HS Football Week 2

It was a great win Friday night for the varsity and I am sure we will all remember this game for a long time. Even if we had been on the losing side it would have been worth being a part of. I got a great email from Coach Robbins that was extremely complimentary of our program and how we played the game. I have gotten to know Coach Robbins over the years since he defeated us in another great game when he was at Dallas Lutheran and I would certainly say the same things about his program. Our MS team came up short but a Westbury player told his dad who relayed the information to some of our parents that his son had never played against a team with better sportsmanship.

I was at both games and the number of CCS players helping their opponents up is amazing and the best it has ever been. I have always believed that if Christ played football he would have played all out to the whistle and then did whatever he could to help his opponent up and encourage him. I love the way we are learning to really compete. Our culture has defined competing as win at all costs but true competition is about playing the game and involves both winning and losing. It is not failure when we lose but an opportunity to get better, to learn and to grow. Please find ways to reward these efforts by our players and I hope that we will all find ways to do the same things in our own lives.

Weekly Theme-Overcoming Adversity
Romans 8:18 “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

Week 2 HS Schedule

• Monday, September 10-4:00 to 6:30 pm (Full Pads)
• Tuesday, September 11-4:00 to 6:10 pm (Full Pads)
• Wednesday, September 12-3:45 to 5:30 pm (Half Shell)
• Thursday, September 13-3:45 to 5:00 pm (Helmet)
• Friday, September 14-7:30pm at Austin Regents* (Bus departs at 1PM)
• Saturday, September 15-12 noon at Austin Regents*

*Both game times have been moved back since the original schedule was released.

Regents Preview
Coach Brydon at Austin Regents is another good friend of mine. They will be a tough challenge but it will be another truly great competition. He and I are working on several things that we will do with both teams together. There is a special Fall Social that they are putting on that night. They have invited all of our fans to attend at a reduced cost of $12. I hope everyone can attend that is going to the game. More details are attached and you can go to www.regentsschool.com/fallfamilysocial to get tickets. Tickets must be purchased by Wednesday.

Travel to Regents
We will leave the school at 1PM on Friday and it is our goal to get to the hotel and eat there. We may dress at the hotel and head to the stadium in our pads or use a locker room on campus I am not sure on that yet. Players should be out of bed by 8AM and eat a good breakfast and lunch before coming to school.

Directions
Austin Regents Map and Driving Directions

Austin Trip – Hotel
Mrs. Salario sent an email about the hotel. If you have not done so already please respond to her. I would like every player to stay with their parents but I know that is not possible for every player. The football program will be finding rooms for those whose parents do not travel to the game but we need to know who those players are.

Grade Check
The grade check will be this Tuesday. We did have a few kids that are struggling in some classes. Please go on to RenWeb and make sure your son has everything done.

Hudl
All the film is on Hudl. Please encourage your son to watch 20 minutes of Regents film prior to Monday. It will make a big difference in our ability to prepare and teach at practice.

Morning Workout - Optional
We will be continuing to have workouts on Monday and Wednesday at 6:30AM in the weight room.

Pictures
It really will be this week for the picture CDs.