Saturday, March 8, 2014

End of Season Banquet

Please join all levels of the program for a night of celebration on Monday, March 17 at 7:30 PM in the HS cafeteria. Please bring family and a dessert to pass. "Dress up" as well! Hope to see you all there.

Friday, February 28, 2014

34-28 Win @ Kelloggsville

Congratulations, guys, on a strong, successful finish to the season these past couple of weeks! To show a steady, positive, hard-working mentality…even until the last day of competition…says a lot about you guys as a collective team as well as individuals. Job well done! And we were able to meet a season goal (win more games than lose) on this last day as well. Bonus!

I look forward to officially wrapping up the season with you in all my classroom right after school on Monday. Please bring all uniform items. We will be finished no later than 3:30 that afternoon. And please remember that we'll have a program-wide end-of-season banquet at some point as well. Stay tuned!

Thanks again for a rewarding season...

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

49-33 Win @ Coopersville

Guys,

Job well done last night in mostly taking care of business (despite some defensive lapses in the second quarter especially). And once again, a lot of guys contributed in a lot of positive ways throughout.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we handle the last challenge before us: meeting the #1 team goal that you guys voted on way back on the night of Nov. 22!

See you at our last practice….

Friday, February 21, 2014

Schedule for our LAST WEEK!

Here goes with the final (hopefully not tentative) week of play!

**Monday: practice 3 PM…vote for last "team award" winner.

**Tuesday: game @ Coopersville (4 PM)…dress up for spirit week…bus leaves right after school.

**Wednesday: last practice of the season…3 PM…team dinner at Team Klingenberg (6 PM).

**Thursday: last game of the season @ Kelloggsville (4 PM)…dress up for spirit week…bus leaves right after school.

**Friday: team meeting right after school in my room…hand in uniform items if possible...should be done no later than 330! Please let me know if you cannot make it.

Big week coming up here obviously, everyone! Can't wait to see us finish strong…..

Thursday, February 20, 2014

49-31 Win @ Holland

Gentlemen,

As a coach, I really enjoyed the total team effort today in a convincing win for our last conference game of the season. Job well done. BUT…that's just the FIRST of three steps we're taking in this last week and a half to meet our team goal and finish with an above .500 season record. We can certainly do it, but we need to keep our feet on the pedal!

Looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow in 3 PM practice!

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

47-41 Loss to Unity

Boys,

I admired your overall grit and fight yesterday in the close game vs. Unity. To come back out of the halftime locker room (and a 10 point deficit) roaring like we did for the rest of the game says a lot about you all. Unity simply made a few more plays than us in the end, but it's nothing to hang your collective heads about.

At this point of the long season, let's keep some momentum up as we approach our last three games!

See you today for 3 PM practice.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Upcoming Week

Hi, everyone!

Here goes with the schedule for this upcoming week (as well as a few updates regarding the next week):

**Monday: practice 5-7 PM.

**Tuesday: game @Unity (4 PM)…dress up in school…bus leaves right after school.

**Wednesday: practice 3-5 PM.

**Thursday: game @Holland (5 PM)…dress up in school…bus leaves at 4 PM.

**Friday: practice 3-5 PM.

**The next Monday/Wednesday: practice 3-5 PM (last team dinner on Wednesday @6).

I'm looking forward to a strong, positive finish to the season, guys! First up is revenge vs. Unity. Let's prepare for it by watching some film (re-check hudl when you can) and getting in a quality practice session tomorrow at 5 PM!

And congrats again to Keaton Mudd and Elliott Klingenberg for their respective team award recognition based on their quality play this past week!