each June. The athletes and officers

By Cathy Morey

A Perfect “10”in More Ways Than One


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What an amazing year for Little League base-ball in Madison – particularly West Madison Lit-tle League, which saw two of its tournamentteams win state and one advance all the way tothe Little League World Series.

As of our deadlines for this issue, the WMLLsenior National team (15 and 16-year-olds)had earned a spot in the SeniorWorld Seriesin Bangor, Maine, having won every gamethey played in the regional tournament inColumbia, Missouri.

The WMLL major American team (12-year-olds) won every game they played in thedistrict and state tournaments and went 1-3at regionals in Indianapolis before theiramazing ride came to an end. It marks thefirst time since 1984 that a Madison-areamajor-division team has ever advanced toregionals.

Upon the 12-year-olds' return to Madisonin mid-August, we sat down with theirmanager, Matt Marty...

MSM: Congratulations on the great season,Matt. Did you expect anything like this?

Marty: My expectations were to try to winthe district tournament and...be competitivein the state tournament. We were fortunateenough towin the state tournament. We gotsome great pitching and some timely hit-ting...this far exceeded our expectationsgoing into the all-star season.

MSM: What would you say the strength ofthis team was?

Marty: It truly was a team effort. It wasn'tthat we just rode one or two kids through-out the tournaments. In one game some-body would have a great pitching effort, the

next game a kidwould have a super game atthe plate and another kid would play partic-ularly well on defense. So everybodychipped in and played well. Probably thebackbone of our team was our pitchingstaff...We used eight pitchers. Aaron Mack,Adam Bihun, Colin Dean, Henry Houden,Brett Tauber – those guys consistently threwstrikes for us and kept us in most of thegames.

MSM: What was the biggest challenge thatyou faced as a coach?

Marty: The biggest challenge was trying toteach the kids my systems for bunt cover-ages, first and third situations, and then alsocalling pitches. A lot of times the kids hadrelied strictly on their fastball during the reg-ular season, and when you move into tour-nament play, everybody can hit a fastball.Nomatter how hard you throw, everybody'sgot fast bats. So we worked with the kids tolearn to throw a changeup, to mix uppitches, to concentrate on hitting locationsinstead of just firing it in. Those are some ofthe challenges that I think the kids faced thatDennis Mack and I worked very hard on.Dennis worked a lot with the pitchers. Thekids, to their credit, did a great job. Theywere focused the whole time, they werethere to learn.

MSM: At what point did you realize that thisteam was something special?

Marty: We played a tournament before thedistricts in Ft. Atkinson. In the championshipgame we were down 5-1 in the fifth inning,andwe ended up scoring six runs I believe inthe bottom of the fifth inning to go ahead.Everybody was just up. We got excited. Wegot some back-to-back home runs.That's

where the kids really started to believe inthemselves. They got on a roll from thatpoint forward. You could just see the kidscoming together. We had played two orthree games prior to that in the tourna-ment...The kids were still feeling their wayaround, (not sure) whether theywould reallybe able to do it at this level, and you couldsee that when they came from behind tolead that championship game in Ft. Atkinsonagainst Stoughton, they started to believe inthemselves and what we were preaching.

MSM: What was the feeling like on the teamwhen you won state and your next stop wasregionals in Indianapolis.

Marty: I think the kids were excited to winstate and have the opportunity to move onto regionals. They were looking forward tothe experience. I think that the competitionthat we say ( in regionals) was good for thekids to be exposed to. We played very goodbaseball the first two games and unfortu-nately came up on the short end againstMichigan and Indiana. I think the kidsthought they were competitive with theother teams around the Midwest. Some-times the baseball gods smile on you and thebreaks go your way, and sometimes theydon't. We hit the ball hard and it would goright at somebody it seemed like in the firstcouple games. I think it was a good experi-ence for the kids. They got to see that the tal-ent we play here in Wisconsin is as good asanywhere else in the Midwest.

MSM: What would you say was the biggestdifference between the teams you faced atregionals and the teams you faced here inWisconsin?

Marty: The teams that we saw down there (Iwas talking to the Indiana and Ohiocoaches), they had played 120 and 140games as a team before they got to the re-gional tournament. They havewhat they calltravel ball down there. Their league is likeMonday though Thursdays, they play a cou-ple of league games, and then they go totournaments every weekend all throughoutthe Midwest. So their teams have prettymuch been together sincemid-March or firstof April. We've been together for six weeks.

MSM: So these weren't all-star teams asmuch as select teams that compete in bothleague and tournament play.

am after winning

Photo Above: TheWMLL Senior National Team after winning the 2009 Central regional tournament.

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Marty: Theywere all-star teams. Their travelteams they carry like 16, 17 kids on, thenthey pare it down to 11 for their all-star tour-naments. It's a little different process thanwe have. It's almost like they have a selec-tion of what their teamswill bemade of earlyin the season and that select group of kidsplays tournaments throughout. Indiana hadthree sets of jerseys, they all had the samespikes, they all had the same team bags. It'squite a program they have down there.... Soit's a little bit different from the true LittleLeague all-star teams that we put togetherhere. We play our league season and thenyou pick the top players from each of the fiveteams.

MSM: Your only win at regionals cameagainst a tough Illinois team that was 3-0 inregional play at the time. Tell me about thatgame.

Marty: All the teams down there were verycompetitive. We got some good breaks earlyon and got ahead. Aaron Mack pitched awhale of a ballgame – struck out 12, reallymixed his pitches up well, got ahead in thecounts. That was one of the thingswe didn'tdo as well in the regional tournament as wedid in district and state. We were pitchingmeet at the Capital Square for the beginningof the torch run. He“leads the police officers”as an officer shouts cadence, and they runaround the lake and Square. Soon after, theofficers depart northward carrying the torchto Stevens Point for the start of the StateSummer Games. “It’s so much fun runningwith the police,”Ashbrook said.

MSM: When you travel to an event like thatwith a bunch of 12-year-olds, there musthave been some funny moments.

Marty: The kids on our team seemed to havea Pokemon tournament going on, so theydid a lot of that. One of the other things isthat we broke an enormous number of thesecomposite bats. We broke three of them in aweek. Two of themwere brand new. One ofthem they gave to us down there as a dona-tion to the club. Wewere in the batting cagebunting and Connor Wildeck was battingwith our brand new Easton bat. I threw hima pitch, he went to bunt it – it was one ofthose things, it must have (been) cracked,and the bat came apart in his hands andwaskind of turned at a right angle. The kids werejust all broke up over that – he broke a batwhile he was bunting.

MSM: Tell me about the fan support you hadat Indy.

Marty: It was actually incredible the numberof folks who came down, not only associated

with the team but people who have beenaround the league. Then there was otherpeoplewho came down just to see the teamplay. I know a couple of kids that haveplayed with the boys during the seasoncame down just for the experience and tosupport the kids. One of the kids that Icoached in fall ball last year was on vacationand talked his parents into pulling over andstopping and seeing us in Indianapolis ontheir way down south, so they caught thegame on Saturday afternoon. They werefrom Reedsburg.

MSM: Is there anymoment at the regionalsthat you wish you could have over?

Marty: I've always tried never to second-guessmyself. Dennis Mack and I work reallywell together. We conferred on decisions

that we made...I think the way we played itwas the way to go. We tried to get all of ourpitchers into a game just so they could getthe experience of the tournament downthere, and I think the kids performed wellwhen we put them in those spots. Would Ilike to have anything back? Yeah, I wouldhave liked to played Indiana about twomore innings – I think we would have had'em!

TheWest Madison Little League Major National Team after winning the 2009 state championship.


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FIERCE COMPETITION

Approaching Life From a Position of CenterBy Kevin McDaniel, President,American Martial Arts Center

From CenterAll Options Are Visible

In my 35 years of martial artsexperience I have heard many timesthe misconception that martial arts isall about beating people up andviolence. Each time I chuckle and think tomyself how far off base the person’s belief isand then proceed to take the opportunity toexplain true martial arts is aboutunderstanding conflict andwhat drives it, sothat we can prevent it. Perhaps the bestexample of this is themartial arts concept ofCenter.

As with all things philosophical, thedefinition of Center is seemingly simple instatement, but much more difficult inunderstanding and execution. Center fitsinto a category of lessons my students hearme define as “It will take us five minutes todiscuss this subject; it will take you years tounderstand it and the rest of your life toperfect its use in your life.”

Center at its core means that we are neitherpassive nor aggressive when confrontedwith conflict. Our definition of conflict is anysituation where two or more people haveseemingly opposing needs or desires.

Therefore, conflict can occur inmany aspectsof our lives, in this article I talk about the useof Center in:

• Learning• Social Interactions• Self-Defense

Learning

Center can play a large role in our ability tolearn. A person that is centered looks atinformation objectively. They are not rigid intheir beliefs or understanding but neither dothey believe whatever anyone tells them(passively compliant). A Centered personreviews information and tries to understandthe“why”behind it, understanding that theirown biases or pre-judgments may cloudtheir ability to review or even see all the facts.

A classic example I use in class is to askstudents if cats bark? I have never had abeginning student who was not adamantthat cats don’t bark, based on their pre-judgment that only dogs bark and theirassumption of what I mean by “cat”. Then Itell them to look up Felis chaus, which justhappens to be a cat that barks.

Social Interactions

Life is a series of social interactions many ofwhich involve us negotiating with one ormore people. Think about your day, howmany discussions did you have today? Howmany of them involved you asking for orbeing asked for, something? Conflict occurswhen two people have apparently differentneeds or desires which seem to be mutualexclusive. In the worst cases, these conflictscan result in escalation to violence. Whenwediscuss these types of situations, I alwayshave a student tell me that the best wayto resolve these situations is throughcompromise.

Life is a series of social interactions many ofwhich involve us negotiating with one ormore people. Think about your day, howmany discussions did you have today? Howmany of them involved you asking for orbeing asked for, something? Conflict occurswhen two people have apparently differentneeds or desires which seem to be mutualexclusive. In the worst cases, these conflictscan result in escalation to violence. Whenwediscuss these types of situations, I alwayshave a student tell me that the bestway to resolve these situations is throughcompromise.


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I amnot a fan of compromise; tome it reflectsa cop-out solution where neither person hastheir core needs or beliefs met. To me a re-sponsible person (a person of Center) hasspent time identifying their core needs andbeliefs, these are things they cannot com-promise on. Things that, if they are not met,put in jeopardy our continued existence orwould change the who/what we are. Mostconflict, in my experience, tends to surroundthings that are not core needs and/or beliefsbut perceived needs, beliefs or assumptions.By knowing what our core needs/beliefs arewe can more easily see when a conflict isabout something trivial (to us, perhaps veryimportant to the other person) andmake theconcession (which really isn’t a concessionbecause it is not core to our needs/beliefs). Italso affords us the ability to know when towalk away from the table. If someone is ask-ing us to compromise on a core need or be-lief, we need to walk away. If it truly is a coreneed/belief we will either be upset that wewere asked to give it up, or we will passivelytry to change the situation to our desired endwhich will also effect the relationship. Cen-ter allows us to be open and honest on ourposition and deal with others from a positionof knowing what is truly important to us.

Self-Defense

As I stated, a martial artist is about life, notabout violence, to that end I left self-defensefor last. Recall that we stated that the goal ofamartial artist is to prevent violence fromoc-curring. This is because a martial artist real-izes the value of all life and knows that onceviolence starts, both lives are diminishedfrom the conflict.

Center is a vital component of both prevent-ing conflict and of effectively defending your-self if your initial efforts fail. In most cases aconfrontation escalates (each situation is dif-ferent and the rate of escalation is different)from an exchange of words, to “getting ineach others faces”to blows (violence). Amar-tial artist understands their own biomechan-ical“hot button”indicators, knows their heartand breathing rates are escalating and real-izes they are becoming confrontational andcan get them under control to reach a placeof Center, where they are not escalating theconflict by verbally and nonverbally commu-nicating a mood of aggression. More impor-

tant than even that, they are also communi-cating verbally and nonverbally self-confi-dence by meeting the aggressor’s eyecontact, keeping their back straight and theirchin up. This is important because whetherthe aggressor is after your purse or lookingfor someone to“beat-up”they are looking forthe same thing, an easy target. By reactingfrom Center neither aggressively (whichwould force them to save face and escalate)or submissively (which would encouragethem since theywere looking for an easy tar-get) you have presented them a difficult tar-get which will encourage them to move on.

In the event that the confrontation turns vio-lent (some people just want a fight) Centeragain comes into play for a martial artist.Center allows the martial artist to recognizethat their fear and anger associated violence,if unchecked, gives control of the fight toyour attacker. Center allows you to recognizethey exist but channel them into adrenalinand focus to ensure a quick, appropriate re-sponse.


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FIERCE COMPETITION

Why Now Is thePerfect Time to ExerciseBy Kevin Monroe,former US Marine, andowner/personal trainer of Real Training

making time to exercise. Why do somepeople put off making time for exercise?Why do some people take medications fortheir heart, or blood pressure, and if they’reable to exercise still choose not to exercise?My guess is that if people decide not to ex-ercise, it is because they don’t know howgood it feels! When people exercise, theyhave more energy, because they are takinghighly oxygenated blood to their living tis-sues. If our tissues do not have a continualcirculation of fresh oxygen – our bodies feellike a “fish out of water.” When we work outwe breathe easier, have more energy, andour hearts become stronger. Can thishappen by taking a pill? No! Will thishappen if we take something to suppressour appetite? No! When we have moreenergy throughout the day, and our bodiesare operating more efficiently we also sleepbetter at night. If you sleep better at night,youwill feel more alert for the following day,have better focus, and think clearer. Not tomention – if you’remore rested youwill havebetter disciplinewhenmaking food choices.Hence, becoming overweight and sluggish

is why many people choose not to exercisein the first place.

When it comes to our bodies, we want ourhearts to be similar to our vehicles, which are“big engines in little trucks,” not “littleengines in big trucks!” People have evenbeen able to wake up early for work orschool, and go all day longwithout yawning.This is an amazing feeling!

So, if you’re still wondering if now is theperfect time to exercise look around at yourfriends, family, and our lives. Find the rightresources, motivation, and start exercisingtoday, because time will keepmoving eitherway, but your heart may not.

If you’re wondering how much to do, orwhere to start when it comes to exercise, goby the 10% rule – never increase your activ-ity level more than 10%! Lastly, before start-ing a new fitness program - please consultyour physician or health care provider.

What is the one thing that never sitsstill? I wish the answer were people, but

unfortunately it is not… it is TIME! It would

be nice if time did not move at times, but it

always does. Have you ever heard someone

say, “When I get more time, I will start

exercising”? Maybe if people could purchase

more time so they could have 25 or 26 hours

in a day, they would be able to find time for

exercise.

Time is similar to our beating hearts. Fromthe daywe are born to the daywe pass awayour hearts are beating. The sound even hasa similar rhythm to a clock, which is tick, tock,tick, tock, or until the battery dies. Ourheartbeats' sound is lub, dub, lub, duband so on.

Heart disease is the #1 killer in the UnitedStates! So, unless we do something toprevent this, our hearts will stop, much likethe clock that stops from aworn out battery.Something that is so easy to obtain, and canbe done without any money, and that is


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FIERCE COMPETITION

SWING SCHOOL: TENNIS

For the past couple of issues we haveconcentrated on swing fundamen-tals. I think it is time to talk aboutwhat is expected of you on thecourse. So, many of us are scared to go onthe golf course for fear of doing somethingwrong. Maybe playing too slow, where tostand, what to do when you get to the golfcourse, and how to act once you get on thegolf course. Believe it or not there is no rea-son to be scared. But in saying that you dohave some responsibilities once you get onthe course

First, once you arrive in the parking lotmakesure to go into the golf shop and let the staffknow that you are there and ready to play.Most golf courses will have a starter (some-one that calls you to the tee) or will an-nounce your time and group over the loudthe speaker. This isn’t a time to get nervousbut it’s a time to get yourself to the first teeand be ready to go once the group in front ofyou is out of the way.

Now comes all the things that youwill be re-sponsible for during your round of golf.The #1 rule in all of golf is to play fast or to

just keep upwith the group in front of you. Itwill never matter to anyone what you shootas long as you play fast and keep up.

Next, always try to leave the golf course inbetter shape then when you arrived. Makesure to always replace your divots, put rakesback in the sand traps, and fix all your ballmarks (those little holes that your golf ballsleaves when it lands on the green).

When playing with other people make suretowatchwhere youwalk on the greens. Younever want to walk on the line where an-other players ball might roll. A footprint canmake a ball go off line.

If you ride a cart try to keep it at least 30 feetfrom the greens and the tee boxes.

Always be strategic in where you put yourgolf bag before and after every shot.For instance, put your golf bag in betweenthe green you are putting on and the nexttee. This will keep you moving quicker.

Besides those things just be aware of what ishappening around you and if you happen tohit a crooked shot make sure to yell “FORE”

Golf Rules of the RoadFollow These, and YouWill BeWelcome AnywhereBy Derek Schnarr,George Vitense Golf Academy

Follow These, and YouWill BeWelcome Anywhere

Golf Rules of the Road


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Looking

GOODByHanna B. Roth & Elisabeth L. Norton,a Really Big Life, inc.

Looking

GOOD


• Where are you hidingmistakes, addictions, orproblems?

• Where do you makeother people wrong sothat you can be rightand look good?

• Where are you pretend-ing that things are work-ing well when, in fact,you’re struggling?

• What relationships areyou engaged in thataren't satisfying, butforward your purposein life?

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PEP TALK

process of returning to full health, won’t it?

For the athletewho blames the coach for her

performance, what would you learn if you

took responsibility and risked looking bad?

For the guy who goes to the gym regularly,

but has an uncontrollable secret yen for Jack

Daniels at night, how foolish would you look

if you ratted yourself out? While it might

make you look momentarily bad, it’ll return

you to health in the long run, yes?

Here’s a quote for you to think on: "If you

want to grow, be content to be thought

foolish and stupid." Beingwilling to look bad

can provide you incredible freedom.Without

the constraints of looking good, you can try

anything. You can make mistakes. You can

own up to things faster. Life can be about

living rather than hiding out. And best of all:

you can join the most successful people in

the world who have taken great risks and

given up looking good in order to fulfill their

lives and accomplish their dreams.

Yes, our lives seem to be allabout looking good. We spend aninordinate amount of time concerned with

howwe physically look. But beyond that, we

have an overpowering need to look good in

other ways as well, such as doing things to

cover up the things that makes us look bad,

befriending people we may not like but

who will make us look good, or appearing

more successful than we actually are. Our

need for looking good is as strong as our

need for air, food, and water. Sometimes

stronger.

We look good to avoid being found out.

We look good to protect our position, even

if our position is faulty or flat out wrong.

We look good by saying things that will

make us look good. We look good by

making others wrong, by playing small,

or big, by hiding out... The list goes on and

on. The kicker is that when looking good is

our focus, we miss out on so much of what

life has to offer.

Everything we're trained to want is inspired

by the need for looking good. In fact, for

most of us, being committed to health,

fitness, and diet isn't nearly as much about

living well and being healthy as it is about

looking good. Looking good is the comfort

zone in which we live. However, what we

really want and need in life may be outside

of our comfort zone. What if, to achieve

profound joy, satisfaction, and enduring

results in our lives, wemust risk looking bad?

Let's make this crystal clear: For the person

who is 200 pounds overweight and hiding

out at home, it might look bad at first to start

walking every day, but it will sure start the

Looking forLooking Good?:


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FIT KIDS

The Importance of

BackgroundCHECKSBy Tracy Kruzicki,Youth Sports Director KEVA Sports Center

Most companies will run a criminal

background check which includes a sex of-

fender check along with a credit check. It is

important that these checks are run nation

wide and are conducted annually. In

addition to conducting background checks,

organizations should check references and

get feedback from past employers as well.

The safety of our children is at stake. Every

company should take the time and spend

the money to have a background check

conducted on all their employees and

volunteers.

Parents enroll their children in a

program fully expecting that they will

be safe from harm. Most parents fill out

the requested waiver and emergency card,

pay the fee and then show up on the day of

the program. However, what some parents

don’t know is who is actually coming into

contact with their children while they’re

participating in that program. Parents need

to ask themselves, “Who are these people,

and what experience do they have working

with children?”

Anyone who will be working with our youth

should be subject to a criminal background

check. This goes for paid employees, as well

as volunteers. There are many companies

available that conduct these checks for a

minimal fee. However, it is important to

research these companies, as well as what

kind of background checks they complete

and the accuracy of the results.


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CHAMPION’S CORNER

Susan Schop,Client of ChampionStyle Athletics

Making of a Champion

Susan Schop, a regular Madison mom hasbeen training under the direction of Hay-wood Simmons at Champion Style Athlet-ics since March 19, 2009, and has beenchecking in with us monthly to give us ataste of her experience as she pushes herboundaries.

8/12/09It has been an interesting past few weeks.My training routine hit a major snag lastweek as I spent two days at the hospitalwith kidney stones. That was painful. Infact, my body is still recovering from theonslaught of pain I had to endure. Thecauses could be anything from genetics todehydration to excessive calcium or anumber of other potential culprits. Thereality is that I do not want to allow thisattack to derail my goals of being in the bestphysical condition I have ever been in.I have worked too hard for that. Just priorto my hospital stay, when I was already ex-periencing bouts of major pain, I stoppedby the gym and worked out on a treadmillunder Haywood's supervision. I amscheduled for a regular intense workout intwo days. I'm a little apprehensive, to behonest. I hope I have not lost too much ofthe momentum I was building prior to thekidney stones. I suppose every championgets knocked down occasionally. My testwill be in how I bounce back.


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