Category: Convergence

Family Ruck 001 – 11/18/17

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With the great success we had with Brew Ruck 001 back in March, we’re launching the family version, Family Ruck 001 on Nov 18th. As the name implies, this is a FAMILY event and we encourage and want Ms and 2.0s! No rucking experience needed, this is ment to be a family event not a CSAUP, so just grab a backpack, any weight or no weight is fine and let’s have enjoy some fellowship and rucking!

This is a 3.3 mile route within Baxter, with two stops along the way at Parks for a break for kids to play and activities.

The Start Point (SP) will be the Mushroom Pool (3387 Richard’s Crossing, Fort Mill), the route is detailed below and the EndEx will be the Baxter Town Center on Colonel Springs Way.

Start Time will be 15:00 (3pm), estimated arrival at EndEx ~17:00 (5pm).

For those looking for more than 3.3 miles, there will be a pre-ruck launching from the EndEx at 14:00 (2pm).

Nothing special required, your ruck, some weight and smiles, be smart about weight for 2.0s.

Please pack your own water!

Feel free to bring adult beverages for some 2ndF at the EndEx!

Route Map:

Route Details:

SP- Mushroom Pool

Miles

Cumulative
Miles

First Leg

SP down Richard’s Crossing, loop around end, back to Front St

0.46

Right on Front St

0.09

0.55

Right on Birkshire Heights

0.05

0.60

Right on Revival Row

0.35

0.95

Right on Olmstead St & back (dead end)

0.25

1.20

Right on Revival Row

0.04

1.24

Right on Birkshire Heights

0.14

1.38

End at Park at Birkshire Heights and Downing Dr

Second Leg

Head down Downing Dr

0.27

1.65

Left on Morris Hunt Dr

0.24

1.89

Left on Gardenia St

0.07

1.96

Jump on trail system

0.82

2.78

End at Allison Park

Third Leg

Right on Founders St

0.04

2.82

Right on Ellis Way

0.21

3.03

Left on Sonny Way

0.06

3.09

Left on Colonel Springs Way

0.20

3.29

End at Town Center field

Questions, comments, concerns, holler at WWL, Cobra Kai or CSPAN.

No patch has been designed or ordered, there are costs to do so, we are happy to if there is enough interest, let us know if you have ideas.

Aye!

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5 Year Anniversary Convergence BB

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Saturday, September 30th 2017 was a special Convergence for the PAX of The Fort. On that day we celebrated 5 years of using these small workout groups to invigorate male leadership in Fort Mill. To honor the occasion, 88 PAX gathered at one of our favorite AOs (Nations Ford HS) to celebrate the day and the leaders that made it all happen.

We also celebrated 6 Friendly New Guys that joined us that morning. Welcome Tubs, Band Camp, Jughead, Atari, Hat Trick, and Saul.

It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, however. Here’s how we got better:

Warmup (led by Ginsu)

  • Mosey to the football field
  • 30 Side Straddle Hops
  • 10, 4-count windmills
  • 30 Moroccan night clubs
  • 10, 4-count merkins
  • 10, 4-count Peter Parkers
  • 10, 4-count Parker Peters
  • 10, 4-count LBCs
  • 20 low slow squats

Split into groups (Run, Regular Bootcamp, Black Diamond, Ruck, Moderate Bootcamp)

Run (led by Birdcage)

  • 800 meter indian run
  • 1000 meter 10k pace with 1 minute rest x2
  • 200 meter 1 mile race pace 200 meter cool down x4
  • 400 meter sprint corners recover straights
  • 1600 meter cool down
  • 5 miles total

Bootcamp (led by Royale)

  • Mosey over to the concrete football field
  • 10 merkins
  • Lunge walk 10 yards then do 3 burpees
  • Next ten yards bear crawl then 3 more burpees
  • Rise and repeat until we hit the other goal line
  • 10 count – going over the Five Core Principals of an F3 workout
  • Next phase we broke into 4 groups
  • At each corner of the end zones there were 5 exercises written on a board.  We would complete in your group and then run to the next corner. Everyone would hit al 4 corners.
    • Corner 1
      • 20 Merkins
      • 30 Lunges
      • 30 Dying Cockroaches
      • 30 Ski Abs
      • 3 Kraken Burpees
    • Corner 2
      • 20 Ranger Merkins
      • 30 Squats
      • 40 Freddy Mercurys
      • 40 Shoulder Taps
      • 10 burpees
    • Corner 3
      • 20 Durkins
      • 20 Jump Squats
      • 50 American Hammers
      • 30 Monkey Humpers
      • 10 Mountain Climber Burpees
    • Corner 4
      • 20 Wide Arm Merkins
      • 20 Sumo Squats
      • 20 V-Up Twists
      • 20 Bombjacks
      • 10 Squat Burpees
We talked about the word of the month – Leadership.  I shared we all have an opportunity to lead through F3, just like we all have the responsibility to lead in our homes.  I know I struggle with the balance of work and family time.  As the leader of our households we need to support our Ms and be the examples to our children.
  • Mosey over to the round about
  • Each man would take a lap around 1st doing Lt Dans
  • Finally we would bear crawl.
  • Mosey to the football field for the last 30 seconds and some LBCs

Black Diamond (led by Backdraft)

  • Mosey from warm up top pull up bars
  • Pull ups/ Burpee challenge – 9 pull ups 1 burpee., 8-2 , 7-3 until finished.
  • Mosey to stadium run the bleachers
  • 10 derkins
  • 10 dips
  • Mosey to track run 1/4 mile as fast as you can. U vs. U
  • Mosey to end zone. Count off by 2s. split into groups first person flips tire 10 times than run end zone to end zone while next person flips tire everyone else continuously do 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 big boy sit ups. Keep going until all of group is finished.
  • 10 min 100 burpees. Do 10 burpees every minute on the minute. U vs. U
  • Mosey to 50 yard line 5 minute of Mary
  • Sideline sprints x 2 first set after you run 10 tuck jumps. 2nd set 5 hand release merkins

Ruck (led by Trucker)

2 20lb, 3 40lb, and 3 60lb sandbags were snagged from back of car as 8 PAX tucked down to the elementary school and dropped the sandbags next to the telephone poles. The 8 PAX carried the telephone pole around the parking lot. Left telephone pole where we found it and rucked backwards up the hill to the pull up bars. What’s a WO by Trucker without pull ups? YHC challenged the 8 PAX to do 2 sets of 5 pull ups with ruck on.

Rucked into stadium and lined up in 2 columns for sandbag throws from one end of football field to other and back. Then rucked up and down the football stand stairs from one end back. Rinse and repeat with sandbag throws and stadium stairs. Threw sandbags again down to other side of endzone and then formed 2 lines abs flipped tires from one end to other. Sandbag threw back to other endzone and climbed stadium stairs one more time. Finished with a 20 count flutters. Great work by seasoned and rookie ruckers.

Moderate (led by Short Sale)

  • MOSEY to Elementary School
  • Grab some Wall. Wall Sits while Pax at each end jumps out of line for 5 squats
  • Repeat with 5 Bombjacks.
  • Count off by 5’s and mosey to back of the parking lot
    • Number 1’s go to station #1
    • 2’s start at Station3, etc.
  • Stations: 3 minutes/station. Q calls stop & go
    • 1: 10 Merkins, 20 Calf raises
    • 2: 20 LBCs, 20 Monkey Humpers
    • 3: 10 SSHs, 20 Moroccan Night Clubs
    • 4: 10 Scorpion Dry Docks, 20 Squats
    • 5: 20 Imperial Walkers, 10 Apollo Ohnos
    • 6: 10 Broad Jumps, 20 Flutters
    • 7: 10 Bombjacks, 20 squat jabs
    • 8: 10 handclap merkins w/partner, 10 partner Derkins- Beloved by veteran Pax and FNGs alike
    • 9: 10 Jump Squats, 10 CDD’s
    • 10: 10 Dips, 5 jack Webbs
  • Mosey to Stop sign at bottom of hill for some Mary- Hello Dollies, Flutters, Protractor

MESSAGE ON LEADERSHIP- F3 gives us a great platform to grow our leadership skills and build confidence as a leader. The Pax will let you know if/when something has gone wrong but will also be there to lift you up. Also, the best leaders don’t focus on their ROLE, they focus on the GOAL. So, be the leader you were called to be.

Great group of men came to work. Veterans guided the FNGs and encouraged them at every step of the way. YHC kept reminding the group that it is UvsU out here. Some quality mumble chatter about what moderate means. Smiles all around when moved on from the stations.

Wrap Up

What we have at The Fort is special. It is a strong group of PAX led by men who live with intentionality. I am sure that each of us would agree that it has impacted our lives in ways that we will never be able to describe. At some point for each of us, we were gifted F3. We were headlocked by someone who recognized the impact that F3 had on them and how it could help us. With that in mind, let’s pay this gift forward. Be the leader you were called to be and use your influence to headlock the sad clowns around you, FNGs and Kotters, that are where you once were. Be a leader.

Ginsu

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5 Year Convergence + FNG Challenge PreBlast

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On September 26th, The Fort celebrates 5 years of invigorating male leadership in the Fort Mill community. To commemorate this occasion, we are pulling together the PAX of Fort Mill to a 1st F Convergence on Saturday, September 30th at 0700 at Nations Ford HS.

Join us on September 30th as we come together to celebrate this HUGE milestone. There will be 5 different workout options to accommodate PAX and every level. You have no excuses.

Also, with the time of year (weather + vacations are over), weekend date, late start time, workout options, and away Clemson & USC games, this is the PERFECT STORM for EH’ing FNGs. Add in the general excitement that a convergence generates and the conditions could not be more perfect. That said, we’re setting a goal of 20 FNGs. That’s roughly 1 FNG for every 20 PAX…we can do this…easily.

Here’s the Plan:

WHAT: Ruck

  • Q: Trucker
  • Time: 0700

WHAT: Bootcamp

  • Q: Royale
  • Time: 0700

WHAT: Run

  • Q: Birdcage
  • Time: 0700

WHAT: Black Diamond Bootcamp

  • Q: Backdraft
  • Time: 0700

WHAT: Moderate Bootcamp

  • Q: Short Sale
  • Time: 0700

Let’s celebrate the last 5 years of impacting this community and many more years to come!

Ginsu

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Principal Discipline at 3rd F Convergence

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On Friday, August 4th at Eternal Church at 0600 (1787 Pleasant Rd, Fort Mill, SC 29708) join several #HIM men in our community that have a significant influence on raising our children.  Join principals from all three levels of our schools represented who will engage in a panel discussion about discipline, to help us think about how fathers can help influence our children and our homes and they will be willing to take questions based on your experience in the school system.

Representing the elementary level will be Travis Howard from Pleasant Knoll Elementary School, Mr. Tony Caricari will represent middle school from Fort Mill Middle School and finally representing our high school level will be Dee Christopher.

As our children prepare to for another school year take this as an opportunity to prepare yourselves as we as fathers have a huge influence on our children’s education the way we parent, lead our families and engage with the school system.

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Rock Region Convergence PreRuck & PreRun

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  • QIC: Catfish/Riddler
  • When: 05/06/17
  • Pax: All PAX attending the Rock Region Convergence.
  • Posted In: Convergence

We are planning a PreRuck and a PreRun for the Convergence this weekend for all who are interested. Both will launch and end at the Patriot with time to prep for a Dredd and OBT workout. Come if you are interested or just want to push yourself.

Details (Routes will be given Saturday morning):

PreRuck – 5-Miles – Catfish on Q – Launch Time-0515.

PreRun – 3-Miles – Atlas on Q – Launch Time-0600.

 

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Convergence @ the Deep for the celebration of 1 year in Lake Wylie!

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  • QIC: Witch Hunt, Davinci, Wild Thing, Dark Helmet, Royale
  • When: 04/22/2017
  • Pax: Flux, Beast, Dark Helmet, Longshanks, Cornerstone, Limp Bizkit, NASA, Mighty Might, Haushka, Omaha, Rooney, Straight Up, Short Sale, Bones, Shady, Craw Daddy, Short Shorts, What Did, Twister, Bounty, Maximus, Bonsai, Geronimo, Deacon, Mr Clean, Cakeboss, Fish Sticks, Sharkbait, Change Order, Kenyan, Cornhole, Freebird, Sparkplug, Austin Powers, Andretti, Tesh, Sauerkraut, Olaf, Flea, Lutefisk, Mr Rogers, Mary Lou, Lil E, Bolt, Double D, Bart, Assassin, Villa, Chef, Jack knife, High Pockets, Nunchuk, Vuvuzela, Yogi, Lincoln Log, Spud, Sen Tressel, Cheers (FNG), Shakespeare (FNG), Cutter, Cable Guy, Witch Hunt, Davinci, Wild Thing, Royale (YHC)
  • Posted In: Convergence, The Deep

Convergence. Post it…and they will come… tweet out date…and they will come…close AOs…and they will clown car…

I had the privilege of coordinating the one year anniversary convergence of the launch of F3 on the west side of Lake Wylie. Since I was given the task of launching this 1st AO “The Deep” with my F3 brother Dark Helmet I was happy to get this thing rolling! So I found three of those PAX that started in the first two weeks at the Lake Wylie Launch. These PAX have bought in big time to all 3 Fs we bring to F3. I asked them to Q with me, and requested they share (in just 1 minute) what F3 has meant to them over this last year. Here are there workouts and words. but first…circle up!

COP on the soccer field for all 65 PAX together
20 SSHs – 15 IWs – 10 Windmills – 15 LS Squats – 10 Merkins – 20 Mountain Climbers – 10 Peter Parkers – 15 Plank Jacks

Count off by 4s, this is now your group for the rest of the hour. Follow 1 of 4 Qs. Witch Hunt, Wild Thing, Davinci and Royale.

The Thang from Royale:

I had the back side of the school, nice long running track so I set up a few cones and picked some fun stuff for the PAX to do.

First, Partner Up to switch between exercises:

Round 1
Partner 1 : Suicide Sprints for two cones
Partner 2 : BTTW
Round 2
Partner 1 : Bear Crawl to Cone 2 run back
Partner 2 : Wall Sits
Round 3
Partner 1 : Lt Dan’s to cone 1 and back
Partner 2 : Durkins on a bench (painful)
Round 4
All out sprint to cone #3!

Royale Moleskin

Being the “veteran” guy in Lake Wylie I focused my speech on the Leadership opportunities you are given as part of this group. I shared how one year ago, after I moved across the lake that guys like CSPAN and Pusher told me to just get out here and open your own AO. That’s how this F3 thing works! After dragging my feet for the winter, CSPAN came back to me and said hey, we’ve got a guy that can help you get this thing moving, and he hooked me up with Dark Helmet. As a team we finally got it rolling early in April 2016. I couldn’t have done it without him!

So how does F3 make you all Leaders? Let me count the ways…the opportunities are many!
– Lead a warmup
– Lead a workout
– Run an AO
– Run a 2nd F
– Run a bible study
– Start an AO

In summary, NONE of this works and is here without the PAX taking ownership and leading in all of these ways. Now get out there and find how you can show that Leadership!

The Thang from Wild Thing:

I wanted to revisit my first workout with F3 so I channeled Dark Helmet and Longshanks.

With the workouts firmly affixed to a cinder block by some good ole fashioned duck tape, we got started.

The PAX circled up with block in the middle. First man up would read the exercise and then take a lap around the islands while the remaining PAX completed that exercise. Repeat until all 10 exercises are complete or we run out of time.

First lap – Kracken Burpees (burpee with 3 hand release merkins)
Second Lap – Squat Jumps
Third Lap – LBC’s
Fourth Lap – Calf Raises
Fifth Lap -Carolina Dry Docks
Sixth Lap – Flutters
Seventh Lab – Merkin
Eighth Lap – Bear Crawl
Ninth Lap – American Hammer
Tenth Lap – Jump Lunges

Wild Thing’s Moleskin

I wanted to revisit this workout that only a year ago brought me to my knees and nearly splashing Merlot. I encouraged the group to look at their lives and think about how much better you will get if you show up and put in the work everyday. It doesn’t come overnight, but the results will compound over time.

Also a big “thank you” to everyone for pushing me over this past year and encouraging me to expand my horizons and try new things…

I look forward to what the next year has in store for all of you.

The Thang from Witch Hunt:

My section of the workout would include two of my favorite things: Partners and Burpees.

I setup four cones in a square pattern approx 25 yds apart. Pax would pair up and work there way around the cones.

Cone 1: Partner A: 10 Merkins; Partner B: 15 Squats; Partner A: 20 LBCs; Both 1 Burpee
Cone 2: Partner B: 10 Merkins; Partner A: 15 Squats: Partner B: 20 LBCs; Both 2 Burpees
Cone 3: Continue pattern adding 1 burpee at each cone

The goal was to continue this pattern until we got to 8 burpees. Each group met there goal.

Witch Hunt Moleskin

Thank you to all the Pax that have made my first year of F3 something I will not forget.
Witch Hunt

“Merkin Mile” at the Deep with DaVinci:

Rather than being a rinse and repeat of my fellow Q’s, I opted for a set-it-and-forget-it workout. Credit for my introduction to the Merkin Mile goes to Kenyan, one of our other original PAX at The Deep. The title pretty much sums it up: You run a mile, and along the way, you do some merkins. In my set up, the number goes down with each lap, which gives us something to look forward to.

Here’s The Thang:

Get a running start to first set of cones; do 9 merkins; run half a lap to second set of cones, do 9 merkins.
Complete lap to first set of cones; do 6 merkins; run half a lap to second set of cones; do 6 merkins; etc.
…do 3 merkins for lap 3
…do 1 merkin for lap 4

And then it’s off to the next Q!

Fun Fact: I didn’t consider the fact that I’d have to repeat this workout FOUR TIMES during the hour. So, as Shady pointed out, I had my own Merkin Mile 5K®. But I made it, and it was a lot of fun.

Thanks to all the PAX that came out to show support to us in Lake Wylie. We hope you will join us again.

Aye!

DaVinci’s Moleskin

When Royale was working on plans for the convergence and asked each of us to Q a segment of the workout, he requested we each give a mini testimony about what F3 has meant to us over the last year. While we only had a minute on Saturday, I want to take this opportunity to expand on what I said.

As I was thinking about what I hoped to say during my Q, the word I kept returning to in my mind was “thankful.” I am thankful for this group. For what it represents, certainly, but more for the individuals in its ranks. There are so many who have profoundly impacted my life over the past year. You welcomed me, worked out beside me, sweated with me, pushed me when I was ready to quit. You have prayed with and for me, and through your words and actions inspired me to hold myself to a higher standard as a man.

Because of this group, I am in the best shape of my life. In the past 12 months, at age 47, I trained for and ran my first 10K. I ran the Yeti with Dark Helmet. I ran the Palmetto 200 as a proud member of The Mostly Respectables. This weekend, I will be joining 60+ brothers to take part in the F3 Custom GORUCK Tough Challenge. On May 20th, I will be participating in the 2017 Ultimate Challenge MudRun with Cha-Ching, Wild Thing and Witch Hunt.

I am doing things I never imagined, and having the time of my life.

But more than that, is this:

Because of this group, I know I am a better husband and father than I was a year ago.

Because of this group, I have grown closer to our Creator than I have ever been in my life.

Don’t get me wrong: I am still a mess. But I am working on being better every day. And it is my prayer that thorough my presence in F3, I can in some way give to my fellow PAX what you have given to me.

For all this, I am thankful.

~ Derick Wells, 47, DaVinci

To close, Dark Helmet provided a wonderful breakfast on site, many of the 65 men got to stay and share stories and complements for the killer workout. It was really a sight for our newer Lake Wylie PAX to see that many men out at the Deep in support of these guys. I’m truly appreciative of everyone’s efforts and we all look forward to continued growth for the area.

-Royale

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Pre-blast for the Lake Wylie One Year Anniversary Convergence – Saturday 4/22

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One year ago… in April… the men of the Fort and Rock Hill brought F3 over to the west side of the Lake to battle the sad clown syndrome plagueing the men of Lake Wylie and Clover. It’s been a good year, and we’ve gained many PAX that like posting 5-6 days a week with their F3 brothers…but the work will not be complete until every man has killed that #sadclown in their souls! So on Saturday April 22nd at 7am, let’s gather together for a good old celebration convergence at the best AO you’ve NOT been to, the Deep! This beauty sits at the center of Oakridge Middle School in Lake Wylie, has all the best conditions that an F3 AO needs. And what if we run out of room? Then there’s another school right across the road! Complete with a running track and field…

We’ll have 4 Qs…YHC and 3 PAX that started at the Deep that one year ago…who we’ve seen become solid members of F3, get stronger in all 3 Fs in their lives, and helped build the F3 Lake Wylie area from 1 workout to 4 in just one year. Witch Hunt, Wild Thing and DaVinci will take you on the tour of this great AO!

We’ll have a solid 2nd F gathering right at the AO after the workout, so stay for some coffee and breakfast. We’d like your help with ideas or supplies for our 2nd F gathering. Dark Helmet has already promised to Q the 2nd F and will provide great mumblechatter…the likes he saves for convergence’s level work ONLY! And a special thanks to Dark Helmet, his work in the Lake Wylie area over the last year is one of the main reasons we’ve continued to see strong growth here. T-Claps to you brother!

All other Fort AOs will be closed this Saturday 4/22. Come out and tell the PAX of Lake Wylie how much F3 has meant to you…and bring that FNG you’ve been EHing for 6 months. They are always impressed by a convergence level beatdown!

Royale OUT…

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PREBLAST: Pre-Ruck before the Dragon Convergence

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Are you soooo ready to celebrate the 1yr Anniversary of the Dragon this Saturday (2/4/17) that you just cant wait till 0700?  No worries, grab a pack and meet YHC to do a pre-beatdown Ruck March/ Workout.  We will meet in the same parking lot area as we normally do but at 0530.  We will leave from there to conduct a short ruck around the block (approx. 3mi) as a warmup before the big game.

This ruck can be used to go towards Pathfinder or to just come out for the experience and fellowship.  If you don’t have a pack, hit me up and I will make sure we get one for you to use.

Saturday Time Schedule:

0530  Meet up for the pre-ruck

0545  Depart from the parking lot

0655  Arrive back to the parking lot

0700  Dragon Convergence BeatDown Commences

0745  Dragon Convergence BeatDown Ends

0800  Football on the Field!

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Thanksgiving convergence Food Drive

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PAX – As we prepare for our annual Thanksgiving convergence (PREBLAST BELOW)

http://f3nation.com/2016/11/01/an-f3-thanksgiving-a-tradition-unlike-any-other/

The Fort Mill Care Center is looking for donations to help kick off their Christmas Holiday Food Drive. We will be looking for canned vegetables, dry stuffing mix, instant mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc., as donations to be dropped off to them the Monday after Thanksgiving. On Thursday, please plan to bring any items you are led to bring to convergence.

If you will not be in town, please consider an early donation and leave it with the various site Q’s and I will coordinate pick up from them. We’ve always been a generous PAX and we all look forward to ways we can give back. There will be other opportunities as well, such as Operation Sweet Tooth and Turkey Trot. Aye!

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MAY 16 Convergence Pre-Blast

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Calling all PAX. One of F3’s younger members is stepping to the plate for an HC May 16 at #Tomahawk. Patton, 14, will lead a guaranteed to be brutal beat down. Patton, Socrates son, has been coming to workouts for many months and is ready to take the plunge. Let us gather and encourage this young man as he reminds us all what it was like when we were 14. The time 5:15 the place Doby’s Bridge Elementary School.

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