last practice

I apologize for falling behind in my blogging. We are heading to Hawaii after the game on Saturday so this week has been busy.

Well it seems like just yesterday we were getting excited about practice starting for the season and now it's almost over. I will have a season ending recap after the game saturday. I will miss these guys after this weekend, they are a fun bunch to work with.

Today's practice is at Town Hall, we will be practicing special teams then have a little fun and then have a pizza party. The kids have worked hard all year and we wanted this week to be a little fun, since it is our last week.

Saturday's game is at home at Town Hall, black jerseys.

Just a few reminders. The varsity won their 1st round playoff game Tuesday night 6-0 in 2ot vs. Madison Memorial, so now they are on to play Middleton (8-1) at home at 7 p.m. Saturday, if the boys go dress warm and wear youth attire if possible. Also Nov. 13th is the christmas parade if you wanted to march with the football club contact Rob Whitemore, if not please come cheer us on. Last our season end banquet is November 17th @ 6:00 p.m. at the high school north cafeteria. I am excited to get to present these guys their awards.

So I'll see everyone tonight and Go Hartford Youth Football, all teams are dedicating this weekends games to the family of Dan Goodreau, who passed away tragically in a motorcycle accident last week. He was a manager for 7th grade Orange and had been for the past 2 years as well. You will be missed Dan..............

Kent

Directions to Brookfield Central H.S.

If you go on Hartford Youth Football's website, @ the home page click on schedules. Look at the Orange teams (any grade level) week 2 results you will see Brookfield highlighted in blue, click on that and it will bring up the map to Central. Basically it is just North of Brookfield square mall. Any questions please call or e-mail.

We only have 1 game left after this. Next week and I won't know the opponent until Sunday again.

I'll comment more after practice tonight. I think these guys are pretty fired up to win another game. If we play within our game plan we'll be good.

Also anyone interested in marching in the christmas parade nov. 13th @ 3:00 please e-mail Rob Whitemore. This is a fun parade, we get to let the kids wear their uniforms and we run play's on the street. If you attended any parades the past few years you may have seen us. There will be a later equipment return date for anyone who marches.

Kent

lake Country

What a tough loss. We played our hearts out today. Turnovers hurt but we should have played tighter on defense and we could have kept ourselves in the game. We will work more on shoreing up the defense. The kids played with great emotion today and had a heck of a second half. Bryce patin ran hard today and was just as good on defense. kevin was worked in slowly coming off his injury and had a few good hard runs. Meinerz as always was stout on defense. game ball goes to Patin, everyone played well, just a few breakdowns. Losing sucks no matter how you look at it, but this is still youth football and I want to pull the positives out of every game and make this experience fun, as well as teach these guys Hartford football, if we lose we can learn from that, if we lose our poise that's tough and these guys get emotional, but as long as we come back focused and ready for the next opponent and learn from the mistakes we will have some success. At this level it's about playing, learning and loving the game of football, and i want each and every boy out there to do just that. That being said we will focus on our next opponent and look forward to success next week.

Practices will be done @ 6:30 starting tuesday.

Next week we are on the road again, I will not know the opponent until sunday/monday, so make sure the White jersey's are washed this week.

Boys enjoy the weekend, hold your heads high on a battle well fought, we lost but we will contiunue to fight.

Go Black, see you monday.

Kent

10-15-2010

Well, another week of practice in the books. If the boys carry the enthusiasm they have this week, into the game Saturday, they'll give themselves a great shot at success. I can't wait.

Today at school, if they wear a jersey, make sure they wear their white (road) jersey.

I need boys to toss T-shirts tonight, so find me at the varsity game if you're going and want to help out.

Please make sure the boys start drinking lots of liquids today already, Arrowhead has the field turf, and even tho' it will only be @ 50 degrees out at our game, the turf will feel warmer and it has a way of zapping energy out of you. I don't want anyone cramping up or getting sick. That being said it is a great field to play on, the kids always love it.

So we'll see everyone tomorrow morning.

Kent

10-13-10

Hello again, as I sit down for a bowl of cereal on my way to work, I thought I'd drop a note.

Today is Culver's day so use the coupon and enjoy.

Also as we near the end of the season, you may have noticed the note on the side of the blog page regarding the parade. We always try and get @ 11-15 kids to march in the christmas parade each year. This year it is Nov. 13th. We try and have @ 4 boys hand out candy or ?? and 11 boys to line up and run some plays periodically throughout the parade route. Last year we actually won 1st place in the walking division. It is a lot of fun for us to get together one last time and show our community what we can do. So if you are able to be there and want to walk with us, please let coach Whitemore know via his e-mail.

Only 2 weeks left, WOW where does the time go. Another good practice Tuesday, as we get ready for Arrowhead(Lake Country).

That's all for now, see ya.

Kent

Hello

Welcome, for those who are new to my blog.

On Saturday after the game I handed out the Culver's fundraiser coupon, be sure to use that tomorrow if possible. It is a fundraiser for our club, 10% of your purchase will get returned to our club. If you didn't get one let me know I will get one to you tonight.

Our practice last night was good, it is important to not let 1 win go to our heads, so we are trying to keep the kids grounded and focuse on the next game.

Tonight we will do defense and try to get done a little early due to the darkness.

Varsity is at home Friday so the kids should wear their black jersey's to school this week.

That should be all for now.

Kent

W I N

Finally, whew, winning sure does make the weekend more enjoyable. What a great win for these boys. Everyone played their guts out in the heat. Patin ran hard, Tommy ran hard, Kyle, Robinson, and Wagner fought through some injuries and together the whole team held their heads up and played tough for all 32 minutes. Game balls went to Sandoval on offense and Moskow (big interception) on defense. Way to go guys.

Now we need to build off this and take this momentum into Arrowhead next week.

Practice's again are from4:45-6:45 But we may finish a little earlier, last night I noticed it was getting dark @ 6:30 so we'll play this week by ear.

Take this time to enjoy the win and we'll see everyone monday afternoon.

Kent