It’s a little after 2pm on Thursday, meaning that if our Bus 🚌 departed The Hill on-time its about halfway to reaching its destination of Alleghany High School 🏫 for a pair of matches against the Cougars.
Everyone else in the Land of Cavaliers has already begun their Easter Break so we will spend the rest of the day showering 💘 in their direction.
Allen Worrell is currently hard at work on a game story from their recent home 🏡 match versus Pulaski County. We hope to add 🙏 some of that before the day is complete and possibly Marion Harris will send in a thought or two???
Above is the roster for our Junior Varsity team and below is the roster for the Varsity squad.
We can tell you that Coach Johnson and his staff are working 💪 pretty much year around, trying hard to build a pipeline for future players to join the High School 🏫 teams ready to play competitive games once they reach the highest level.
Jeremy Puckett (JV Head Coach) and Zeb Hicks both have bought into the vision of Coach Johnson and work toward the common goal of getting players interested in the game at a younger age.
Coach Puckett understands that his role as the JV Coach is very much about the development of the players as they prepare to have their shot to wear the colors at the Varsity level.
Mr. Corey Williams and Coach Reitzel also are vital cogs in the process as they work with the players at the Middle School 🏫 level.
Photo 📷 of Wrestling Coach West Long and Corey Williams at a recent Special Olympics function.
The Varsity team this season has a solid mix across all three classes, with 8 Seniors, 7 Juniors and 6 Sophomores.
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The progress that has been made was easily measured by the number of players that were attending the off season workouts. Come rain 🌧 or shine, the teams came out in full force.
Another area where Coach Johnson continues to build on his foundation is through youth camps. Johnson held a number of these in the past year at a minimum cost to the families in hopes of encouraging people to come out and try the game.
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Marion Harris has checked in with a trip down memory lane in regards to the number of current Varsity players that played for him over the years. The list is lengthy and includes the current Varsity Head Coach, Forrest Johnson.
I will be able to share all of that once I finish transcribing the notes 📝.
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Recap from tonight: both teams pick up wins!
Jv wins 8-0!
Goals scored by:
Judah Collins with 3
Hez Mejia with 1
Luis Silva with 2
Alex silva with 1
Christian Cruz with 1
Assists by:
Judah collins 1
Bradsel Martinez 1
Andrew Taylor 1
Alex Silva 1
Varsity wins 5-2 in a very physical game.
Goals by:
Yahir Ruiz with 4 goals
Landon Puckett with 1 goal
Assists:
William Burnett with 3
A.S.P.N on The Hill 