Daily Reading Efforts - December 2025

12/31/2025 (75 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 240-243)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 206-227)

Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration (Pages vii-xi, 1-14) - 150pp

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports (Pages 58-71) - 207pp
Tommy Bowman:  Answering The Call (Pages ix-xii, 1-12) - 155pp

12/30/2025 (68 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 228-239) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 187-205) - 227pp

Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War (Pages 135-166; Kindle)

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports (Pages 53-57) - 207pp

12/29/2025 (78 pages)

Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War (Pages 103-134; Kindle)

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports (Pages 7-52) - 207pp

12/28/2025 (75 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 209-227) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 173-186) - 227pp

Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference (Pages 28-69) - 247pp

12/27/2025 (85 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 193-208) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 159-172) - 227pp

Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War (Pages 68-102; Kindle)

Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference (Pages 8-27) - 247pp

12/26/2025 (97 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 178-192) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 147-158) - 227pp

Barbara Jordan:  The Biography (Page 129-145)
Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War (Pages 36-67; Kindle)
Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference (Pages ix-xxii, 1-7) - 247pp

12/25/2025 (109 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 122-177) - 243pp

A Rock Between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch (Pages 1-8) - 187pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 126-146) - 227pp

Barbara Jordan:  The Biography (Page 105-128) - 145pp

12/24/2025 (14 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 108-121) - 243pp

12/23/2025 (81 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 91-107) - 243pp
A Rock Between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch (Pages xii-ix) - 187pp
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 117-125) - 227pp

Barbara Jordan:  The Biography (Page 77-104) - 145pp

God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 82-89) - 178pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 256-270, 273)

12/22/2025 (59 pages)

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 203-255) - 270pp

Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 23-28) - 218pp

12/21/2025 (82 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 77-90) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 107-116) - 227pp
Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War (Pages 7-35; Kindle)

God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 75-81) - 178pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 181-202) - 270pp

12/20/2025 (43 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 62-76) - 243pp

Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages xiii-xx, 3-22) - 218pp

12/19/2025 (85 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 51-61) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 96-106) - 227pp

Christmas in Plains: Memories (Pages 123-157; Kindle)

Native American Major Leaguers (Location 9742-9918; 19 pages (9); Kindle)

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 162-180) - 270pp

12/18/2025 (116 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 37-50) - 243pp
Barbara Jordan:  The Biography (Page 54-76) - 145pp

Christmas in Plains: Memories (Pages 67-122; Kindle)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 223-237)
Playing like a Girl:  Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports (Pages 191-198)

12/17/2025 (100 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 23-36) - 243pp

Christmas in Plains: Memories (Pages 11-66; Kindle)
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 68-74) - 178pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 200-222) - 237pp

12/16/2025 (63 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 5-22) - 243pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 176-199) - 237pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 141-161) - 270pp

12/15/2025 (96 pages)
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 89-95) - 227pp

Native American Major Leaguers (Location 9233-9731; 45 pages (22); Kindle)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 161-175) - 237pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 260-288, 1-6)

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 259-275; Kindle)

12/14/2025 (76 pages)
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 33-67) - 178pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 136-160) - 237pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 244-259) - 288pp

12/13/2025 (107 pages)
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 78-88) - 227pp
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages vii-ix, 1-32) - 178pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 226-243) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 216-258; Kindle)

12/12/2025 (50 pages)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 103-135) - 237pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 209-225) - 288pp

12/11/2025 (96 pages)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 67-77) - 227pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 79-102) - 237pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 128-140) - 270pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 192-208) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 185-215; Kindle)

12/10/2025 (131 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages ix-xvi, 1-4) - 243pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 48-78) - 237pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 88-127) - 270pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 176-191) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 153-184; Kindle)

12/9/2025 (84 pages)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 61-66) - 227pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 29-47) - 237pp

Playing like a Girl:  Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports (Pages 178-190) - 198pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 155-175) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 107-152; Kindle)

12/8/2025 (82 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 262-279)

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 70-87) - 270pp
The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 146-154) - 288pp
The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 70-106; Kindle)

12/7/2025 (20 pages)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 9-28) - 237pp

12/6/2025 - Nothing

12/5/2025 (30 pages)
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 45-60) - 227pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 56-69) - 270pp

12/4/2025 (39 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 234-261) - 279pp

Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True (Pages 72-82) - 144pp

12/3/2025 (19 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 215-233) - 279pp

12/2/2025 (15 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 200-214) - 279pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 34-55) - 270pp

12/1/2025 (96 pages)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 9-44) - 227pp
Devaney:  One of America's great football coaches tells his own story (Pages 27-46) - 265pp
I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 183-199) - 279pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 37-69; Kindle)

Movies Seen in Theaters in 2025 - 58

"28 Years Later", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 13)*

"40 Acres", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 5)***

"A Working Man", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 9)

"Anaconda", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (December 31)

"Ash", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 25)***
"Babygirl", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 12)***

"Black Bag", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 19)*

"Captain America:  Brave New World", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 17)*

"Cleaner", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 25)**

"Companion", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 6)

"Day of Reckoning", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 28)*

"Dog Man", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 3)***

"Drop", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 17)

"Elio", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 22)*
"Eli Roth Presents: Jimmy and Stiggs", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (August 18)*

"Flight Risk", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 29)**

"Friendship", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (May 27)***

"Good Fortune", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (November 10)***

"Heart Eyes", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 12)

"Honey Don't!", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (August 22)***

"Hot Milk", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (June 29)*

"I Know What You Did Last Summer", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 23)

"Jurassic World Rebirth", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 20)

"Karate Kid:  Legends", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (June 10)***

"Kraven The Hunter", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 8)*

"Last Breath", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 7)****
"Locked", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 20)**

"Love Hurts", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 8)

"Night of the Zoopocalypse", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 18)*

"Nobody 2", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (August 16)****

"Novocaine", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 2)

"Oh, Hi!", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 27)****

"One Of Them Days", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 22)***

"Opus", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 15)
"Paddington in Peru", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 3)

"Presence", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 28)

"Riff Raff", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 10)*
"Roofman", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (October 11)
"Rule Breakers", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 13)*

"Sarah's Oil", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (November 12)*

"September 5", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (January 25)**

"She Rides Shotgun", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (August 1)**

"Sonic the Hedgehog 3", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 6)

"Superman", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 12)

"The Bad Guys 2", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (August 4)*

"The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 14)

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 26)

"The Fire Inside", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 7)***

"The Last Showgirl", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 16)*

"The Legend of Ochi", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 30)*

"The Luckiest Man in America", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 3)*

"The Naked Gun", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (August 11)*

"The Room Next Door", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 18)***

"The Smurfs Movie", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 21)*

"The Unbreakable Boy", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 24)*

"The Woman in the Yard", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (April 15)***

"Unexpected Christmas", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (November 9)*
"Valiant One", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 30)

Books Bought at Waco Half-Price Books Outlet on 12/06/2025 - 7 (Finished 2)

"A Rock Between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch" by Hugh Asa Fitzsimmons III

"Concussion" by Jeanne Marie Laskas

"In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped" by Peter Kurie

"Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War" by Tony Wood

"Third Down and a War to Go: The All-American 1942 Wisconsin Badgers" by Terry Frei 

"A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House" by George W. Bush (Finished 12/31/25)

"Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey" by Laura Baugh (Finished 12/19/25)

Books Read in 2025 - 112 (87 Regular / 25 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading

"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet" by Henry Fountain (Finished January 6) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West" by David Wolman and Julian Smith (Finished January 6) - College Station Half Price Books
"Unmasked:  Real People from Montgomery County, Texas" by Daren Lindley (Finished 6) - College Station Half Price Books

"Lattin's Slam Dunk to Glory: The Amazing True Story of the 1966 NCAA Season and the Championship Game that Changed America Forever" by David "Big Daddy D" Lattin (Finished January 12) - College Station Half Price Books

"Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras:  A History of Blaxploitation Cinema" by Odie Henderson (Finished January 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Slam Dunk 2: Winning Players Talk About Basketball, Family, and Faith" by Dave Branon (Finished January 18) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Confessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right--and Wrong--with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House" by Jon Miller with Mark Hyman (Finished January 19) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"One Final Pass: 15 Years Later" by Arthur L. Lindsay with Jan Berringer (Finished February 20) - College Station Half Price Books

"Come Home: Pray, Prophesy, and Proclaim God's Promises Over Your Prodigal" by Tim Sheets and Rachel Shafer (Finished January 22) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" by Salmon Rushdie (Finished January 30) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"One Dream:  The NFL" by Woody Falgoux (Finished January 31) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Third and a Mile: The Trials and Triumphs of the Black Quarterback" by William C. Rhoden (Finished February 10) - Half Price Books Humble
"The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War" by Delphine Minoui (Finished February 19) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw" by Michael Sokolove (Finished February 20) - Humble Half Price Books

"Summer Madness: Inside The Wild, Wacky World of the WNBA" by Fran Harris (Finished March 5) - Friends of Houston Public Library

"The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners" by David Fromkin (Finished March 6) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Missing In Flight" by Audrey J. Cole (Finished March 7) - Kindle via Amazon.com Prime Reads

"Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham" by Don Wilton (Finished March 9) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love" by Gotham Chopra and Joe Levin (Finished March 10) - Barnes & Noble Town and Country Village 
"Great Texas Christmas Legends" by Zeno Zeplin (Finished March 15) - College Station Half Price Books

"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin" by Masha Gessen (Finished March 20) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Taking Flak: Life In The Fast Lane" by Dan Pastorini with John P. Lopez (Finished March 26) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"When Baseball Was Baseball" by Don Drewniak (Finished March 29) - Kindle via Amazon.com

"The Real World of Texas Politics" by Richard Locander, Richard Shaw and Kevin Bailey (Finished March 31) - Half Price Books Humble

"Keys to Experiencing Azusa Fire: Lessons from the Revival that Changed the Landscape of Global Christianity" by Jeff Oliver & Rick Joyner (Finished April 3) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places" by Tim Rowland (Finished April 11) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Dying To Cross:  The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History" by Jorge Ramos (Finished April 15) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings" by William Brashler (Finished April 15) - Friends of Houston Public Library

"Pressure" by Sam Rutigliano (Finished April 17) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs" by Giselle Stancic, Bill Nowlin and Jacob Pomrenke (Finished April 17) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Karla Faye Tucker Set Free: Life and Faith on Death Row" by Linda Strom (Finished April 20) - The Book Cellar

"Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports" by Harriet May Savitz (Finished April 20) - Oh Goodie A Book

"It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan" by Tristan Donavan (Finished April 24) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II" by Charles Osgood (Finished April 27) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History" by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen (Finished April 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Head Games: Life's Greatest Challenge" by Charles Austin (Finished April 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet 

"Double Play: Faith and Family First" by Ben & Julianna Zobrist with Mike Yorkey (Finished May 8) - Oh Goodie A Book

"America, Oil, & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis Is the Gulf Between Our Ways of Thinking" by Michael Youssef (Finished May 8) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Shoeless Joe And Ragtime Baseball" by Harvey Frommer (Finished May 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Art of Neighboring" by Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon (Finished May 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine" by Charles Lachman (Finished May 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Texas Women Who Dared To Be First" by Jean Flynn (Finished May 15) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Aggies Football" by Brent Zwerneman (Finished May 23) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Things That Make White People Uncomfortable" by Michael Bennett and David Zinn (Finished May 25) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Covering Home:  My Life with Nolan Ryan" by Ruth Ryan (Finished May 28) - Burrowing Owl Bookstore Amarillo

"Blood Brothers: The Unforgettable Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel" by Elias Chacour with David Hazard (Finished May 29) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America" by James Renner (Finished June 7) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"The Bookstore Family (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories)" by Alice Hoffman (Finished June 10) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads
"Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer" by Holly Marie with Cindy & David Lambert (Finished June 13) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands
"Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids" by Stephen James & Chris Dodd (Finished June 13) - Christianbook.com

"Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed' by Stephen Brunt (Finished June 14) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry" by Mike Capps & Chuck Hartenstein (Finished June 17) - Oh Goodie A Book

"The Day of the Cajundome Mega-Shelter:  The 'small city' that sprang up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina" by Jefferson Hennessy with Leigh Hennessy Robson and Mark B. Robson (Finished June 23) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues" by Mark Leinweaver with Ryan Bradley (Finished June 24) - Personal Collection
"The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream" by Daniel Paisner (Finished June 26) - Unknown (perhaps Amazon.com)

"Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America" by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (Finished June 26) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values" by Ronny Jackson (Finished June 29) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion" by Russell Freedman (Finished June 29) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Tortured For Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand (Finished July 2) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood" by Eric J. Bargerhuff (Finished July 5) - Liberty University Barnes & Noble

"Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior" by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty (Finished July 7) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"The National Pastime:  Baseball in Texas and Beyond" by Steve West and Cecilia M. Tan (Finished July 8) - Society for American Baseball Research

"The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone--and How Leaders Can Respond" by Susan Mettes (Finished July 11) - Christianbook.com

"Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land" by Noe Alvarez (Finished July 11) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"American Sky:  A Novel" by Carolyn Dasher (Finished July 18) - Amazon Prime

"Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America" by Howard L. Bingham and Max Wallace (Finished July 22) - Personal Collection

"Sam Stories" by Jimm Larry Hendren (Finished July 22) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet 

"When Minor League Baseball Almost Went Bust: 1946 - 1963" by George Pawlush (Finished July 23) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Fear No Evil: A Test of Faith, a Courageous Church, and an Unfailing God" by Brady Boyd (Finished July 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"It's About Damn Time:  How To Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage" by Arlan Hamilton with Rachel L. Nelson (Finished July 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them" by Timothy Egan (Finished August 2) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life" by Kyle Maynard (Finished August 11) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet 

"Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home" by Gregg Olsen (Finished August 12) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads

"The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Finished August 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Making It Home:  Life Lessons From A Season Of Little League" by Teresa Strasser (Finished August 14) - Barnes & Noble Town & Country Village

"Power Grab:  Obama's Dangerous Plan for a One Party Nation" by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann (Finished August 23) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America" by Heather Cox Richardson (Finished August 25) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love" by Andrew Janik (Finished August 28) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Jesus Or Nothing" by Dan DeWitt (Finished September 2) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Last Leaf on the Tree: How to Make the Most of the Rest of Your Life" by Paul W. Powell (Finished September 2) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"I Found Someone to Play With: A Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars" with M.M. Angelo and J.J. Angelo (Finished September 3) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Beyond Basketball:  Coach K's Keywords For Success" by Mike Krzyzewski with Jamie K. Spatola (Finished September 3) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Cold Island:  A Novel (Detective Tommy Kelly Book 1)" by Peter Colt (Finished September 16) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads
"The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory" by Thomas Fuller (Finished September 22) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente" edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (Finished September 24) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Life with a Swinger:  Conversations Off the Tee With Golf Professionals and Their Wives" by Kay Davidoff-Ziplow & Leslie F. Zimberg (Finished October 1) - Oh Goodie A Book

"The Heart of the Team:  Life Lessons on & Off the Court" by Bill Resler with Casey McNerthney (Finished October 3) - Clear Lake Half Price Books
"Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports" by Bruce Schoenfeld (Finished October 3) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"My Beautiful Sisters: A Memoir of Courage, Hope, and the Afghan Women's Soccer Team" by Khalida Popal (Finished October 12) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"We Are Charleston:  Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel" by Herb Frazier, Bernard Edward Powers, Jr. and Marjory Wentworth (Finished October 13) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Full Planet, Empty Plates:  The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity" by Lester R. Brown (Finished October 13) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up" by Steven Johnson, Jr. with Paul Cartwright (Finished October 13) - Oh Goodie A Book

"The Elephant in the Room:  Sharing The Secrets For Pursuing Real Financial Success" by Ed Baker (Finished October 15) - Personal Collection

"God on the Starting Line: The Triumph of a Catholic School Running Team and Its Jewish Coach" by Marc Bloom (Finished October 29) - Personal Collection

"The MAGA Diaries:  Life Among the Fanatics, Extremists, and True Believers that Created the Modern Right" by Tina Nguyen (Finished October 29) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line" by David Nott (Finished November 1) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Runnin' with the Big Dogs: The True, Unvarnished Story of the Texas-OU Rivalry" by Mike Shropshire (Finished November 4) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"It's Good to Be Gronk" by Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski with Jason Rosenhaus (Finished November 17) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Play Hungry:  The Making Of A Baseball Player" by Pete Rose (Finished November 22) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"The Israel Decree: Understanding God's Unbreakable Covenant with His People and Their Land" by Amir Tsarfati (Finished November 22) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands

"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed (Finished November 25) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"That Good Old Baylor Line:  Baylor Football" by Denne H. Freeman (Finished November 25) - Clear Lake Half Price Books
"I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson" by Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett (Finished December 8) - Barnes & Noble Midland
"The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad (Finished December 15) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland" by Corey Mead (Finished December 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads

"Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey" by Laura Baugh with Steve Eubanks (Finished December 18) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Playing like a Girl:  Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports" by Marian Betancourt (Finished December 18) - Personal Collection

"Christmas in Plains: Memories" by Jimmy Carter (Finished December 19) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions" by Jeremy and Jennifer Williams with Rob Suggs (Finished December 23) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Barbara Jordan:  The Biography" by Austin Teutsch (Finished December 26) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House" by George W. Bush (Finished December 31) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure" by Katie Russell Newland (Finished December 31) - Pearland Half-Price Books

Mason County (9/20/25)

Gillespie County - John O. Meusebach (9/20/25)

 

Churches Attended and Visited in 2025 (41 of 52 weeks)

January 5 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte) *Waverly
January 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

January 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Malcolm Marshall, Campus Pastor, Sienna)

January 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly
January 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) *Waverly

February 2 - Absent

February 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

February 16 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

February 23 - Absent

March 2 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
March 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Leon Brooks III, Campus Pastor, Downtown)
March 16 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) - Left quarter way into the sermon.

March 23 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 
March 30 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) *Waverly

April 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

April 13 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Malcolm Marshall, Campus Pastor, Sienna) *Waverly

April 19 (Sat.) - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly (Collective/Choir)

April 27 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

May 4 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Brad Talbert online on Tuesday, May 6)

May 11 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Gregg Matte online on Tuesday, May 13) - "God doesn't work in seconds, but seasons" | "Patience is paramount" | "Understanding decreases complaining" | "Endurance and effort brings blessings" | "Say what we mean and mean what we say"

May 18 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

May 25 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Dr. Phil Kramer) with Waverly

June 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 9:15 a.m. (Greg Matte)
June 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brandon Ayers, Minister to Singles & Metro Venue Pastor)
June 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte) with Waverly
June 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

June 29 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

July 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brian McCormack, Executive Director, Breakaway Minstries, Texas A&M University)

July 13 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Fred Luter, Jr., Senior Pastor, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana)
July 20 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Heiden Ratner, Senior Pastor, WALK Church, Las Vegas, Nevada) *Waverly

July 27 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Mikado Hinson, Chaplain, Houston Texans)

August 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. Kevin Ezell, President, North American Mission Board) *Waverly
August 10 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Mark Lanier, Founder, Lanier Theological Library) *Waverly
August 17 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)

August 24 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly
August 31 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

September 7 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) *Waverly
September 14 - Absent
September 21 - Absent
September 28 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 9:15 a.m. (Greg Matte) - FBA Day

October 5 - Absent
October 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 
October 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Marcus Rodriguez) 
October 26 - Absent (TAPPS Cross Country)

November 2 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Jason Swiggart, Cypress Campus Pastor)
November 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
November 16 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Brad Talbert online on Monday, November 17)
November 23 - Absent
November 30 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Brad Talbert online on Tuesday, December 3)

December 7 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly
December 14 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
December 21 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Hunter Mullennix, College Ministry Minister)
December 28 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Leon Brooks III, Campus Pastor, Downtown)

Books Bought at Waco Half Price Books Outlet on 4/12/25 - 25 (Finished 10)

"Audibles: My Life in Football" by Joe Montana and Bob Raissman

"Greatness: Reagan, Churchill, and the Making of Extraordinary Leaders" by Steven F. Hayward

"Historical Round Rock, Texas: Sesquicentennial 1854-2004" by Martin Ernest Parker

"Michael and the Whiz Kids: A Story of Basketball, Race, and Suburbia in the 1960s" by John Christgau 

"More Than a Season: Building a Championship Culture" by Dayton Moore with Matt Fulks 

"On Boxing" by Joyce Carol Oates 

"On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Raymond Obstfeld

"Over Forty: Feeling Great and Looking Good!" by George Blanda with Mickey Herskowitz

"Playing for a Winner: Remembering Coach Milton Jowers" by Vernon McDonald 

"Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy" by John Fund 

"The Making of a Winner: Robert Brewer, Quarterback, University of Texas" by Creath Davis

"The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia" by Curt Sampson

"Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons From A Football Life" by Bill Curry 

"Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad" by Kinky Friedman 

"The Space Between Us: How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart" by Sarah Bauer Anderson

"America, Oil, & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis Is the Gulf Between Our Ways of Thinking" by Michael Youssef (Finished May 8)

"Barbara Jordan: The Biography" by Austin Teutsch (Finished December 26)

"Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success" by Mike Krzyzewski with Jamie K. Spatola (Finished September 3)

"Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II" by Charles Osgood (Finished April 27)

"Dying To Cross:  The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History" by Jorge Ramos (Finished April 15)

"Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History" by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen (Finished April 28)

"Head Games: Life's Greatest Challenge" by Charles Austin (Finished April 28)

"I Found Someone to Play With: A Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars" by M. M. Angelo and J. J. Angelo (Finished September 3)

"Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball" by Harvey Frommer (Finished May 14)

"Texas Women Who Dared to Be First" by Jean Flynn (Finished May 15)

$27.06 Fill-A-Bag ($25 plus $2.06 tax)

Books Ordered on Amazon.com on 12/25/25 - 5 (Finished 0)

"1978: Baseball and America in the Disco Era" by David Krell (12-28)

"Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration" by Don E. Albrecht (12-29)

"Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports" by Cyd Zeigler (12-29)

"Pure Gold: The Autobiography Of Coach Willie E. Goldsmith, Sr." by Willie E Goldsmith Sr (12-28)

"Tommy Bowman: Answering the Call" by Chad S. Conine (12-30)

Miles and Miles - 11/25/25 to 12/24/25

November 25 - December 24 - 0.0 miles running - 19.786 miles walking - 36.524 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0.0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 22,439 meters rowing (4 of 27 days) - 429 minutes elliptical (13 of 27 days) - 125,503 steps

November 25 (Tuesday) - 3.393 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (52:11.16 / 15:23) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,936 strides) - .807 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,574 steps

November 26 (Wednesday) - 3.393 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (52:07.65 / 15:22) - 1.507 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,320 steps

November 27 (Thursday) - 3.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,283 steps

November 28 (Friday) - 3.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,407 steps

November 29 (Saturday) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,652 steps

November 30 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,858 strides) - 0.39 miles walking (Apple Health) - 946 steps

December 1 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 388 calories; 5,908 strides) - 0.78 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,988 steps

December 2 (Tuesday) - 0.78 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,717 steps

December 3 (Wednesday) - 0.86 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,043 steps

December 4 (Thursday) - 0.37 miles walking (Apple Health) - 906 steps

December 5 (Friday) - 0.44 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,065 steps

December 6 (Saturday) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,446 steps

December 7 (Sunday) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,411 steps

December 8 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,844 strides) - 30:17 rowing for 6,185 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 0.74 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,929 steps

December 9 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,874 strides) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,312 steps

December 10 (Wednesday) - 30:14 rowing for 6,098 meters (25 strokes/min.; 2:30/500m) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,716 strides) - 0.52 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,344 steps

December 11 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,866 strides) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,419 steps

December 12 (Friday) - 0.82 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,965 steps

December 13 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,922 strides) - 5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:16:05.91 / 15:13) - 0.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,862 steps

December 14 (Sunday) - 0.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,270 steps

December 15 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,830 strides) - 0.45 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,076 steps

December 16 (Tuesday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:04:12 / 16:03) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,954 steps

December 17 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,838 strides) - 30:13 rowing for 6,049 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:23/500m) - 0.84 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,068 steps

December 18 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,846 strides) - 0.53 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,314 steps

December 19 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,864 strides) - 20:16 rowing for 4,107 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:24/500m) - 0.72 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,766 steps

December 20 (Saturday) - 4 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:01:57 / 15:29) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,940 steps

December 21 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,922 strides) - 0.93 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,345 steps

December 22 (Monday) - 2.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,558 steps

December 23 (Tuesday) - 2.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 6,334 steps

December 24 (Wednesday) - 0.94 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,289 steps

Books Bought at Waco Half-Price Books Outlet on 12/11/22 - 10 (Finished 5)

"Firehouse Down: Life After Ground Zero" by Jonathan E. Wright

"Jerry Kramer's Farewell to Football" by Jerry Kramer

"Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood" by Jeffrey Marx

"Undefeated: From Tragedy to Triumph" by Marc Buoniconti

"Young, Black, Rich, and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture" by Todd Boyd

"No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life" by Kyle Maynard (Finished 08/11/25)

"Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0" by Rick Pitino with Pat Forde (Finished 02/08/23)

"Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions" by Jeremy and Jennifer Williams with Rob Suggs (Finished 12/23/25)

"The Amateur:  Barack Obama In The White House" by Edward Klein (Finished 12/20/22)

"White Girl: A Story of School Desegregation" by Clara Silverstein (Finished 01/02/23)

These were all $1 clearance buys!

That's My Girl, Part 11!

Books Bought at Waco Half-Price Books Outlet on 10/27/2025 - 5 (Finished 3)

"10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America" by Steven M. Gillon
"Gods of Tin: The Flying Years" by James Salter

"It's Good to Be Gronk" by Rob Gronkowski with Jason Rosenhaus (Finished 11/17/25)

"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed (Finished 11/25/25)

"The Bookseller of Kabul" by Åsne Seierstad (Finished 12/15/25)

High School Sporting Event Appearances - 2025-2026

Volleyball

08/12/25 - Houston Lutheran South Academy at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)

08/19/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School at Spring Providence Classical School (Spring, TX)
11/04/25 - Corpus Christi Incarnate Word Academy at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston, TX)

Cross Country

08/09/25 - Pearland Dawson Short Course 2M (Pearland, TX)

09/06/25 - UIL Region III Preview (Huntsville, TX)

09/19/25 - Nike South Invitational (College Station, TX)

10/20/25 - UIL Region III (Huntsville, TX)
10/21/25 - UIL Region III (Huntsville, TX)
10/27/25 - TAPPS State (Waco, TX)
10/31/25 - UIL State (Round Rock, TX)
11/01/25 - UIL State (Round Rock, TX)
11/08/25 - SPC State (Tomball, TX)

11/24/25 - Nike Cross South Regionals (College Station, TX)

Football

08/15/25 - Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian Academy at The Woodlands John Cooper School (The Woodlands, TX) - Scrimmage

08/28/25 - Waco Live Oak Classical School vs. Conroe Covenant Christian School (Navasota, TX)
08/29/25 - Houston The Village School at Cypress Christian School (Houston, TX)

09/04/25 - Houston St. Thomas High School at Montgomery Lake Creek (Montgomery, TX)
09/05/25 - Austin Hyde Park at Houston Lutheran South Academy (Houston, TX)

09/12/25 - Port Lavaca Calhoun at Houston St. John's School (Houston, TX)

09/13/25 - Richmond George Ranch at Humble (Humble, TX)

09/18/25 - Houston Emery/Weiner School at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston, TX)

09/19/25 - Pettus at Kenedy (Kenedy, TX)

09/25/25 - Aldine Nimitz vs. Aldine MacArthur (Houston, TX)

09/26/25 - Houston The Village School at Houston St. Francis Episcopal (Houston, TX)
09/27/25 - Richmond Foster vs. Richmond George Ranch (Rosenberg, TX)

09/27/25 - Houston Emery/Weiner School at Missouri City Divine Savior Academy (Missouri City, TX)
10/02/25 - Houston Spring Woods at Galena Park (Houston, TX)

10/03/25 - Diboll at Shepherd (Shepherd, TX)
10/09/25 - Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian at Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy (Pasadena, TX)

10/10/25 - Anderson-Shiro at New Waverly (New Waverly, TX)

10/11/25 - Houston Kashmere vs. Houston Northside (Houston, TX)
10/16/25 - Conroe Oak Ridge vs. Conroe Grand Oaks (Shenandoah, TX)

10/17/25 - Huntsville at Dayton (Dayton, TX)
10/23/25 - Temple Central Texas Christian vs. Conroe Covenant Christian (Willis, TX)
10/24/25 - Houston St. Thomas at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)

10/25/25 - Aldine Nimitz vs. Aldine Eisenhower (Houston, TX)
11/06/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School at Rosehill Christian School (Tomball, TX)
11/07/25 - San Antonio Cornerstone Christian vs. Spring Legacy The School of Sport Sciences (Houston, TX)
11/08/25 - Bellaire Episcopal vs. Houston The Kinkaid School (Stafford, TX)

11/13/25 - Franklin vs. Hallettsville (Tomball, TX)

11/14/25 - Fredericksburg Heritage School at Spring Founders Christian (Spring, TX)
11/15/25 - The Woodlands at Aldine Davis (Houston, TX)
11/20/25 - Franklin vs. Orangefield (Shenandoah, TX)
11/21/25 - San Antonio Antonian at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)
11/22/25 - Fredericksburg Heritage School vs. Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian School (Rockdale, TX)

11/22/25 - Faith Academy of Marble Falls vs. Beaumont Legacy Christian Academy (Bryan, TX)
11/28/25 - Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy vs. Houston Emery/Weiner School (Houston, TX)
11/28/25 - Houston Second Baptist School vs. Houston Lutheran South Academy (Iowa Colony, TX)
12/06/25 - Lubbock Christian School vs. Mesquite Dallas Christian School (Waco, TX)
12/06/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School vs. Dallas First Baptist Academy (Waco, TX)

Swimming

Wrestling

Winter Soccer

Basketball
11/18/25 - Spring Founders Christian at Conroe Calvary Baptist (Conroe, TX) - Boys
12/02/25 - Houston Christian at The Woodlands Christian Academy (The Woodlands, TX) - Boys

Awards Dinner
12/03/25 - 14th annual Hildebrand Foundation Touchdown Club of Houston Private High School Awards Dinner (Houston, TX)

Baseball

Softball

Tennis

Golf

Lacrosse

Track & Field

Field Hockey - None

Fall Soccer - None