Week 11 Schedule

Warrior Parents,

It was a great win for our football program and for our school Friday night as we captured the first Football District Championship in school history. It was not without its down side with the injury to Jonathan. He will be going to the doctor tomorrow and we will know more at that time. We may look a little different next we as we rely more heavily on our defense and Jason running the ball.

I hope you invite everyone you know to the game Friday. It would be great to pack out the grandstand as we win our first ever football playoff game.

Weekly Theme: Obedience
Genesis 7:22 “Noah did everything just as God commanded it.”

HS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads) (Film from 5:30 to 6:00)
Tuesday 3:45-5:45 (Full Pads)
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Half Shell)
Thursday 3:45-5:15 (Half Shell)
Friday 7:30 PM against All Saints Episcopal

Game Film
I have uploaded game film for All Saint’s Episcopal to the website. They are in blue against Dallas Shelton. Shelton is a pretty good team and won the game 40 to 14. I will upload another game that All Saint’s won later today or on Monday. Your son should spend some time watching the film throughout the week. http://www.cypresschristianfootball.org/login.php

All Saints Offense
They will mostly be in the same basic formations as us but their offense is much simpler. They run a lot of dive plays in between the tackles with an occasional pitch sweep. The QB will run a lot of draw plays and designed runs. Their passing game is mostly WR and RB screens and other short passes. They do through the ball deep on a regular basis but with limited success.

All Saints Defense
Dallas Shelton was a running team and ASE was in a 5-3 cover 3. They had 8 guys in the box to stop the run. Coram Deo spreads out and throws the ball and ASE ran more of a 3-4 look with cover 2 and cover 3. We will probably be more of a run dominated team this week but they will not know that based on the film that they have.

Playoffs Second Round
We are expecting to win on Friday and the second round of the playoffs will be on a neutral site against a team out of Dallas on Friday November 20th.

Grades
Grades will be checked for the first time this quarter on Thursday, please check with your son and make sure they are getting their work done.

The JH Ranch
While I will certainly promote football camps over the summer, the JH Ranch is a very unique place that will impact your relationship with Christ, your son’s relationship with Christ and your relationship with your son in very powerful ways. You can learn more about the ranch at http://www.jhranch.com/ or attend one of the informational meetings this week. I have been to the ranch and several other CCS families have as well. I know everyone is busy but I want to encourage you to at least checkout the ranch on the internet.

November 9, 2009
Home of Allen and Lori Jurecka
707 Chestnut Hills Court
Katy, TX 77450
Time: 7:00 pm

November 10, 2009
Home of Jeff and Cindy Reeter
7 Williamsburg Lane
Houston, TX 77024
Time: 7:00pm

Week 10 HS Football Schedule

It was easier than I thought it would be Friday night. I was very pleased with how we set the tone of the game early and with our conduct on the field. It is always hard to beat a team twice and I am expecting a tough game this week at Pope John Paul. They lost to Bay Area last week for the second time in overtime. A win will give us our first ever District Championship.

Weekly Theme: Finish
Hebrews 12:1-3 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

HS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-5:45 (Full Pads)
Tuesday 3:45-5:45 (Full Pads)
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Half Shell)
Thursday 3:45-5:15 (Half Shell)
Friday 7:30 PM at Pope John Paul 23 Bus leaves at 4:45

Playoffs
We will have a home playoff game on November 13. It will probably be against the winner of this week’s game between All Saint’s Episcopal in Tyler and Garland Christian.

Week 9 HS Football Schedule

I thought we could score 35 points but I did not think we could get it done in the first 5 possessions. It may have been the best half of football ever played at CCS. We are really starting to play consistently on both sides of the ball. It was all exciting to see several of the things that we had been working on for the past few weeks look so good in the game. We are starting to see a lot of Gaps closed but I know that we have still not played our best football.

Weekly Theme: Faith
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”


HS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-5:50 (Full Pads) Powder Puff game at 6:30
Tuesday 3:45-5:30 (Film and Conditioning) Non JV players
Tuesday JV Game against SATCH at 6PM at home
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Half Shell)
Thursday 3:45-5:15 (Half Shell)
Friday 7:30 PM at home against Snook

JV Roster for Tuesday-We added a few players due to injury
Troy Mason, Austin Barton, Jonathan Rangel, Thomas Glazier, Cody Mangum, Shawn Bell, Ben Bennett, Cameron Kostak, De'Franklin Taylor, Bobby Miller, Jase Clark, Ryan Morgan, Connor Sparks, Travis McGrath, Mason McCollum, Benton Barrow, Phillip McCurry, Daniel Crozier, Andrew Galloway, Paul Odeyomi, Matthew Bancroft, Travis Wilhite, Mohammed Usman, David Ajiebo, Jack Mitchell, Michael Gamble (We may need to add another player or two at specific positions because of injury.)

Playoffs
We will have a home playoff game on November 13. After the first week all playoff games will be at neutral sites and probably played on Saturdays. It is highly possible that we will be playing football the week of Thanksgiving.

Westbury Christian
Our official record improved to 7-1. Westbury played with an ineligible player and had to forfeit our game with them. It was an honest mistake regarding the age of a player which was voluntarily turned in to TAPPS by Westbury.

Doritos Commercial
Chris, who built our football website, filmed a commercial on our field after the game. It is for the Doritos Crash the Supper Bowl contest. It is a little abstract but funny. http://vimeo.com/7241290

Week 8 HS Football Schedule

Friday night was a great homecoming win. It was probably our most complete game of the season. I love the fact that we were 6 for 6 in the red zone 8 of 12 on 3rd down and 2 of 4 on 4th down while holding our opponent to just 3 of 12 on third down. We will need the same effort this Friday as we have a rematch against Bay Area. We will need to win this game by more than 15 points to win the district.

Weekly Theme: Consistency
Malachi 3:6 “’I the Lord do not change,’…declares the Lord”

HS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads)
Tuesday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads) Non JV players see JV list below
Tuesday JV Game at Fort Bend Baptist at 6PM – Bus leaves at 4:15PM
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Half Shell) Pictures-full game uniform blue
Thursday 3:45-5:15 (Half Shell)
Friday 7:30 PM at home against Bay Area

JV Roster for Tuesday
Troy Mason, Austin Barton, Jonathan Rangel, Thomas Glazier, Cody Mangum, Shawn Bell, Ben Bennett, Cameron Kostak, De'Franklin Taylor, Bobby Miller, Jase Clark, Ryan Morgan, Connor Sparks, Travis McGrath, Mason McCollum, Benton Barrow, Phillip McCurry, Daniel Crozier, Andrew Galloway, Paul Odeyomi, Matthew Bancroft, Travis Wilhite, Mohammed Usman, David Ajiebo

Bay Area JV Game
Bay Area has canceled our reschedule JV game for next Saturday. This is probably for the better based on the number of football games we would have played in a week. I am going to try and find one more JV game for the last week of the regular season.

Volunteering
If I listed out the number of things that have to be done each week to bring you Warrior Football you would not believe it. It takes a tremendous number of volunteers and if you have not yet had the opportunity to serve please do so. It can be as simple as helping empty trash cans after a game while your son changes after a game.

Pictures
Pictures will be on Wednesday starting right after school. Your son will need his full game uniform and we will be wearing blue.

Website Stats and Video
On the individual stat pages for each game and the season totals you can now download our complete stats for that game. It is far more detailed than what appears on the Chronicle or Max Preps and even includes the complete play by play for every game. You will also start to see individual highlight videos appearing on the player profiles pages this week. These are complete for the first 6 games and it is just a matter of computer time as they upload to the website.

The Warrior Link and Warriors Live!
While I did send out an email last week it did not appear to go to anyone. It is always posted on the Warrior Link (http://www.coachspenn.blogspot.com/) prior to being sent out via email. I also post additional information that I do not email out so it is worth checking or following the feed.

Each week Scott Ordeneaux and I record a weekly interview that goes live on the web on the game day page http://www.cypresschristianfootball.org/gameday.php. The video does not always appear (Internet Explorer issue) but you can follow the link at the bottom to watch all the past shows.

MS Football Schedule – Final Week

It has been a great season of MS football. I am very excited about the progress they have made on the field and am looking forward to a great group of incoming freshmen next year.

Weekly Theme: Consistency
Malachi 3:6 “’I the Lord do not change,’…declares the Lord”

MS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-5:45
Tuesday 3:45-5:30 (Full Pads) MS A only players
Tuesday 4:30 PM MS B game at home against St. C
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 Pictures (Full game uniform-blue)
Thursday 6:00 PM at Lutheran South – Bus leaves at 4PM
(I have gotten an email from the officials that the game time was moved back to 7PM but have not been able to confirm that with Lutheran South.)

Pictures
Pictures will be on Wednesday starting right after school. Your son will need his full game uniform and we will be wearing blue.

Equipment Turn In
I still need to check with Coach Warren but MS equipment turn in will probably be after school on Monday, October 26.

8th Graders
Any 8th grade football players are welcome to practice with the HS October 26-28. We had a few do this last year and it gives them a good feel for HS and I think was a very positive experience last year.

Homecoming - What Really Matters

To be honest I am not a big fan of homecoming. Don't get me wrong I love seeing alumni and big crowds at football games. I enjoy pep rallies and imitation is the highest form of flattery so being the focus of a dress up day costume was fine with me. Bethany and I attend the dance because we feel it is an extension of our ministry but we do have a lot of fun. Most of the team is taking a date to the dance but no one was willing to say they even thought they would marry their date some day. I happen to think this is a good thing as I hope they will grow and change a lot from this point. I have been reminding them all week that they are most likely going out with someone else's wife which means another guy is going out with their wife. I have challenged them to treat their dates with the same respect they would hope their wife is getting at her homecoming.

What are we imitating this week? Is it Christ both on and off the field? Are we distracted by the homecoming activities of life and forgetting about the big game? Here are some links to a very interesting website that focuses on what really matters. These are for two first rate athletes that are living there lives in second place and focused on the big game from an eternal perspective. There are also interviews with many others from all walks of life.

http://www.iamsecond.com/#/seconds/Colt_Sam/
http://www.iamsecond.com/#/seconds/Colt_McCoy/
http://www.iamsecond.com/#/seconds/Sam_Bradford/

Week 7 HS/MS Football Schedule

Warrior Parents,

The MS picked up another good win this past week and continues to improve. The HS had several good days of practice. Bay Area defeated Pope John Paul 13-7 in overtime last night. This puts Bay Area firmly in charge of the district race and a much easier playoff opponent. It also leaves us with a tough test this Friday night.

Weekly Theme: Grace
Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourself, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

HS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads)
Tuesday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads)
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Half Shell)
Thursday 3:45-5:15 (Half Shell)
Friday 7:30 PM at home against Pope John Paul 23

MS-Practice Schedule
Monday No Practice
Tuesday 3:45-5:30 (Full Pads) MS A only players
Tuesday 5:00 PM MS B game at Northland-Bus leaves at 3:45
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Half Shell)
Thursday 6:00 PM at home for Woodlands Christian

Attendance
It looks like the sickness has passed and we will be enforcing our rules regarding attendance. If a player misses a practice this week they will sit out a quarter of the game.

Homecoming
There are a lot of activities associated with Homecoming. They are fun but they are distractions from both school work and football. Please encourage your son to enjoy the week but to also stay focused on the work they need to do both on and off the field.

Pictures
I am told that they will be on Wednesday 21, rain or shine.

Football for Mom’s
We had a good number of Mom’s attend our little class today. We may hold another more advanced one before the season is complete.

In Christ,

Coach Spenn

Football for Mom's

I will be teaching a Football for Mom's class this Saturday from 1-2 in the art room. The idea is to give mom's (and anyone else that wants to attend) a little information on the basics of football and what the warriors do on the field. I will go over each of the various football position along with our basic offense and defense. I will show you a little game film and give you the opportunity to ask questions.

Coach Spenn

Opportunity Lost?

With every loss there should be some disappointment at the loss of an opportunity to see how good you are becoming. Are we closing the Gap? It is really impossible to know without competition and in every competition there is a winner and a loser. Across the country many teams did not live up to expectations this weekend, which gives me some comfort as a coach that we were not alone but it is what we do now that matters. Will we apply principle number 9 and grow from our loss or will we let it define us. We need to be a team that lives for the competition, perseveres to the end and plays for the love of the game.

"We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great. But win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure."
-Joe Paterno - Head Football Coach Penn State University for the last 44 seasons

"Losing is only temporary and not all encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it."
-John Wooden - Legendary basketball coach for UCLA

I certainly don't have the same level of experience that these two coaches have and my weekend of watching the film can be summed up more closely by a quote from Bum Phillips (former NFL head coach) "The film looks suspiciously like the game itself." We have been steadly Closing the Gap over the past two seasons and I am sure that is how we will respond this week and it will not be an opportunity that was lost.

Week 6 HS/MS Football Schedule

The MS is coming off a great week and should be able to pick up two more wins this week. The varsity had a tough night at Bay Area. We get another chance against Bay Area in a few weeks. Hopefully we can apply principle number 9 and be ready for them when they come to Cypress.

It is hard to believe that we are over half way done with the HS season and MS season has just 3 weeks left. It has been a great year so far but this is often the time of the season when we need a little perseverance.

Weekly Theme: Perseverance
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

HS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads)
Tuesday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads)
Wednesday 3:30-5:30 (Full Uniform Blue) Pictures and Game Film
Thursday 3:45-5:15 (Half Shell)
Friday 7:00 PM Powder Puff Game at CCS

MS-Practice Schedule
Monday 3:45-6:00 (Full Pads)
Tuesday 3:45-5:30 (Full Pads) Non JV players only
Tuesday 6:00 PM MS 6/7 grade game at home against St. Cecilia
Wednesday 3:45-5:30 (Full Uniform Blue for Pictures)
Thursday 4:30 PM at Faith West-Bus leaves at 3PM

Pictures
We will take team pictures on Wednesday right after school. Both teams will still practice once pictures are complete. Practice will end at 5:30. Your son should have his full blue uniform for the pictures.

Football for Mom’s
I am planning on having a football for mom’s class next Saturday. The time is still up in the air but it will probably be early afternoon in a class room at school. I will send out an email with more information later this week.

In Christ,

Coach Spenn