Our Windows

From Coach Patchett...

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. Our windows to do something great, to be the best that we can at all we attempt in life is short. At the end of it all , are you going have something left in the tank, to be wasted in eternity? Or are you going to be the best that you can be and exhaust all your talents so at the end of it all you have nothing more to give.

Friday Night Highlights

We didn't see any nominations for Week 2, so here's what we picked. Remember, if you want to see a certain play, shoot us an email or leave a comment!

Go Rocks!

Lead the Pack

From Coach Patchett...

“The dog in the back of the pack never sees the sunshine!”  

Be the person who's in front… who wins every race, who starts every drill, who gets A’s on all their tests.  Be a leader, be a lead dog… Lead the Pack!

Friday Night Highlights

I'm going to call this series "Friday Night Highlights." You know, after Friday Night Lights? See what I did there? Clever, right? Right?! Relentless Cleverness!

In any case, this is going to be the day and space where we link clips of our favorite game footage from the last season. Like I mentioned yesterday, we would love to get nominations from players and parents (you'll need to get the Hudl play number in order to nominate). Otherwise, we'll choose our own. We may do sets of two or three (today we have three), and you can tell us which of the set is your favorite via comments, tweets, or facebook. Eventually, we're going to use the feedback and what we've posted to formulate some sort of "Best of" voting/bracket. We'll see how it goes. At the very least, should be some fun YouTubing on Fridays.

Without further ado, here's our first clip, compiled by the Magnificent Coach Carnes:

Hit us in the comments or wherever, let us know your favorite!

Content Announcements

As the year begins, we have a couple of exciting features coming your way here on the blog. First of all, Coach Carnes will be slicing together video clips into mini-highlights. We're going to post those on our YouTube channel and here on the blog, and eventually vote for a Play of the Year. Look for the clips on Fridays.

Are you a player and have a play you'd like to nominate? We'd love to hear it. All we need is the game and play number from Hudl. Parent of a player? Get on Hudl with them and find the same info. Then, you can either email it to us (our contact info can be found on the right) or simply tweet/post on facebook. Whatever works for you, we can track 'em. Every Friday, we're going to be posting the nominations. Or, lacking any, we'll come up with our own favorites. Get your nominations in by Wednesday each week if you want to be sure the clip goes up on Friday. Otherwise, we may have to catch it the following week.

We'll kick things off tomorrow with a first set of three plays. Hit up the comments to let us know which of the three is your favorite. When it comes time for the Play of the Year voting, we may try to set up a bracket or something... we can use the comments for seeding. At the very least, we'd love to hear what you have to say!

A second announcement is that we're going to try to arrange some interviews with our seniors. If you are a senior and interested in appearing in our Senior Spotlight feature, shoot Coach Carnes an email at:

carnesb AT wws.k12.in.us 

He'll let you know what we need.

Go Rocks!

An Opportunity In Disguise

Here's some New Year's wisdom from Coach Patchett... 

Happy NEWYEAR!! As we set goals for the new year, keep this quote in mind:

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you chose to carry it.” - Holtz.

See all obstacles as challenges and then over come them! Do not allow setbacks or roadblocks to discourage you! See every setback as an opportunity.

New Year's Resolutions

And we're back! We'll kick this year off with a message from Coach Gilbert...

Happy New Year's everyone. I wonder what resolutions our players are making. Its time to forget the past and set some worthy goals for the future. If you don't have goals, you have no direction. Without a clear direction, you go nowhere in life.

 As for me, for 2012 I resolve to:

1. Spend more quality time with my sons, 
2. Improve my prayer life, and 
3. Make a difference on a bigger scale at Westfield. 

 A few tips for setting New Year's resolutions:

1. Seek to glorify God and serve others. 
2. Stay positive and patient, knowing that its a process, not a one time payment. 
3. Use something to help you think about your resolution every day. Have a friend remind you, post your goals on your mirror, memorize a scripture, etc. 
4. Keep fighting and never quit! 

 "Press on towards the goal" - Phil 3:14