PBR & FREAKQUENCY ON FUSION Part 2

PBR talks to us about how she got into roller derby.

PBR & FREAKQUENCY ON FUSION Part 1

Special guest PBR from the SiouxCity RollerDames sits down to talk about the upcoming bout between the Sioux City Kornstalkers Vs The Cowtown Butchers coming up Saturday June 25 7 p.m. at the Golf Dome!!!

From early childhood Marshall Greene has always excelled in sports. There was never a time when he was not involved in something athletic. “I am the kinda guy that will always strive to be the best at whatever I do, and no matter what, I will overcome any obstacle to reach my goal,” Greene said.

Tracing his athletic background: “When I was younger I played a lot of baseball, mostly county little league and backyard baseball with friends.  When I got to middle school I continued to do a lot of baseball and even did a little soccer, which was fun,” he said.  Remembering his son’s childhood, his father, Morgan Sr., added, “Marshall has always been very driven in sports, he can’t get enough of them it seems.  Over the years I have enjoyed watching him wrestle, play baseball, and soccer when he was younger.”

It was not until high school that Greene discovered his true athletic potential.  He was fully involved in the baseball and wrestling teams through his four years at Bayshore High School in Bradenton, Florida.

While baseball was his true passion, it was wrestling in which he truly excelled. “I really liked baseball a lot at Bayshore, but I found myself spending a lot of time with wrestling.  We had a wrestling coach at Bayshore that was very demanding of us, and made us all strive to do our best to succeed.”

Succeed he did, rising to become one of the best wrestlers in the school.  He consistently placed well in tournaments and matches, earning him high ranks in the district and state levels.

With Greene’s success in wrestling, full ride scholarships were real possibilities. It was during his senior year, however, that disaster struck.  In a spur of the moment game of football, Greene was tackled hard injuring his right shoulder, which had already seen its fair share of injures throughout his high school career.  What followed was surgery to repair torn tendons on his shoulder, thus ending a promising future in wrestling.

“It was really devastating for me, just to be going into senior year and having this happen.  I basically went from wrestling being my life and either competing or practicing every day to having a cast and sitting around my house,” Greene recalled.

Greene’s brother Morgan Jr. saw how much this affected his younger brother, and noticed how depressed he became.  Since Morgan Jr. is hearing impaired he used sign language with his wife Heidi who relayed this: “He was devastated. Wrestling was him, it was what he did, what he was known for.  After he had the surgery, Heidi and I both saw just how crushed he was.”

In time the shoulder healed and Greene was once again able to use his arm, yet it was never quite the same.

With time still left in his senior year at Bayshore, and swimming season right around the corner, Greene decided to take a dip in the pool and joined the swim team.  Greene did not go into the water dry, however, having been a lifeguard at the neighborhood pool since freshman year.  With this experience and a natural swiftness in the water, Greene received some success on the swim team and had an enjoyable time with the sport.  Greene’s mom Ginny had this to add about watching her son: “It was pretty cool to see him swim.  He was always a great swimmer and it was neat to see him compete.”

There was also a little swimming history in the Greene family.  His older sister, Michelle, had been a swimmer at Bayshore High. Thinking of her brother, Michelle said, “I really enjoyed watching him compete in the water.  It brought me back to the days when I would swim on Saturday mornings, and seeing him in the water was special.”

After swimming ended, so ended Green’s high school sporting career.  He left a mark at Bayshore, especially in wresting.  Reminiscing, Greene added, “I really liked the sports I did at Bayshore.  They kept me out of trouble and I was able to have a lot of fun and make some really good friends.”

With high school in the books, Greene worked at various different jobs, including continuing at the local pool and even becoming one of the wrestling coaches at his alma mater.  There was still something missing though.  Like sports Greene was striving for something more.  Greene soon found that only having a high school diploma was an obstacle to a better job.  Not being content with pick up jobs Greene tried out for lifeguarding on a larger plane… and he got it.

Greene says, “I love this job.  It is really demanding and hard work, but it pays off with the scenery.”  The scenery is the blue green water and white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.  Greene is a certified fulltime Manatee County lifeguard on the west coast of Florida.  The boy who loved to play sports has become the man who saves lives in the Gulf.

Marshall Greene was born on September 28th, 1990 in Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida.  He is the son of Morgan Sr. and Ginny Greene, and is the middle child between his sister Michelle and brother Morgan Jr.

From early childhood Greene has always excelled in sports. There was never a time when he was not involved in something.

“When I was younger I played a lot of baseball, mostly county little league and backyard baseball with friends.  When I got to middle school I continued to do a lot of baseball and even did a little soccer which was fun.”

It was not until high school that Greene discovered his true athletic potential.  He began to become fully involved on the baseball and wrestling teams through his four years at Bayshore High School in Bradenton, Florida.  While baseball was his true passion, it was wrestling that he truly excelled in.

“I really liked baseball a lot at Bayshore, but I found myself spending a lot of time with wrestling.  We had a wrestling coach at Bayshore that was very demanding of us, and made us all strive to do our best to succeed.”

Succeed he did, rising to become of the best wrestlers in the school.  He consistently placed well in tournaments and matches earning him high ranks in the district and state levels.

Morgan Greene Sr. had this to say of his son’s accomplishments.

“Marshall has always been very driven in sports, he can’t get enough of them it seems.  Over the years I have enjoyed watching him wrestle, play baseball, and soccer when he was younger.”

With Greene’s success in wrestling it was foreseen as him receiving a full ride scholarship to numerous different colleges. It was during his senior however that disaster struck.  During a backyard game of football, Greene was tackled hard and dropped on the ground injuring a shoulder that had already seen its fair share of injures throughout his high school career.  What followed was surgery to repair torn tendons on his shoulder, thus ending a promising future in wrestling.

“ It was really devastating for me, just to be going into senior year and having this happen.  I basically went from wrestling being my life and either competing or practicing everyday to having a cast and sitting around my house.”

Morgan Jr. saw how much this affected his younger brother, and noticed how depressed he became.  Since Morgan Jr. is hearing impaired he used sign language with this wife Hidi who relayed this.

“He was devastated, wresting was him, it was what he did, what he was known for.  After he had the surgery, Hidi and I both saw just how crushed he was.”

In time the shoulder healed and Greene was once again able to use his arm, yet it was never quite the same.

With time still left in his senior year at Bayshore, and swimming season right around the corner, Greene decided to take a dip in the pool and joined the swim team.  Greene did not go into the water dry however, having been a lifeguard at the neighborhood pool since freshman year.  With this experience on his back, and a natural swiftness in the water, Greene received some success in the water and had an enjoyable time with the sport.  Greene’s mom Ginny had this to add about watching her son.

“It was pretty cool to see him swim.  He was always a great swimmer and it was neat to see him compete.”

There was also a little swimming history in the Greene family.  His sister Michelle had also been a swimmer at Bayshore High.

“ I really enjoyed watching him compete in the water.  It brought me back to the days where I would swim on Saturday mornings, and seeing him in the water was special.”

After swimming ended, so ended the sporting career for Greene.  He left a mark at Bayshore especially in wresting.

“I really liked the sports I did at Bayshore.  They kept me out of trouble and I was able to have a lot of fun and make some really good friends.”

With high school in the books, Greene went on to work at various different jobs, while also continuing to work as a lifeguard.  When wresting season resumed at Bayshore, Greene took on the role as one the coaches for the wrestling team.

Greene eventually stopped working at the pool and got a job as a county lifeguard at the public beach in Bradenton where he continues to work today.

“I love this job.  It is really demanding and hard work, but it pays off with the scenery.”

Big Bucks

Ron Rea owner of Tobacco World stores in Western Pennsylvania sold himself a winning $1.8 million dollar winning lottery ticket. Rea, who owns stores in Uniontown and Belle Veron, says that he usually spends around 20 dollars a day on the lottery.

Rea said that the money will be a big help to himself and his wife in building their retirement fund.

Whenever I read stories of people winning the lottery, they never look like this.  The story never involves the seller of the ticket winning.

This was a nice article to read.  Rea seems like a nice guy who struck some luck and now the money will benefit him and his wife.

I would not have changed how the article was written.  I feel that it was put together well and flows nicely.  There is nothing that I would change with the article. All the main parts are covered, anything else added would just be extra.

Spectator Bridges

Madison Square Garden is going to be undergoing some changes to add some refurbishment to the stadium.  One of the features that will be included is spectator bridges.

The article says that the new spectator bridges will alleviate the frustration of trying to watch a game while standing in the back of the very back row.  The bridges will be suspended above the courts during both hockey and basketball games.

This was a fun article to read.  I have a fond interest for stadiums and appreciation for the style and uniqueness of each.  This idea for bridges in the stadium sounds really interesting and appealing to me.  There are some downfalls that I can think of however.  For instance, how will the people sitting further up the stadium be able to see?  I think that the bridge would block off a lot of viewing.  The idea of bridges also poses a major safety issue in my mind.  There have been stories of adults and children falling from upper level stands in the past, and the bridges are much more of a threat.  Also, wouldn’t there be disruptive fans that would either accidentally or on purpose spill food or liquid?

The article was written pretty well.  One of the parts of the article that stood out to me was how the author involved the reader by making the reader look into the future.

If I had written this article, I would have included more response to the bridges being constructed.

Water Tampering

On November 1, in Hollywood, Florida, Earl Davis reportedly climbed the fence of the Hollywood treatment plant and took off his clothes.  Davis then proceeded to turn off some of the power switches in the control room.

It was then reported by the FBI that Davis put on a hazardous material suit and turned off the backup generator and some more power switches.  By this time personal working at the plant were able to halt Davis from causing any more problems.

This story does not strike me as being very important.  On the other hand this is a story that could very well affect the people of Hollywood, Florida.

Earl Davis could have caused a far more serious problem if plant personnel had not reached him when they did.  Davis could have caused a major problem for the plant and the water could have easily been contaminated which would have an impact on the people of Hollywood.

This article was written very well. The story was concise and to the point.

If I were to write this article I would have included some more information about Earl Davis. A question I would address would be why Earl decided it best to take off his clothes and get into a hazardous materials suit.

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