Stretching Raiders

Where it all begins, no it isn't the YMCA program it is the 7th grade football program. These are the kids who rise before the sun and hit the field to learn the HP system of football. Some lessons come easy and some come hard but the main lesson is that this is a team environment and it is all or nothing and rules are made to be followed. Week after week three men appear on the field out numbered by players sometimes 26 to 1. The system they have put in place requires everyone following it or everyone pays the price for the one who doesn't. Following directions is key and required by all. Listening is mandatory because let's face it when there are 80 kids and 3 coaches the odds are not everything said by a coach will be heard by everyone. What is amazing is the respect these boys are learning will carry them farther than they will ever realize. The parents might be another story but if they will let the coaches do their job most of these boys will be better off for it.

Thursday Night Football

With a week off and a short week due to a Thursday night football game everyone was a bit out of their routine. The pep rally was held on Thursday, the game started at 7pm which meant the JV Gold and Huddles 3 & 4 played on Wednesday. What to do on Friday? Well to tell you the truth if it was left up to me everyone would have headed to the opening day of the State Fair of Texas and had a corny dog or a funnel cake but in reality seniors headed off to either ACL in Austin and possibly caught the Texas -Arkansas game, if you can call what happened there a game or they followed Coach Allen to Athens, Georgia to see the Dawgs fall to Bama and the Tide, some made college visits and some just enjoyed a weekend off. Whatever you did with your weekend I hope it was nice and relaxing. In the mean time it is time to get ready to face Greenville and their new coach. Should be exciting as the Greenville quarterback takes on the HP Scots and their mighty defense. Kick off is at 7:30.