"Mike Blakely" is an award-winning American novelist and singer/songwriter, focusing on Western (genre)/Western subjects. He lives in, and is closely associated with, the U.S. state of Texas.

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She toured nationally with Jimmy Dean when he was playing music instead of making sausage. She's still got it, too.

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I think it's nice for the kids to get back on a winning track again. We are still young and struggling. It could have gone either way with four teams here, but my young kids and lower weights really came through.

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Our young kids really came through. We told them that they had the opportunity to win this. You have to give the kids credit. Last year we had three [Passaic County] kids in the [State] finals. Maybe we can get some other kids down there.

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We didn't plan all this — it kind of evolved that way. I write Western novels and do a lot of western music, so we put that kind of a slant on it.

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Texans... never pass up an oppurtunity to boast whence they hail.

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It just makes sense. If you've got them, why not place them in the climate most appropriate for their species?

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We're a young group so it's good to see them respond with pins the way they did. We've got a tough tournament this weekend with the Patriot Duals so we should come out of that with a better idea of where we stand.

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Those teams are more experienced than we are, but we have enough tough matches to help get us ready. A win like this gives us some confidence and you like getting to .500 after a rough start.

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