2020 WACKY Rim to Rim
These Wacky Warriors made the trek at the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim on Monday! Everyone was well prepared, finishing in impressive times with minimal recovery the next day. Very easy for me to say as I was just along for moral support. Crazy thing is they lifted my heart with not only their outstanding fundraising results, […]
The 13th Annual Wacky Softball Tournament
We are driving back home to St George with full hearts and teary eyes as we reflect on the amazing tournament played this weekend. Congratulations to: 10u Wasatch United, 1st place Regulators, 2nd place 12u Heat, 1st place Utah Magic, 2nd place 14u Mountain West, 1st place Avalanche (Skylar), 2nd place 16u Heat, 1st place […]
Our 12th Annual WACKY Softball Tournament
A special thank you to all our participants, parents, family members, coaches, Desert Peak Complex, umpires and especially, our cancer cuties. Congratulations: 12U: Heat ’08 – 1st place and Utah Rush – 2nd place14U: Heat ’06 – 1st place and Firecrackers 2nd place16U: UFC Baker – 1st place and Bad to the Bone – 2nd […]
10th Annual Wacky Softball Tournament – It’s a Wrap!
Whew, what a weekend! We had sunshine, rain and wind; we had coaches, players and parents; we had fighters, survivors and angels; we had contests, UVU players and prizes; we had petitions, sponsors and posters; we had cheers, sighs and tears; we had tee shirts, bows and medals; we had Minions, Frankenstein and tutus; we […]
9th Annual Wacky Charity Softball Tournament
From the Opening Ceremonies on Thursday all the way through to the last out in the championship game late Saturday night, the tournament was an enormous success! Thursday night was a blast! About half of the 40 teams came out to show off their skills and a few of our cuties came out to cheer […]
8th Annual Wacky Softball Tournament – Results
A big thank you to all of you that participated as volunteers, players, coaches, parents, umpires, Wacky supporters and Cuties! We will be announcing the final numbers of the generous donations that were made this weekend early next week. It was the best tournament we’ve hosted yet!! Wacky Warriors kicked off the tournament on Thursday with Opening […]
#outlivingit #KIND
Today is the last day of the #outlivingit #KIND campaign for First Descents. So my post today will get to the heart of why Nick inspires me. Back in Aug of 2009, he was feeling a bit mentally, physically and emotionally overwhelmed having endured a rough summer. He had relapsed in his pancreas in April, […]
Nick talks about Wacky in a new video…
Several months ago, we received all the unused video footage taken of Nick when “Turning Point” filmed a story on First Descents. We met with the producers and asked them to combine various clips and design a story about Wacky Warriors based on Nick’s words. We are extremely proud to share this short video – […]
Wacky Rim to Rim Completed!
After Lee & I completed our 10 hour training hike a week prior to the R2R, Lee hesitantly and very carefully commented that I may not make the “big” hike. My response was predictable – I cried. And cried. And cried. In a feeble attempt to make amends, he said, “I promise I will walk […]
A story about hard times…
I am currently training for one of our upcoming Wacky events – hiking the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim in one day. And I hate it. It is hard. Really hard. I was talking to my daughter last month – well, not talking actually, but whining. In her classic ability to be completely non-empathetic, she interrupted me to say, […]
