{"id":2304,"date":"2015-04-19T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:36:37","slug":"lords-of-the-rings-stepinac-football-championship-ring-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2304","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lords of the Rings&#8221;: Stepinac football championship ring ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friday evening there was a very nice event held in the Stepinac Chapel to an overflow crowd of players and family members. And of course, then down to the cafeteria for a nosh. Fr. Collins, the President of Stepinac spoke briefly and wisely at the Chapel &#8211; most important line being &#8220;don&#8217;t give the ring to a girlfriend&#8221; and then head coach Mike O&#8217;Donnell called each player up for their ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s Brigid having a look at Tim&#8217;s as everyone exited the Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb081fb06b970d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11172\" title=\"0417151928a\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb081fb06b970d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb081fb06b970d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigid took this &#8220;Lords of the Ring&#8221; shot! Pretty cool. (Tim had forgotten his jersey). The rings are pretty big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d1053d7a970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11171\" title=\"0417151948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d1053d7a970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d1053d7a970c-500wi-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s Brigid with head coach O&#8217;D. In the cafeteria he addressed the crowd quite emotionally, talking about the boys, their accomplishments and their futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For size comparison, Brigid is 5 feet tall and was wearing 2 inch heels. She weighs about 105 lbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb081fb08a970d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11170\" title=\"0417152015a\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb081fb08a970d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb081fb08a970d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was really a lovely evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday evening there was a very nice event held in the Stepinac Chapel to an overflow crowd of players and family members. And of course, then down to the cafeteria for a nosh. Fr. 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