CS News

DATELINE: August 7, 2019

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Arts and Crafts

COD is Miss Havel Hall. Haven was an absolute shrinky-dink superstar! Keep it up!

Arts & Crafts Adv.

Georgia McCullough was AWESOME today crafting her heart out and having F-U-N!

Baseball

Georgia McCullough had a swell day today at baseball during which she had two great hits and helped catch a base runner that was stuck in a pickle! Nice job, Georgia!

Baseball Adv. 

All the campers in advanced baseball did a great job of creating a new baseball game today! Henry Hugele and Reid Grotevant had a lot of F-U-N and brought a new positive stance to the field today!

Basketball

Braden Hale played great in knockout today! He even showed awesome sportsmanship by helping other campers to stay in the game!

Basketball Adv.

Will Thompson and Meg Hughes both won COD today! Med showed off some great shooting, while Will played phenomenal defense!

Basketball Outdoor

Jayden Richardson did it all this morning! He won our shooting game, did great in the scrimmage, and even broke out some creativity in our dunk contest!

We had an aca-awesome potentially final day of ziplining at challenge course for summer 2019! S/O to the final COD’s Jillian Vance, Julia Brumer, and Annalise Hale! Way to go ya’ll!

Cross Country

Today’s COD in cross country is Millie Young! Millie went all out with paint for war paint Wednesday and even led our game in the sprinkler! Great job, Millie!

Football

On perhaps our last day of football, COD goes to the terrific trio of Braden Hale, Jordan Johnson, and Kyle Lobsinger. These guys were amazing today and 100% embodied the Sweeney spirit!

Frisbee

The 2019 Sweeney Open is now closed! Thank you to everyone for a fantastic summer but especially to our last set of CODs for ending with a bang! Way to go Luke Edwards, Wyatt Parker, Landon Clark, and Tony Johnson!

Hiking

Shout-out to everyone in first period hiking for making this class the best ever! We love the effort and motivation everyone put in! Yo yo, today’s camper of the day is Jack Swanson for always having a big smile and making sure the rest of the class is doing the same!

Lacrosse

The COD in Lacrosse was Elliot Derington! Elliot was awesome today! He was throwing dimes, making plays, and helping out his team during the scrimmage! Way to go Elliot!

Mini Golf

Mini golf had an absolutely fantastic class and saw some great golfers come out to play. Ben Asarch led the way with a couple near hole-in-ones and a lot of great putts!

Paintball

Hey epic gamers! We had a hoppin’ last official day of paintball playing some D(iabetes)-day on the hill. Campers of the day are Henry Hugele and Amiracle Manzay for their unrivaled spirit and valiant efforts! Great job, everyone!

Roller Hockey

“What are we doing Wednesday?” was wonderful! We had some Quidditch, dodgeball, stick hockey, flat earth debate, kidney education, and even curling! But most importantly, we had a whimsical last day of roller hockey thanks to our wicked awesome seniors and CODs Sarah Golightly, Sydney Underwood, Taralyn Moll, Kate Nissen, and Lydia Parsa! We love y’all and we are going to miss y’all! #rollerhockeyCITs

Skatepark

On this day in skate park, two valiant and hard-working skaters were named! Christopher Boyd and Charlie Amis!

Soccer

Soccer was amazing today! We had so much fun! Our camper of the day today is Jessie Huberman! Way to go, Jessie!

Soccer Ironman

Christian Arroyave played awesome in the last day of Iron Man! He was all over the field keeping everyone involved! He also hit the cross bar for an extra token! Great job Christian!

Sweeney Fit

EJ Collins showed off her determination and grit today by completing the Sweeney Swoldier, aka the toughest mental and physical challenge at Camp Sweeney!

Swimming

2nd: Our COD for 2nd period swimming is Aedan McClain for his constant and contagious positive energy! 3rd: Leigh Evans had an absolute blast hanging out with all campers, young and old! Thanks for always being so inclusive! 4th: Lydia Jeter is our COD for her social skills and swimming skills! She always has a great conversation with friends and loves to keep cool in the water while doing it! 5th: Swimming’s finaly COD for today is McKenna Wilson for taking all possible periods of swimming and always putting a smile on people’s faces!

Swing Dance

Swing dance COD is (drumroll please)… Cassie Sellers! She brought so much joy to class and we are all so proud of her. Thanks for an awesome class and great soggy crunch time!

Tennis

Today’s COD is Riley Visor! Riley had a ton of fun using two rackets in crazy ball, and he splashed everybody with water balloons at the end of class to help us cool off!

The COD in volleyball is Alaina Dudley. Lil Dud had some bullet serves and helped bring the Alpha’s to a victory on the court!

Waterpark

Caroline Campbell helped inspire a few members of her class to set the record for number of people on the blob with a whopping 11 people! Way to go Caroline! #blobbing The intertube was no match for Ro Miguel today as he stayed on while it flew at a 180 degree anlge! #theirongrip

Weightlifting

Today was an awesome way to end weightlifting 2019. Thor Anderson came out of nowhere and was busting out some deadlift. Also, Reese Brackeen deserves COD too! There’s strong, then there’s Sweeney strong! #sweeneyswoldier

DATELINE: August 6, 2019

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Arts and Crafts

Miss Maddy Remington made a fly friendship bracelet for a beautiful Bonner Babe today. Keep it up, girl! You rock! COD for period 4 goes to Miss Alice Jewell (& her pal lil Jimmy). Alice, great work today!

Arts & Crafts Adv.

Miss Hannah Alexander, Ariel Lewis, and Riley Horton are all COD! These girls all poured their hearts into our paint pouring craft, acting as leaders and helping out! Great work, ladies!

Baseball

Braden Hale is COD for hittin’ dingers and leading his team to victory!

Baseball Adv. 

Ryder Bracht, Reid Grotevant, John Klevenhagen, Henry Hugele, and Meg Hughes were all CODs today for literally having the most F-U-N possible!

Basketball

Nicholas Equitz was a sharpshooter in knockout today! He stayed active all class and set a great example for others!

Basketball Adv.

Thor Anderson was making layup after layup in today’s scrimmage! He also showed great defensive effort and was an awesome leader for his team!

Football

COD goes to the lean green mean footballin machine Kyle Lobsinger for his sick lobs and great attitude!

Frisbee

The Sweeney Open started off with a bang today! Jayden Richardson was slinging some mad rips, Dylan Bush had an awesome solo speed run, and Jesse Huberman showed off her frisbee magic skills!

Hiking

Yo, Preston Thompson was the bomb.com in first period hiking with his great outfit and good conversation! Olivia Kinney was the vibes of the class spreading F-U-N to the M-A-X! #tacolife

Lacrosse

The CODs today in lacrosse is Abi Harrill for her grit on the field. She was killing it during the scrimmage, getting tons of groundballs, and putting herself in a position to make plays. Way to go, Abi!

Paintball Combat

1st: Newcomer, Cman Perryman, really stepped up to the plate today and delivered an amazing performance in TDM! He was advancing aggressively, and looked like a real paintball veteran! 3rd: Our COD for period 3 in none other than Damean Winders! He fixed his own gun and used it to really bring the pain! Talk about a paintball expert!

Rocketry

COD: Georgia Carter was a great leader in rocketry!

Roller Hockey

Sydney Underwood was going hard all class long and having the best sweaty time in the Texas heat radiator of a hockey court!

Skatepark

COD is Mara Matthews for her hard work and diligence perfecting her ripstick skills!

Soccer

Soccer was absolutely incredible today! We had so much F-U-N in the S-U-N!! Our COD is Lawton Lee! Way to go, Lawton!

Sweeney Fit

Mitchell Cudworth showed us his phenomenal jump rope skills today on his favorite day of the week: leg day!!

Swimming

2nd: Swimming’s COD is the crazy Jessie Huberman for staying cool all while being cool showing off her speedy swimming skills! 3rd: Kaylee Gonzales is a special swimming first timer today for going down the slide for the first time ever!

Tennis

COD today is Matt Hagen! Matt came out of the lake run and still managed to bring his energy to round robin and miss’n touch. He also did a great job in bobsled, helping his team win!

Ben Asarch did an excellent job serving for the first time today! He was all over the court hustling left and right!

Waterpark

4th: Lucas Equitz was a fantastic wake-boarder on the Dealey Blue today! Way to show them how it’s done Lucas! #raindrop #droptop 5th: Nate Bruno hit up every location in water park today. From the trampoline to the slide, to the tube! Keep up the high energy!! #tubing

Weightlifting

Today was quite the day in weightlifting. James Polei was hitting some deadlift, some bench and some boxing. Shoutout to James!! #sweeneyswoldier

DATELINE: August 5, 2019

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Archery

Our COD Hannah Powell is a veteran archer that’s been taking archery at Sweeney for almost a decade, but she shoots with so much excitement you’d think it’s her first time every time!  #sweeneyenergy

Arts and Crafts

Period 2: Today, arts and crafts had its very own crafting cactus champ… Miss Kathryn Hopkins. Keep up your watercolor wonders, Kathryn! Period 3: Mr. Graham Robertson is COD for his AMAZING ability to help others while having F-U-N. Great job! Period 4: Miss Eliyah Morales was PHENOMENAL today! From helping all the counselors out to making pillows for other campers, she did amazing. Keep it up!

Baseball

There was F-U-N in the S-U-N had by all in 4th period baseball! Hunter Haberman showed some serious grit and perseverance after getting hit by 2 pitches and still staying up at the plate to finish the at bat!

Baseball Adv. 

Third week baseball got off to a great start with some good BP and Ryder Bracht bringing the energy along with some awesome plays in the field!

It’s the beginning of the last week and these campers conquered the I CAN WALL with that PFC attitude! Congrats to Creed Spratt, Clayton Halpin and Garrett Dickey!

Football

Today COD goes to Jordan Johnson for being amazing, awesome, and being a super accurate Sweeney passer!

Paintball

Our COD today in paintball combat was Nathan Rogers. Nathan played for his first time ever and absolutely rocked it! Way to go, Nathan!

Paintball Jr.

Today in paintball jr., our cadets showed off their darangadon skills! Quade Hanson wowed us with his energy and Sweeney spirit, earning him COD!

Roller Hockey

Anastasia White was a supreme first timer and played on every side of the rink. You betcha!

Skatepark

Today’s COD goes to Sydney Mayo for being an awesome Sweeney skater and trying new tricks!

Sweeney Fit

Gus Ebner brought the energy today in Sweeney Fit! He was working hard and having F-U-N to the M-A-X all class long!

Swimming

2nd period: Kyra Fox was having absolute F-U-N in the S-U-N today jumpin’ all over the place! Love the enthusiasm! 3rd: The COD is Jack Attack Jack Cooper for being a ball of energy the whole period! 4th: Swimming or broadcasting? With our COD Aidan Abeita, you can have both! Thanks for being the best host this pool has ever seen!

Tennis

COD today is Garrett Laughlin! Garrett led us in King of the Court and rocked his match up in round robins!

Waterpark

3rd: The jet ski was no match for Henry Godwin today. Henry went full speed and was flung into the water but only wanted to go faster! 4th: Luke Edwards conquered the skis today He was riding with ease on two water skis and then kicked one off to go on only one!! Way to go! #raindrop #droptop

Weightlifting

Zach Farrington and Deegan Davis are the COD’s for doing a combo workout consisting of flys, planks, ropes, bench press, sit-ups, and push-ups. All while having F-U-N to the M-A-X in swole city!

DATELINE: July 30, 2019

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Archery

Our COD Jackson Kasson left all of us wide-eyed with his impressive shooting today! He’s made insane improvement since last week!

Arts and Crafts

Period 3: Miss Molly Russell brought the light and energy today in arts and crafts! Keep it up! Our COD Ryan Dehart spent the entire period painting plates in swirls…and had a great time doing it! #makeyourownF-U-N COD for 4th period arts and crafts is the super-duper Cooper Shackelford. Cooper had a ton of F-U-N with coloring pages. Keep it up!

Arts & Crafts Adv.

Miss Zella Stricklin was a superstar today, dishing out stellar succulent facts while making her craft!

Baseball Adv. 

Our COD today is Ryder Bracht! Ryder pitched strike after strike and lead the entire team.

Today at the power pole, Nicholas Equitz, Mackenzie Porter, and Meason Bakunas all conquered the challenge with strength, persistence, and courage!

Choir

Our camper of the day is Faye Barber!

Football

COD goes to to the talented Lily Anderson for her outstanding enthusiasm and effort in today’s game of football P-I-G!

Frisbee

Brady Almquist, Landon Clark, and Taralyn Moll were some spectacular spraying stars this shotgun Tuesday and earned COD honors!

Hiking

Alaina Urbach was the fire of 1st period hiking by leading in the front of the pack and pushing everyone to keep moving! 2nd period hiking was joined by Mandela the Moth! And the man the myth the legend, Lake Silcott carried him the whole hike! Good job lake! And it was a long walk!….

Mini Golf

COD is Tatelyn Alexander for battling through puddles on the course and staying diligent the entire class!

Paintball Combat

Hey gamers! You already know what’s going on- our campers of the day are Emily Kennedy and Will McClelland for overcoming obstacles and keeping the vibe F-U-N during our shorter classes! Thanks everyone!

Paintball Jr.

Camper of the day is the Prestigious Preston Thompson because of his ability to bent paint-balls like Beckham to pop balloons!

Rocketry

Grant Laughlin was super enthusiastic and engaged today as we started building our rockets!

Roller Hockey

Sydney Underwood defended Simmons and even took on an offensive role as she SKRRTTED over the ice!

Skatepark

Mitchell Cudworth is COD for not only teaching others to skate but also for getting after it right away and staying active the whole time!

Soccer

Today’s camper of the day is Ben Asarch!! It was an awesome day playing World Cup! Way to go Ben!

Sweeney Fit

Meier Turboff gave us a phenomenal dispay of his determination and grit today during the Sweeney Swoldier! He inspired others to persevere and compete this daunting challenge!

Swimming

2nd period: Emily St. Clair was extremely supportive of all her fellow swimmers and had a great time chasing around some little ones! Thanks for being you, Emily! 3rd period: Jessie Huberman was our swimming superstar of the morning!! She was a spider monkey on the Wibit and jumping frog into the deep end all period long!

Swing Dance

Swing Dance COD is Mara Matthews for her excitement and high energy. Love that doll!

Tennis

COD today goes to Alex Anderson! Alex did a great job with his forehand and backhands, and he hustled during crazy ball!

Weightlifting

Today, the man, the myth, the legend Bates Pulliam, had a routine planned our for him and Deegan. I’ve never seen so many crutches in one session. #sweeneyswoldier Today, Brayden Florence learned what old man strength was. He also was busting out some tractor pulls in weightlifting!

DATELINE: July 29, 2019

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Arts and Crafts

Period 3: Miss Jillian Kornegay was awesome today, having F-U-N and crafting it up! Great work! Period 4: Miss Taylor Phifer is COD in arts and crafts today! Taylor shared her F-U-N collection of colored gel pens with everyone! Thanks, Taylor!

Baseball

Today in a rainy day of baseball, Ryder Bracht lit up the field with his awesome fielding at 2nd base and great hit!

Basketball

Jayden Whitaker threw down some dunks today for the first time ever! He was a stellar point guard in our scrimmages, too!

Congrats to Charlie Amis for getting some sick shot on his Go-Pro during challenge course/rockclimbing , giving him camper of the day!

Choir

Our COD is Meason Bakunas!

Football

In today’s Sweeney football, the campers of the day are Alex Anderson, Lilly Anderson, Mackenzie Porter and Shan Jiwani for their AMAZING attitude and commitment on a wet day of football.

Paintball Combat

Hey Camp Sweeney! We had an F-U-N and manic muddy Monday in paintball! Camper of the day goes to Garrett Laughlin for not lettin a few gray clouds rain on his parade! #wetnwild

Paintball Jr.

Hey Sweeney Squad! We had a great first day of paintball jr. playing balloon stomp! Our camper of the day is Mr. Colt Cotten for outlasting everyone and popping their jurangadons!

Riflery Adv.

Campers of the day are two first time shot-gunners (and one pro), Jacquey Huelster, Izaak Garza, and Lucas Equitz! They all shot as if they’ve been here all summer, it was awesome!

Soccer Ironman

Fisher Smith played outstanding today! He was hustling and all over the field the whole period!

Sweeney Fit

Reese Brackeen put forth all of her effort today during our relays! She also held a wicked long plank during our plank competition! #mentallytough

Swimming

3rd Period: Our COD for today’s only morning class is Mari Marquardt for her constant energy and Baby Shark enthusiasm! 4th: The beautiful Bonner Babe, Allie Grayson was COD for her ferocious and relentless shark attacks! 5th: Nate Bruno is COD for his super swimming skills and making class F-U-N in the S-U-N!

Swing Dance

Swing Dance COD is Lilly Anderson! She was great at exciting the class in preparation for our performance this week! Love her!

Waterpark

3rd Period: Storm Park put the C in PFC today as he rode the jet ski today at maximum velocity! Keep it up Storm! #insulin 5th period: Tatelyn Alexander had a day at the lake full of energy and blob attempts! #acaawesome!

Weightlifting

Today’s COD is Meg Hughes for showing off some dead-lift skills and putting in work in the weight room hospital. #sweeneyswoldier Today Ryder Bracht was going ham in the weight room. This man was benching and lifting up a storm! #sweeneyswoldier