Concordia University's songs

Alma Mater
Dear old Tow’r that shines above us,
Dear hearts that catch the gleam,
Though miles and years remove us
Of you we’ll always dream.
From Plum to Blue and yonder,
We rise Concordia’s own
To praise as far as we wander
The good that on us shone


Fight Song
On, Concordia, On, Concordia,
Pep that team of yours.
Fight, Concordia, Fight, Concordia,
‘Til we win this game.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
On, Concordia, On Concordia,
Pep that team of yours.
Fight, fellows, fight
And we will win this game

REAL 'Old School'

Can you find Coach when HE was a cheerleader, Waaaaay back in 1988 at Concordia University in Nebraska? Clue; No goatee and no gray. Oh, and not near as fat!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Kenneth Kahl Jr of Buck Grove. Ken was Boyer Valley's first bulldog mascot, "Cujo" back in 2001. Kenny recently completed his Masters' degree in Communications from Middlesex University in London! Not only that, he got the highes score in his class (or was that the highest score possible? Whatever, point is, he is now officially smarter than me)

Congratulations Ken-man!

Above: Kenny, under a bridge in London, next to some graffiti of a monkey trying to ignite a bomb- probably to blow up the bridge.
At Right: Here's Ken with some chick named "Lisa." (I swiped this picture from his FaceBook page). In addition to being "Cujo" for the Boyer Valley Bulldogs, he was also "Spike" for the Concordia University Bulldogs in Seward, NE (that also happens to be Coach Mallory's Alma Mater) But after about a year of that, he decided that he hated cheerleaders ( I think it was just THAT squad that year) and he went cold-turkey on the mascot thing.

Hey, here's an idea- if you're an Alumn of BV Cheer or LA Lutheran Cheer too, Heck, if you're an alum of Concordia, Seward Cheer (even if it wasn't the year Kenny or I were on) Why don't you send me an update as to what you're doing now, where you are, and maybe a picture and your favorite cheer or mascotting mamory and I'll post them here. If nothing else, send me your email address and snail-mail address so I can keep in touch. If you want I can be your sourse for if you're trying to get back in touch with someone else you cheered with. Send me your stories (mostly at:ted.mallory@gmail.com) or malloryt@boyer-valley.k12.ia.us

Are you out there BVHS & BVMS Cheerleaders?:
Courtney Spreng
Lacey Summerfield
Christina Rose
Candace Twait
Kenny Kahl- (See above)
Jennifer Bonsall
Audrey Lave
Sadie McDonald
Iris Guyanillo
Leah Baldwin
Alicia Nelson
Randi Stephens
Traci Mefferd
Ashley Bolysen
Heidi Shaben
Felicia Westerberg
Nicole McClure
Stephanie Cogdill
Jena Greenwood
David Anderson
Todd Cogdill
Maureen Clemon
Rosemary Wacheldorf

Are YOU out there LAL Jr/Sr HS Cheerleaders?
Jamie Snyder
Xela Tarnelli
Amy Corilla
Lindsay Hore
Tiffany Ballenger
Leal Moret
Stacie Johnson
Tia Lear
Talisha Sampson
Christina Hernandez- (Now the Cheerleading Coach at LALHS)
Nyasha Bralock
Suzanne Bostrom
Melissa Leake
Jill Johnson
Julie Favazzo
Christy Taylor
Jamie Merrill
Jeraldine Kuerbiss
Amanda Parker
Treva White
Katie Sullivan
Tiffany Blackford
Kim Johnson
Heidi Christine
Heather Hager
Nicole Wilson
Nia Soto
Christel Wertz
Win Sun Winnie Yoon
Amy Meyer
Nicole Stabile
Kristen Snyder
Courtney Takahashi
Jennifer Brumm
Gina Lamont
Erika Perez

Are You out there CTC squadmates?:
Erin Shamblin
Chris Boehnke
Tasha Siminson
Pete Morkert
Tonya Hammond
Jamie Speegle
Jim King
Amy Kohtz

REALLY 'Old School'

Yeah, that's me with no goatee and way too much really black hair.

This was homecoming 1988 at Concordia University, Nebraska

Pretty embarrassing, but this blog wouldn't be here if it weren't for that football season in Seward.

Yes, I was a college cheerleader

You know what, I'm not even going to tell you which one is me. This is the Spirit Squad for Concordia Teacher's College in the fall of 1988. An interesting statistic is that 50% of all collegiate cheerleaders are male.

So here's the story: As a Freshman I was looking for ways to get involved and to serve my new alma mater. I was a Senator from my dorm floor. My roommate and I were hanging out in the student union (we called it a "campus center") when these girls asked us to join the cheer squad. "We'll call you yell-leaders, not cheerleaders," they said, "we need some guys so that we can build stunts," they said.

What 18 year old guy can say "no" to a girl? The rest is history.