New highlights up for play of the year nominations one day early this week, check it out!

- Coach C

Monday Night Highlights; Week 4.1

Coach Carnes was busy attending a clinic last Friday, so he didn't get a chance to post the highlights. He's back now, and got right on them, so we're going to have two highlight posts this week (the second in the usual Friday slot). Hurrah! I figure: they play football on Monday Nights too; the title works. So, Rocks, here's your Monday debut:

What kind of Workout partner are you?

Watching your workout partner(s) "take the easy way out" during a lift in January is a preview of watching him miss a key block or tackle on a Friday night in August. Hold your workout partner accountable for every single lift...he is your teammate and your family member! Do you care about him and this team enough to yell at him when he is just "going through the motions" in the weight room?

-Coach Zimm

Schedule Updates

From Coach G...

Rocks and Parents,
I am writing to touch base and bring everyone up to speed on some upcoming events:

1. Feb. 4th – For any player interested, the team will go downtown to the Super Bowl Village. We will leave from behind Dicks in Clay Terrace at 10:30 am. There will be a free bus leaving at 11:00 am. If you are late, you may have to catch the later bus. I am not completely sure, but I expect that we will stay for 2 – 3 hours and then catch the bus back, returning to Clay Terrace around 3:30 – 4:00 pm. Everyone should bring a lunch or money to buy lunch as well as written permission for you to attend from a parent.
2. March 3rd – Our football team will compete in the Ben Davis Lifting Contest. We are allowed to take our 44, pound for pound, strongest players. We will leave from the Westfield Football Locker Room at 6:30 am. There is no cost, but players will need to bring a lunch. We will return after noon, hopefully with trophies, medals, and a great understanding of what it takes to win. If you work on Saturdays, please request this Saturday off right away. I want every Senior and Junior who can lift to be there! 
3. June 17th – 19th – We will again go to Bishop-Dullaghan for our team camp. Feel free to go ahead and send your form in for these dates. I have extra forms if you need one. The cost is still $240. We will host fundraisers for this camp eventually. Everyone goes to camp unless there is an absolutely unavoidable conflict.
4. There are basically seven weeks of summer this year before 2-a-days. My plan is to work the guys very hard during the school year and give them a little more time off this summer. We will practice Monday – Thursday, 6:00 – 8:30 am, every week except for the moratorium week. If we meet specific attendance goals for a week, I will likely give the players the following Tuesday off as well. Please schedule vacations for the week of July 1st – 7th if at all possible. The next best week is July 22nd – 28th. We will have practice throughout the other five weeks. We’ll work out any conflicts that need worked out. 

Lastly, keep coming to workouts and getting after it. We are getting much stronger and faster. I love the effort we are putting in. Remember that we will hand out equipment based on weight room attendance (not seniority), so make sure you are there!

Go Rocks!

Coach Gilbert

If you have questions are concerns, feel free to call Coach Gilbert. If you need his number, our contact info is linked here on the site. Shoot us an email and we'll get right back to you. Or leave a comment and we'll respond in kind with an answer as soon as possible.

We've heard...

...That requests have been submitted to Coach Carnes for highlights. Awesome! We're getting the emails. Keep 'em coming.

...That Cory Sucese is trying to video tape himself doing a center throw-back. E for effort, but we're really hoping there are other entrants. Nothing against Cory, and anything to show some center-love is fine by us... but we somehow doubt the play falls within the rules. We'd rather not have the winning play result in a storm of flags. Or Kostecka's cleats (if they ran out of flags). Just sayin'.

...That Coach G is rooting for the Giants. Looks like we won't be ordering those cutoff hoodies for the staff next year.

...No, Carnes. We're not going with sweater vests, either. Unless Tressel gets hired by the Colts. Anyone wanna bet some sprints?

The Price of a Champion

From Coach Patchett...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. 

What price are you willing to pay to be a champion? How much of your life will you spend lifting, running and studying?

Week Three Clips

More clips this week. Still have not seen any comments, which is fine. The coaches will just pick all of our favorites, then. Sadly, that probably means no one handed catches will ever get picked because, you know, it's not technically sound. Nor any touchdown passes where the quarterback made the wrong read, yet threaded the needle. Nor any runs where the halfback hit the wrong hole but sprung it anyway.

Okay, I'm lying. We like those plays, too. But we would love to hear from you anyway. I mean, you guys are all on Hudl, still watching clips everyday, right? RIGHT?