whats the best game you can name?

well its time for that good ol hockey game tonight! its been awhile since we last hit the ice for some hard hitting battalion action but here we are again about to take the rink! so wed march 28th be at the rink around 6:30 so we are ready to play at 7:00! whats that you dont have skates!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no worries tonights free rentals!! if you have a stick bring it if you have 2 and want to share bring it! that way we can all play. tonights predictions 1. final score will be 16-7 in lances favor. 2. Jason will get a hat trick. 3. an ol battalion vet will be making an appreance tonight. so i hope your spring break is going well and i hope to see a lot of guys out tonight for some good ol fashioned hockey! keep it real!

-bent ;)

sorry guys

hey everyone i just want to apologize for the big break in posts. lets say its my spring break for the blog? no real excuse but ive been gone to see family and ive been called to work more which is good but it means less of battatlion blog right now! anyway im sorry im trying my best dont forget this wed is hockey! ill get times and what not for you soon! keep it real guys hope life is good for you guys! later dayz

-bent ;)

P.S. im house sitting at johnsons so i dont have any pics so i just used one of theirs! later

a jorb well done

well another battalion night has passed us. this night was the last night in the gym before the very last night we have! between them are football and hockey! anyway ill get to that later. so the night started out with quite a few guys out which is always good. we had Jason as sarg (since he is the sarg) dev, joel, and kev were the corprals. (im a horrivble spellger). we got into our squad meetings and i cant really tell you how they went since i had to cruise down to DQ and pick up cheeseburgers for random bible check!!! so Lance handed out the burgers to those who had bibles. we broke into 2 teams for murderball and it ended up being a bit lopsided but still good times! i believe it was like 5 to 3 so not bad good games! we then headed to the corner as jer shared a story about Joseph and a story about daniel. both obeyed God but got thrown into jail and a lions den! yet in the end things worked out for them (read up). both were very trustworthy and honest in their work and thats what we should strive for as well as we work at jobs even jobs that suck (this is all from Jers mouth not mine). anyway we then went into a game of bulldog with Joel starting in the middle. after a good 20 mins of that dev C came out the winner! atta boy! so predictons. Jay got like 24 points so i got one for that! some kid i have never seen/saw in my life came so i was very suprised! he was a suprising fellow thats for sure! so 2 for me. and last some good friends of mine came that i have not seen/saw in awhile Jer H, Dav K, and Brian B! good to see you guys out again! so 3 for 3 woohoo! so no battalion next wed but stay tuned for some good posts coming up for the next week from some outside writers!!! but on wed 28 battalion is hitting the ice for some good ol hockey! cant skate you say? well guess what neither can I! dont worry those who are poor at skating will play against those who are poor skaters as well so its even! what no money for skating you say well guess what everything is free yupee! as well as pop! yessssssssssssssssssss! so be there!!! anyway i believe thats everything i need to report. have a great weekend guys and as always keep it real for Christ.

-bent

on the up and up

well tuesday just one day from the big night! Battalion!!! so tomorrow night is battalion and its going to be a normal night (as normal as it gets at battalion). we'll be starting around 7:00 so make sure you show up for 7:00. also ive got a lot of positive feedback from brigade night so if you were there be proud the night went well! if you wernt there well thats ok too try to get out next year! ok so predictions are as follows. 1. someone suprising will show up. 2. Jason will get 30 more points towards the memory work tonight. 3. some ol friends of mine will be there! there ya have it a bit open for predictions you say? well guess what they may seem that way but these will be the hardest predictions ever made! anyway i hope you guys are having a good week only two more days and its spring break! have a good one guys hope to see you out wed night!

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(picture is relient k)

How did wed go?

well as you may know there was no post for wed night. one of the first times this happened. i couldnt get out of work so i wasnt able to do it and it seems that no one was able to cover for me. so im sorry for the lack of post this past wed! in other news we still have a golf tourny and may long camp out this battalion season! besides that i dont have a whole lot to post! so have a great weekend and ill seeya next wed night! keep it real!

-bent

brigade night pics!

-bent ;) (pics brought to you by Cam Tyssen collage 1 and Lance Martens collage 2).

Nathan adds to the list of champions

well brigade sunday was tonight (sunday) and it went really well! we even had alumni Dan T and his wife Tiff out which is very encouraging! we had the stockade group do verses and presentations. treeclimbers said a verse, grade 3's (my guys) said a verse and lifted a table with their fingers! the grade 4, 5's said a verse and did the leap of faith (falling backwards into the groups hands). and lastly the grade 6's did a story on Jesus walking on water which was done real well i thought. we then had Jason, Dev, and Charlie do passages from the verse list making it closer to creation fest good timez! Me and Jason H went up and im sorry to say no top ten and i know some people missed it but i hope what we did instead was good! me and jay put on a puppet show of a "typical night at battalion" as well as a ping pong reinactment and a may long show. needless to say people thought it was funny and i got a lot of positive feedback from a lot of people which is very encouraging so thank you! next all the guys got up and did two songs for everyone which is always fun! Howard Pike (one of the top guys in brigade) got up and spoke on the fact that we need to continue reaching out to others in our communitee thru brigade! he ecouraged us (well me at least) to keep going and that we are doing an awesome job here in GF and all in all he had a lot of good things to say about us and it was very good to hear! Pike ended the night on a very good note and we then proceeded to the gym where lance set up all our shirts, posters, computer with some sweet pics and other various nick nacks from battalion. in the gym the ping pong finale was taking place! best of 5 between nathan ball and David pod! i believe nathan won 3 games to 1 but it was good ping pong to say the least! so a big salute to Nathan Ball for adding a new name to the ping pong trophy! good work man! after that the night slowly ended with people leaving but after all is said and done i am very happy about what happened and im glad to be a small piece in the large picture God has created thru battalion! thanks to all the leasers who made this night happen! keep it real.

-bent ;)

I guess theres hope for this underdog

well battalion went real well last night. we had a total of 46 boys plus 8 leaders making it one of the most packed nights of the year! it was great to see so many guys out! anyway the ping pong tourney went well many steped up to the plate but only two go on to the finals! we had former champiuon Parker Steadmen face off against Nathan Ball and sarg Jason Hayashi duel against David Pod! both games were best of 3 series and both games went to the third game! of the Parker Nathan game the former champion was beaten by nathan ball! and former second place sarg lost against David Pod. both David and Nathan are first timers for the ping pong champion game this sunday night at brigade night 6:30 at the GC church (where we meet every wed night). so this years event should be very exciting and you DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT! so other then that it was a wicked awesome night with alumni Calvin Peters and Ryley Heppner making appreances always great to see alumni back! so this sunday night at 6:30 is brigade night! please come with your shirt on and ready to sit and look good! i hope to see a lot of guys out. keep it real

-bent

"Ping Pong" or as the Chinese say "Ping Pong"

so the ping pong tourney isnt far away! im really looking forward to tomorrow night where people from all over Grand Forks (that are males between the ages of 12 and 18) will be competing for a title only given to few men! in the last 5 years or so only two men have had the battalion ping pong title! Calvin Peters and Parker Steadmen (who is only in grade 9)! so as you know i dont make predictions on big event nights but if these people show up tonight they could definitly take it! Jason H, Cam T, Parker S, and Taylor W. im sure there is much more that just dont come to my mind right now! for under dogs im going to put Nick D, Drew B, Kevin H, Sam J, and Hayden F. again im sure there will be plenty more suprises tomorrow tonight. so as always ping pong will be followed by brigade night the following sunday! please come out this sunday night at 6:30 with your battalion shirt on. there is no pressure for you to do anything but come and sit with the guys! thats all you have to do is come with your shirt and sit not much to ask. so please come! there will be good times and as always the ping pong finale that night! so anyway cant wait to see you all out the wed night please come early (between 6:30 and 6:50). keep it real.

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mr.3000

well my friends i got back from my spokane/kelowna trip and noticed that the blog has 3,050 hits! meening over 5 months 3,050 people have visited the battalion blog! its a great thing to see and all who are apart of the blog (either you send pics or just read it) give yourself a pat on the back and if you cant reach it then get someone to do it for you cause you deserve it! its been good times having the battalion blog and i hope everyone has enjoyed it! its good to be in the 3,000 club. look for a ping pong post tomorrow. later dayz

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Alex E is in the house

well another great night at Battalion! it was crazy how many guys we had out when we started! usually guys sneak in 15 mins after we start but pretty well everyone was right on time and ready to go! i believe we had about 40 with leaders so the lines had to be pushed back further in the gym due to so many guys! always good to see like Lance says always room for one more. so we started in our squad meetings with Jason as sarg Mike Joel and Jordan as corprals. the group i was in did a fine job talking about the story of saul turning into paul. we then broke into a game of sardines (no idea how to spell) with Joel hiding in the church i believe he was under a pew in the balcony. after we got the murder balls out for you guessed it murder ball!! the teams were pretty even and it came down to a 2-2 tie for the last game! but with work and effort lances team won (i was on that team yay!) after Jer broke down the Squad meeting for us letting us know that it is important that we obey our parents but even more important that we tell our parents and family about Jesus if they do not know about him. if you are in this situation make sure to talk to one of the leaders if you need help and tonight i will pray for all those who are in that situation i know it must be hard and we at the blog salute you. so tonights predictions were as follows. 1. Drew B may not have destroyed at murderball but he did get to the top 5 for bulldog so im giving myself a point for that! 2. Dev C did get 20 points tonight for memory work! (plus 10 more). so thats 2 for me 3. though it did not rain between 7 and 9 here it did rain at the coast between 7 and 9 so thats 3 for 3 woohoo!!! and Lance and Mike thought my predictions were to specific ha! so anyway as i sit and sip my orange crush from a glass bottle (crazy eh) i wonder what the future of the blog will be come the end of may?! will it continue through summer with various posts? will it continue in september? is the blog world dieing and new trends arising? personally i would love to see this blog continue till the day Jesus comes back, but who will take over? Sam J has offered to take the reigns but i want you as the reader to write in what you think should happen for the blog and who should take over! please email me at abendigo16@hotmail.com or leave a comment (dont be too meen please). anyway thats all for now dont forget ping pong next week! and not this sunday but next sunday at 6:30 is the brigade night so please come with your shirt and prepare for a good night! later dayz

-bent ;)

P.S. i laugh every time I see that pic! good summer blake good summer! peace ;)

date wrong

so the last post i refered everything to "tonight" even though the date says it was written on tuesday it was actually written on wed so the date is behind. anyway new poll question try not to mess it up by voting a bunch. please just vote once that would be great! so only vote once! one vote is the vote you get! 2 is right up and too high. 0 is not enough! one is the vote you need to use! one is the number you need! ok so one vote. anyway seeya tonight unless you are reading this and you are female (which is great). and i guess i wont see you if you dont live in GF, or maybe your an old man so i wont see you (except lance and jer). and i guess you wont be there tonight if your too young to come but we are waiting for you! um ya anyway keep it real!

-bent

P.S.............................one vote

7 days later

well its that time again! another night at the ol GC Gym! battalion tonight is at the normal 7:00 time at the GC gym. a week today will be ping pong tournament and the defending champ Parker Steadman will be back to defend his title! also do not forget that the first weekend in march (sunday 7:00) is brigade night so mark it on the calander so you can be there!!! so for tonight i predict drew B will destroy all in his path for the game, Dev C will get 20 points for the memory work, and it will be raining sometime between 7 and 9. so there you go battalion predictions and weather predictions! so thats all i have for you i hope to see you all out tonight! later dayz

-bent ;)

Some Pics

well heres some pics for you from the boxing night!

-bent ;) (pictures brought to you by Cam the "big mac daddy")

Top Ten Ways To Make Soccer More Exciting!

10. Play in the dark with a glow in the dark ball

9. Blindfolds and stilts

8. Give one guy on each team one of them James Bond Jet-packs

7. Let super mario and friends play

6. Allow goalies to use handguns

5. Have some poor jerk in the middle of the field trying to set up a model railroad

4. Spike Lee on the sidelines talkin' trash

3. Eliminate game itself; let hooligans battle it out on the field

2. Change name of sport to "DEATHBALL 2000"

1. Let 'em use their frickin hands!

-bent ;)

love is in the house and the house is packed

well it was a awesome night at battalion valentines addition. i was completley wrong there was no dance and there was no basketball game either! so we ended up with 30+ boys which was awesome! missing out on a lot of regulars i might add. so the night started off with mike as the sarg and jordan, dev, and kevin were the corprals! after squad meetings we played a tight game of football as in close! the teams were really even which made it awesome and jers team won by only a point over lances! we then went to the corner where i handed out burgers from our sponsers at DQ that lance got for us. as we ate our burgers lance broke down the squad meeting for us telling us about the body of christ and how we need each other as christians! we may be able to live without an arm or leg but it would suck! and even though we may be able to live without arms and legs we cannot live without our head which is Jesus Christ! so good work on the bible study lance i thought it was very well done! after we played bulldog with the boxing champ deven chursinoff in the middle and it resulted in the first round with everyone tackling me for my b day which is pretty cool even though it hurts! after we finished owen (not spisak) came out the victor which is pretty rad since it was his first time! good going man! anyway it was an awesome night and thanks to all the guys who wished me a happy b day like lance said its always good to surround yourself with good christian friends so thanks guys means a lot to me! 2 weeks ping pong tourney and first weekend in march brigade night! better be there! o and for the predictions i hit a solid 3 for 3! ya hat trick for my b day! and the canucks won so thats even better! keep it real guys seeya next week!

-bent ;)

battalion+violence=LOVE

well it only happens once every 25 years a valentines battalion! so im sorry on teh horribly late post but ive been laying back in k town for the last few days and didnt get to the blog! so anyway tonights battalion falls on valentines which means happy b day to Tim F and Ben J! tonights predictions are as follows. 1.some guy is gonna get bugged about his girlfriend. (maybe Jason) 2. someone will be dog piled (no idea who thats gonna be). and 3. we will have a medium number of 28 boys due to the valentines dance! i hope for more but for some reason guys are more interested in standing in a gym then actually doing something in a gym! hee hee anyway i hope to see lotsa guys out tonight! and a big happy valentines from the guys (ben) at the battalion blog! make sure to buy flowers for a girl (moms defiently count). later dayz

-bent ;)

some new additions to our blog

well ive been working a bit on the blog today and i wanted to let you know some things ive added to it! first thing there is a new poll question on the side under the links so check that out! secondly im doing some free advertising for john reuben by the site meter at the bottom of the screen (check it out we are almost at 3,000 hits!). and lastly ive added a map (as seen on wilson blog) to our blog! its very easy just click on add me and then type in the info (where your from, email, a pic of yourself, and a shout out to the blog!). so i encourage all of you to enter in once and the we can take a look at all the people who enjoy this blog and visit it! anyway thats all for now stay tuned for more upcoming battalion good times! later dayz.

-bent

The champ is here! The champ is here!

well the results are in for the 2nd annual battalion boxing event! this year we had two leagues the light weight and the heavy weight! the night started with the Emery song studying politics and Jason with the new robe and boxing gloves doing his thing! we started with the light weight group and the guys grade 7 to 9 fought it out for a chance in the big leagues! it came down to Brad and Sammy J with Brad being the victor! both of them got to proceed to the heavy weights to show em what they were made of. in the heavy weight division both Brad and Sammy went out though Sam made it to one on one with Jason. it ended up being Mike T Devin C Jason H and Scooba S. (steve F). the fight was one of the most intense ones yet and went for a good long time. first out was Scooba S (whos only in grade 10 i might add) after that dev mike and jay went for a long battale ganging up on each other until mike and dev took out jay! the last two in the ring were dev and mike and though a valiant effort mike came up short making Dev the victor! way to go Dev we at the battalion blog salute you! Brad winner of the light weights recieved a coupon from our sponsers at DQ. Dev the winner of the heavy weights and the whole boxing tourny won the belt, the robe, coupon from DQ and of course the helmet! also this year we had everlast speed bag with the help of Charlie L and Bruce J making a stand for it! we also had a everlast punching bag. Ted M and Bruce J made us hotdogs throughout the night which was also very much appreciated and tasty! big Mac daddy also made a camio by running the sound system playing that funky music! all and all the night went very well and a big thanks to Lance and the leaders of battalion for getting everything together for all the guys! congrats to the 2nd annual boxing champ Devin Chursinoff! next week same battalion place same battalion time! hope to see you there! later dayz

-bent ;)

if you even dream about beating me you better wake up and apologize

well boxing is before us! i guess Sam didnt want to do a recap from last wed and i was not there so i cannot do it but from what i have heard Dev got a black eye from Mike (the game) and Kevin Hayashi had to spend the night at the hospital due to injuries from Mike (the game) though i hear they are both doing fine! anyway like i said boxing is this wed night one of the biggest nights of the year! Jason Hayashi will have to defend his belt but not his boxing title since this is the second annual battalion boxing event and the last perosn to win was Ben Jepsen. so Charlie Langis will not be making an appearance on wed due to work so that leaves Jason Mike Joel Jordan and Evan for grade 12's this year. doesnt meen that one of them will win but those are the big guys! there will be some new twists and turns to the boxing event this year one of them being a new light weight league for grades 7-9 and a heavy weight league grades 10-12! the winner of the light weight league will get a chance to compete in the heavy weight league! so like every year this year should be just as exciting (if not more) then the last! i cant wait to see you all there for the big event! later dayz

and now some quotes from Muhammad Ali

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

-bent