HS Football Week 3

I hope that everyone made it home safely. We have several players that got pretty banged up so please be in prayer for them. We certainly got the opportunity to deal with some adversity last week. It is a part of life and I am sure we did not get it all out of the way in one week but I hope we learned to look at it differently.

It was a great weekend on so many levels. Watching two teams that really understand competition and sportsmanship play two hard fought games in the mud is not an opportunity that comes around very often. As I interacted with the Regents coaches and players throughout the weekend I was very encouraged by what they said about us as men and as football players. Regents has won 6 state titles in football over the last decade so those compliments are special. The varsity player breakfast was especially interesting as the players shared and really made friends with each other.

We certainly missed some opportunities in the varsity game but I think we learned some valuable lessons. We play a tough schedule and it has always paid off in the end. This year will be no different. We did get to finish out the weekend with a dominating performance by the JV team (38-12 W). The future is bright but so is the present and it is an honor to coach your kids through the adversity that is a football season and ultimately life.

Weekly Theme-Rebuilding
Nehemiah 2:20 “I answered them by saying, ‘The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding…’”

Week 3 HS Schedule

• Monday, September 17-4:00 to 6:30 pm (Full Pads)
• Tuesday, September 18-4:00 to 6:10 pm (Full Pads)
• Wednesday, September 19-3:45 to 5:30 pm (Half Shell)
• Thursday, September 20-3:45 to 5:00 pm (Helmet) Varsity Only Players
• Thursday, September 20-JV game at Fort Bend at 6:00 pm (Bus leaves at 4)
• Friday, September 21-Home game against Fort Bend Christian at 7:00pm

Fort Bend Preview
This will be another tough test, our third in arrow against a school from a higher division. While we have not played them in several years at the varsity level we have won JV games the past couple of years and we always play well against them in 7 on 7.

Directions
Fort Bend Christian Map and Driving Directions – 1250 7th Street Sugar Land, TX 77478

Pictures
Your son will get a CD this week containing all the pictures he took at that photo shoot. They are yours to keep and you have a release form that will let you take them anywhere to get printed. There is no additional charge for pictures this year.

Morning Workouts
Reminder, we will continue to have workouts on Monday and Wednesday at 6:30am in the weight room. Workouts help with injury prevention and recovery.

Film
In order to learn from our mistakes we need to watch film to get better so please remind your son to log onto Hudl. Fort Bend and Regents film are up. We will be adding notes throughout the week. The JV game will be up some time over the night.

Away Game Travel
All in all it went pretty smoothly for our first varsity away game. If a player does not ride the bus back they should take their black travel bag with them and return them on Monday. A special thanks to the boys that rode the bus and helped us put all the player equipment away in the locker room. The black bags should be turned in each week and we will re-issue them when they are needed.