Final game, end of the season

Well our season ended with a loss to Saukville, 19-0. But our guys played with great effort...we were missing a large group of players and a lot of guys had to play positions that they have not played in a game before.

We also tried some new things for fun...some trick plays, and some plays that we made up during timeouts to try. Some were successful, some weren't. But it was fun to give it a shot.

All in all, I would say this was a successful season. Every year our goal as a youth team is not driven by winning, but by teaching fundamentals and improving as the year goes by. I think it was pretty evident that our team at the end of the season was a lot better than the team that started the season, and by the end we were playing with a lot more confidence.

This team also did a pretty good job of avoiding mental mistakes, especially the last half of the season. Most of the problems that we had towards the end were physical things, and as a coach you know that those issues will always be there in some form.

I encouraged all of the players to stick with football next year and beyond, and I hope that they do. Hopefully they all had fun this season, I know I did.

I'll see you at the banquet.

Final practice; Saukville on Saturday

Last night's practice was the pizza party, contrary to what I told the players earlier in the week. It's a nice way to end the season with a practice that is all fun and games, and for once I don't have to yell at the players for goofing around.

The final game of the season is at Saukville. Here is a map:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?t=h&ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=204409029196823913827.0004a37b8e23690d42a66&ll=43.375296,-87.94281&spn=0.011277,0.013175&z=16&iwloc=0004a37b9070736d1d590

It will be a difficult game (we will be missing all of our quarterbacks, so some players were willing to step up to the challenge of playing a new position) but winnable as long as we play well and continue the momentum that we have built the last few weeks.

See you Saturday!

10/29 game will be at Saukville

I received word during practice last night that our final game of the season will be at Saukville, the normal noon time. Players can arrive 11:15-11:30 for warmups.

Our final practice of the season will be on Thursday. I encourage all players to be there, even if they will be out of town for the Saturday game. There will be a reward for all players that show up to practice, even if coach told the players last night that there wasn't........

10/24 practice

Another offensive practice tonight led to a little bit of creativity. We have a lot of players who will be missing this week's game due to family trips and the like, and so we will be short at a number of positions. But that's ok...we always tell the players that situations like that also present opportunities for other players to shine.

I do not yet have our opponent for this coming Saturday, which will be our final game of the season. I will let you know once that determination is made.

Thanks and we'll see you Tuesday.

Oconomowoc Purple; week of 10/24

Another solid effort leads to another victory as we defeated Oconomowoc Purple yesterday, 25-12. This was probably our best all-around effort of the season, and we played well in all phases. We kept mistakes to a minimum and were able to make a few big plays on offense, which is something that we struggled to do all season long. So the coaches were very pleased with the effort.

Final week of practice this week. I don't know our upcoming opponent as of the time of this post. I know a group of players will be missing the final game for a variety of reasons, but I still urge those players to stick around practice this week (especially Thursday).

Thanks and we'll see you tomorrow.

Oconomowoc Purple - Important Note

Hello parents,

This morning I received an email indicating that our game against Oconomowoc Purple will take place at 10:30AM on Saturday, not the normal noon time. I will have a handout and map for the players to take home.

I have also seen some resistance to this...essentially the 8th grade game was switched to a night game, but with little notice to our 8th grade teams. This is causing a potential problem and I'm not sure how things will play out.

In essence: As of now, OUR game is at 10:30am on Saturday. My handout will say the same thing. If that changes in the next 48 hours I will of course let you know ASAP. Thanks!

10/17 practice, Oconomowoc Purple

Hello everyone,

Last night's practice was a little sloppy - I think the players were still pumped up from their first win of the season and our focus wasn't so great. Hopefully tonight is a little better.

Saturday's game has been determined. It will be at Oconomowoc Purple. The map is on the website, I will also try to provide maps to the players.

Thanks and we'll see you tonight.

Nicolet game

A very satisfying effort today leads to the first victory of the season, a 14-12 victory over Nicolet in a very exciting game for the second week in a row. Glad we ended up on top in this one.

A lot of things made me happy about our effort today. First, our defense outscored Nicolet's offense, 8-6, due to a defensive touchdown (for the second week in a row) and a safety. Second, we moved the ball extremely well, and if not for a few mistakes inside the ten yard line, we could've scored 2-3 more touchdowns. In the second half, it became clear: we were going to do the same thing over and over, and I'm not sure we were going to be stopped unless we stopped ourselves. I might've called 2 or 3 different plays, at the most, the entire second half. Nicolet knew what was coming, and we knew that they knew...we just didn't care.

But I think what I liked most about this game was the way we closed the deal. 4th and 4, just a minute or two to go, and we were able to get Nicolet to jump offsides with a hard count to pick up the clinching first down.

We preach to the players in practice over and over and over that we will not be too hard on them for physical mistakes, because those will always happen. However, we want to eliminate mental mistakes because those are the things that are always within your control. The team demonstrated that they were up to that challenge in today's game, and with the game on the line, our players were mentally strong, and that's a huge reason we won.

You also have to give Nicolet credit for their effort. They didn't quit, and had they recovered their onside kick (and they almost did), who knows how this game turns out. Sometimes the ball bounces in your favor, and fortunately the ball bounced in our favor today.

As good as it feels, there's still plenty to work on. We gave up another special teams touchdown, and we stalled our drives way too deep in Nicolet territory several times today. We always tell the players not to get too high when things go your way, or too down when they don't...and we still have plenty of work to do to finish this season out right.

Practice at Monday at 5pm, as usual. Practice will end around 6:30pm (or when it gets too dark). See you then.

Nicolet

A rainy pregame practice last night ended up with a victory for the linemen in the "linemen challenge." Always fun to end our pregame practice with a little competition.

To confirm to parents, our game Saturday is against Nicolet at noon, warmups at 11:15pm as usual (warmups may be delayed if the 7th grade game goes late). Please see the youth football website for a map to Nicolet. Should be a good game - hopefully we start this game as strongly as we finished the previous one.

See you Saturday.

P.S. It's starting to get pretty dark pretty early...I would recommend parents start arriving to practice at 6:30pm or earlier to pick up your child, as practice will be ending earlier and earlier. Thanks.

10/10 practice

Offensive practice last night went pretty well. Our theme was to play hard the entire time. Against West Bend East, we got off to a slow start. Against other teams, we have not finished strong. We need to work on putting together a complete effort.

A note to parents: Our practices will continue to start at 5pm, despite what other grades may be doing. However, our practices are ending earlier and earlier as it gets dark faster. Right now I would advise parents to arrive around the 6:30pm mark, as practice will typically end shortly after that, at least for now.

Thanks and we'll see you tonight.

West Bend East

Another loss today, but we certainly gave everybody a show.

We were down 16-0 with only a few minutes to go in the fourth quarter (West Bend East successfully kicked two extra points, which are worth two points instead of one at the youth level). Our offense started to get something going, and we were able to drive down the field and punch it through for a touchdown to cut it to 16-6.

Then, after West Bend East recovered the kickoff, we were able to use our timeouts to force East to run several more plays. We forced a fumble and ran the fumble back all the way for yet another touchdown. We threw the extra point in to make it 16-13.

THEN, we successfully recovered the onside kick and had a chance to win the game with about a minute or two to go. Unfortunately we finally ran out of magic.

I told the kids after the game to think of the game as 2 touchdowns scored for each team, and to carry the momentum from the end of this game into next week. Hopefully that's just what we do.

See you Monday.

10/3 and 10/4 practices

Sorry I've missed a few practices on the blog here, it's been a busy week. Monday's practice went very well, we installed a new offensive play and looked very sharp. Last night's practice was solid too...hopefully a good sign going into this weekend against West Bend East.

Just a reminder, warmups start at 11:15 (hopefully they are not as far behind as they were last week). Please check the website for a map to the West Bend East games, as they are not played at the high school nor are they played at Badger Middle School, which is where they were in the past.

Looking forward to tomorrow's pregame practice.

Milwaukee Custer

Looking at the scoreboard, this week would seem like it is deja vu as we dropped another one to Milwaukee Custer, 19-0. That's the second week in a row that we lost by that score.

However, this game was definitely a different story. We moved the ball ok on offense, just had a few turnovers that killed some of our drives. Defensively, we had some missed tackles but some late touchdowns by Custer makes the score look more lopsided than the game really was.

I'm looking forward to this coming week, as we will play West Bend East. It will be interesting to see how much progress each team has made since we scrimmaged back in August.

See you Monday at 5pm (other grades are starting at 4:45pm; we realize it is difficult enough as it is to get there by 5pm, so 6th grade practices will continue to start at 5pm and go until about 6:45 or so).

9/27 practice

Tonight's practice was another muddy one (sorry for all the laundry, parents). Sometimes it is nice to have to practice in a muddy, slippery environment during the week so that you can be prepared to face that adversity on game day, though.

A note to parents: it is starting to get darker right around our normal ending time of 7pm. In the coming practices, I would recommend coming to pick up your child around 6:45pm, as the practices may end a little early. In the next few weeks, it may end even sooner than that. Practice will continue to start at 5pm until further notice.

See you Thursday for our pregame practice.

9/26 practice

Offensive practice tonight in some pretty muddy conditions (sorry for the laundry in advance). We added one new play that can be useful in nasty weather and slippery conditions, something that we definitely had to deal with in practice and dealt with on Saturday. Unfortunately we hadn't gotten to it in time for last week's game.

We finished practice with "perfect 20s," which is always a good way to keep the players on their toes.

Defensive practice tomorrow....see you then.

Tosa East

Unfortunately another loss today against Wauwatosa East, 19-0. It was a 0-0 game at half. Hard to explain this one. Need a better effort from the top to the bottom. It seemed like the first score by Tosa took all of the wind out of our sail.

Back to work on Monday.

9/22 practice

Our pre-game practice started a little iffy tonight, but after a few sprints to get the players' attention, things finished pretty well after that. As a reward we did the "lineman challenge," which pits the linemen against the remainder of the team in a pass-catching contest.

For the season, the linemen are 1-1 in the linemen challenge.

Tosa East behind the high school at 4pm on Saturday, warmups at 3:15pm. See you then.

9/20 practice

Last night's practice was pretty sharp and pretty intense. There were a handful of bumps and bruises by the end of the night, but you always have to work on your tackling.

A reminder to parents that this week's game will be at the field behind the high school (near the practice fields) and not at town hall. It begins at 4pm, warmups to start at 3:15.

See you tomorrow.

9/19 practice

Last night's offensive practice was kind of interesting. We talked about the game last Saturday as well as the upcoming game this Saturday. I was pleased with certain aspects of the game - I thought we protected the football well - but anytime you lose there is plenty to work on.

We went to the blocking sled as a team to work on our blocking. We added a few new plays - nothing fancy - and emphasized finishing the play and going to the whistle. We did a few drills that require you to go to the ground and then get up quickly to focus on never giving up on a play, something that we have done once or twice the past few games.

Tonight will be a defensive practice. See you then.

Brookfield Central

We dropped another one this week to Brookfield Central, 18-0. However, the score is not indicative of how we played, in my opinion. We did a much better job protecting the football (we had only one turnover, which was the result of a poor play call on my part and took place at the end of the game when we were simply trying tomake something happen).

What did us in this time around was some untimely penalties, taking some poor angles on some outside runs by Brookfield Central, and a failure to break big plays. We also got a little unlucky on one of Brookfield's runs as their player stepped out of bounds, but the referee crew was short a second linesmen and nobody had the proper angle to get a good look at it. I told the players that if we would've taken better angles in the first place, we wouldn't have to worry about such a thing. Credit to Brookfield for not quitting on the play, no question.

Brookfield is a very good program, however, and I was encouraged by our effort overall. We just need to break some big plays and continue to get better in other areas. If we protect the football the rest of the season the same way we did today, I'll definitely be pleased with that part of the game.

Back to work on Monday, see you then.

9/15 practice

Last night's pregame practice was a little sloppy, but we finished pretty well. I think the players realize that, while everybody makes mistakes and always will, there are certain types of mistakes that are more preventable than others and that it is important to take control of those types of things.

Saturday's game against Brookfield Central will be at home, warmups at 11:15 just like last week. See you then!

9/13 practice

Our second intense practice night in a row as we focused on defense, our typical Tuesday plan. I really like the effort we are getting; hopefully we can avoid some of the mistakes that we have been struggling with as well.

Conditioning was a little light tonight given the smoke that was lingering just a bit.

Just a reminder, our next practice is Thursday. It will be a normal practice, behind the high school with normal practice gear. Last week's practice at Town Hall was a one-time thing, and I'm glad we did it. But the Monday-Tuesday-Thursday routine behind the high school should hold firm the rest of the season.

See you Thursday.

9/12 practice

Last night we got back to work after a tough loss to Brookfield East and after dealing with a difficult injury to one of our quarterbacks.

We spent some time talking through certain issues and doing a "chalk talk" type of session. Sometimes I think it is beneficial to the players to put some of our plays up on the white board and show them where our focus needs to be on a particular play.

I also asked the players if they were familiar with the 1999 St. Louis Rams and the 2001 New England Patriots. Since most of the players were barely born when those teams were around (and some of them weren't born at all), they knew a little bit but not a lot. They knew that both teams won the Super Bowl. They knew that the Rams' quarterback was Kurt Warner, who was the NFL MVP that season, and they of course know that New England's quarterback was Tom Brady. What they didn't know was that both teams had their starting quarterbacks lost for the season before or shortly after the season started.

I don't know if that helped, but I do know that we had a very aggressive and intense practice afterwards and the players clearly seem eager for their second game of the season. Tonight will be a defensive practice, and I hope the effort from last night carries over.

See you tonight.

Brookfield East

Very good effort today but fell just short to Brookfield East, 12-6. Our players played hard but in the end Brookfield just made one or two fewer mistakes than we did, and that was the difference (as it often is in football).

Unfortunately one of our players incurred a significant injury and will be out for the season. While nobody ever wants to see another player get hurt, it is an unfortunate reality of the game that injuries can and will happen. I know all of our players are going to give everything they have to support their teammate. I know the coaches will as well.

Back to work on Monday, 5pm at the high school practice fields. If we get this same effort week in and week out, with just a couple fewer mistakes, we'll be just fine.

See you Monday.

1st game coming up

Last night's pregame practice was a nice review of offense, defense, and special teams. A special thanks to parents for bringing everybody up to Town Hall so that our players could get a feel for their home field.

Saturday's game for the orange team is at home, scheduled to start at noon (will finish after the 7th grade), warmups will start at 11:15AM.

See you there!

9/7 practice - note about Thursday 9/8

Tonight was a defensive practice, and it was pretty intense and fairly sharp. Hopefully we're just one practice away from being ready.

Tomorrow's pre-game practice will be the normal time, 5pm, but at the field above Town Hall (where the games are played) rather than at the usual practice fields. The 6th grade Black head coach and myself thought it would be fun for the players to have their first true pregame practice on their home game field. We are also asking them to wear their game jerseys and game pants, full pads.

We will get out early (6:45pm) so that everybody can get home in time to watch the kickoff to the NFL season.

Game on Saturday is at home, starts at noon, warmups to start at 11:15AM. See you tomorrow.

9/6 practice

It was back at it today after a nice long holiday weekend. Remember, we have practice scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) due to missing this past Saturday and Monday.

Tonight's offensive practice was essentially a refresher course. We are not likely to add to the playbook for our first game, so right now we want to make sure we have everything down. Tonight it appeared as though we did. We did make some mistakes (jumping on the wrong snap count, for instance) but for the most part the players seemed to be pretty familiar with the plays.

See you tomorrow.

9/1 practice

Tonight's "pregame practice" was a little on the iffy side, as we had a little bit of trouble maintaining our focus. Perhaps it was the first day of school that got into our heads. Hopefully we are able to turn it around next week before our first game.

A reminder that there will be no practice on Saturday or Monday. Instead, we will go Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday next week before our first game.

Have a great Labor Day weekend.

8/30 practice

Tonight's practice was a defensive practice, and some players got moved around to different positions. Fortunately they generally had a good attitude towards the changes, and I think the changes will be for the good of both those players and the team as a whole.

A reminder that we will NOT be practicing tomorrow. Our next practice will be Thursday, September 1st.

Keep in mind as well that there will be no Saturday practice and no Monday practice this weekend due to the labor day weekend. We will practice at 5pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next week.

See you Thursday.

8/29 practice

Tonight was an offensive night, and we added a few new plays to our playbook. Some of the players had a little bit of a hard time picking them up, but that's to be expected - our playbook is pretty thin at this point in the season and we threw several new things at them all at once. We hope to master what we have now before our first game.

One thing we talked about tonight is how certain players might have to be moved around a little bit based on need and playing time. We told the players that if we ask them to change positions that they shouldn't look at it as a negative, but rather see it as an opportunity to contribute more to the team from a new position than they might have been able to at another. After all, the rules only allow for so many quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers to be on the field at the same time.

Tomorrow will be a defensive practice, and I'm really looking forward to it. A reminder that we will NOT practice this Wednesday, 8/31. Players are free to take as many "mental reps" as they wish.

See you tomorrow.

West Bend Scrimmage

Well, we have more things to work on that I hoped for after today's West Bend scrimmage, but there was definitely some good mixed with the bad. We were able to hit a few good plays in the passing game and had some success running to the outside.

Unfortunately we also had several fumbles (from snaps, handoffs, and tackles), missed tackles, and missed blocking assignments, and there were times where we seemed to be going the wrong way.

As I told the players at the end of the scrimmage, the good news is that these are all fundamentals that we should be able to fix with continued practice. And that will start with Monday's offensive practice.

Just a reminder that 6th grade will practice Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday next week, and will not be practicing Wednesday. This may/may not be what other grades are doing, but it is what we have decided to do based on a variety of different factors and due to the school schedule in place.

Thanks and we'll see you Monday.

8/25/11 practice, West Bend Scrimmage update; other info

Tonight we walked through a "pre-game" practice, which will become our normal routine on Thursday nights. Essentially we go through offense, defense, and special teams during these practices to make sure that we are ready to go in all phases for our games on Saturday. We still have a number of things to cover, but it was nice to start getting in the flow of everything.

Couple of things for parents to be aware of:

1. Scrimmage this Saturday is at Silverbrook Middle School in West Bend. Scrimmage starts at 9am, players to arrive between 8-8:30am. Please see the post below for a map if you need one; the fast version is Highway 45 north to Highway 33 (Washington Street) East to Silverbrook Drive, take a right on Silverbrook and you will see the school shortly thereafter.

2. We will NOT be practicing next Wednesday, 8/31. Next week we will start our normal school schedule of Monday-Tuesday-Thursday practices. Please note that other grades may not be doing this same thing.

3. Please have your child get their fundraising packets in. I have received a number of them, but there are still plenty to go.

4. Please call me with any questions, 262-758-0804. Thanks and we'll see you on Saturday!

Cleaning things up; West Bend Scrimmage

After the Cedarburg scrimmage, it was back to practice on Monday and Tuesday to work on cleaning up the issues we had during the scrimmage. Monday was an offensive practice, and we added in a couple of new plays. Last night was a defensive practice, and we did the infamous "bag drill" that is always very intense but always a lot of fun. Tonight we will probably work on special teams.

A reminder to parents that this Saturday, 8/27/11, is the West Bend scrimmage. The scrimmage starts at 9AM, we would like players to arrive between 8-8:30AM. It is at Silverbrook Middle School, NOT the Town of Trenton Town Hall. Take 45 to Highway 33, East on 33 to Silverbrook Drive. Turn right on Silverbrook Drive and you will see the school shortly thereafter. For a map (hopefully this works): http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=silverbrook+middle+school,+west+bend+wi&hl=en&cid=3240170334405893147


See you there.

Cedarburg scrimmage

It was nice to go through our first live action against another opponent at the Cedarburg scrimmage on Saturday. After some rainy weather in the morning, the sun was shining for us in the afternoon.

Overall, I was happy with the effort that the players gave and we were able to have some success in several areas. I thought we were very physical - especially given the fact that we have not had many full-contact practices so far - and with a few exceptions we were able to avoid some of the mistakes that often plague youth teams, such as fumbled snaps and things of that nature. We were also able to hit a couple of big plays in the passing game and the running game.

We still have much to work on, but most of the mistakes we made in the scrimmage are fixable. Given that this team has only been together for less than a week, I am confident we can fix those things and keep adding to our playbook, which right now is very small.


See you Monday!

Bring on the Cedarburg scrimmage

Tonight was the final practice before the Cedarburg scrimmage on Saturday, 8/20. Scrimmage starts at 12:30, please arrive by noon. I handed out maps today (the maps say arrive by 11:30AM - if you can, that's great, but if not, by noon should be ok too).

It's a cliche, but it's true - the goal of a scrimmage is not to "win" the scrimmage. If it were, they would keep score. Instead, the scrimmage gives us an opportunity to evaluate where we are at, where we need to be, and how we need to get there.

I am excited to see these players hit somebody in a different jersey. I'm sure we will have plenty of things we need to work on, but we all look forward to that first scrimmage to get our first glimpse of what this team looks like.

If you have any questions, please email me. Otherwise I will see you Saturday!

Scrimmage Update

Hello parents,

Last night I sent out a handout informing parents that our 6th grade orange scrimmage at Cedarburg on Saturday is in the morning. I received an email today indicating that this has changed.

The scrimmage for 6th grade orange on 8/20 will take place behind Cedarburg High School from 12:30-3:00pm, players please arrive by noon.

I'm sorry for the confusion.

8/13 practice, 8/15 pictures

Our first contact practice was unfortunately cut short due to lightning, but we were able to discuss proper tackling technique to the players during practice on Saturday 8/13. We placed special emphasis on keeping one's head up during tackling, both for the safety of the players as well as cutting down on the likelihood of missed tackles.

Tonight's practice is picture night at the Varsity Field (Gib Mahr). The coaches will be splitting teams tonight and the players should know tomorrow whether they are on the black or the orange teams.

See you tonight!

8/10, 8/11 practices

Hello everyone,

We had a couple of offensive practices on 8/10 and 8/11, and started scratching the surface of our playbook. Right now the focus is still on the basics, but I like what I see so far. The QB-center exchange, QB-RB handoffs, running the basic routes, basic blocking technique, and things of that nature have been going well, and that's especially important at this level.

Saturday will be our first full-pads practice, so please have your child go through their equipment and have everything ready to go Saturday morning. Most of the team will be ready for contact, now that they have their hours in, and we will be focusing on proper tackling technique and things of that nature on Saturday.

A reminder that pictures are on Monday, 8/15 - players should dress in full pads with their (black) game uniform and pants, and show up to practice on the varsity game field. Picture packets and ordering forms were previously handed out - if your child does not have one yet, I still have extras. We will also be splitting teams on Monday evening, meaning that the players will know what team they are on starting on Tuesday, 8/16. We originally were going to do this earlier, but due to some players having siblings on other teams (and other reasons), we decided to wait a few days to make sure the 7th/8th grade is settled first so that all siblings are on the same "orange" or "black" team for travel purposes. We don't want parents to have to take one child to Oconomowoc and another child to Saukville on the same Saturday, for example.

It is important for me to remind players and parents that we split teams as evenly as possible, with the primary goal to equalize ability on each team and to allow for maximum playing time for each player. While I understand that players may want to make sure they are on the same team as their friends, or that parents could make more convenient carpool arrangements if their child is on a certain team, I believe it is not in the long-term best interests of the players, the teams, or the program to split teams based on these types of considerations. If you have questions or concerns about how teams are split, please feel free to call or email me.

Thank you, and we'll see you Saturday!

8/9/11 practice

First defensive practice was a good one tonight. Because we cannot have contact practices until the players get their conditioning hours in, tonight was focused more on footwork, technique, and angles. We finished practice with the "team pursuit" drill, designed to help players figure out that taking a good angle to a ball carrier is almost as important as how fast you are.

I did get a comment that tonight's practice was a little bit too easy. Perhaps I'm getting soft. We'll have to make up for it in future practices.

Tomorrow the players should be getting their equipment during practice. This also means they will likely have to figure out what position they will play on offense. Keep in mind that at the 6th grade level, everybody 120 pounds and up will have to play offensive line.

If your child is down after hearing that news, just remind them that since 1997 only three different positions have been selected number 1 overall in the NFL Draft. The first is quarterback, but the other two? Offensive and defensive line.

Just like at the professional level, solid line play is key to success at the youth level. See you tomorrow.

8/8/11 practice

Today was our first practice as a 6th grade program alone, and it went pretty well. We got down to the basics for our first offensive practice of the season. As you would expect, there's plenty of work to do, but it was a good start.

A reminder to parents to make sure that you stay off the practice fields during practices. I know you might want to get a closer look at the drills, but HYFB's insurance does not cover parents.

Thanks, and we'll see you tomorrow!

First day in the books

Hello players, parents, coaches,

Hopefully this blog is up and running...if so, first practice went pretty well. There was a different format this year and we had the kids practicing as one large group (5th through 8th grade) for most of the practice. On Monday it will be the usual routine, with each individual grade level starting to get to work.

Helmets and practice jerseys were given out today. Please make all necessary adjustments to chin straps and mouth guards before Monday's practice.

Monday will be an offensive practice for 6th grade, hope to see you there.