KFDM COOP Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 Workouts commence Monday for gridders By Nick Cioci The Baytown Sun Published August 1, 2008 Ready or not, here it comes. Preaseason football practice begins Monday at many local area schools. For schools that had spring training, like Lee, Sterling and Crosby, drills start Aug. 11, in accordance with UIL rules. Barbers Hill will start every day at 7:58 a.m. and go to around 12:15 p.m. all week. The Eagles will have a break from 10 a.m. to10:45 a.m., where they will stay at the school and just refresh in the air-conditioning side. Barbers Hill head coach Don Price said he is looking at everything that first week. “I am looking to find kids positions that first week,†he said. “We are throwing a lot at them, so basically we’re just trying to get them to learn it all. We are trying to put everything we are running in the first five days.†Price is guessing he will have about 130 to 150 kids show up that first week. Goose Creek Memorial is starting the week on Monday by issuing equipment and lockers at 6:57 a.m. for sophomores and juniors and then going out and doing a conditioning test. After the conditioning test, the older Patriots will get a break while the freshmen go through the same thing. Following that around 10 a.m., the sophomores and juniors will practice for about two hours. From Tuesday through Friday, the Memorial sophomores and juniors will practice from 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. They will then have a break until 10 a.m. when they return to practice until noon. The practices Tuesday until Thursday will be at Stallworth Stadium. On Friday, they return home to their practice field. On Saturday at 7 a.m., the team will have picture day and then later that day at 10 a.m., the Patriots will have an intra-squad scrimmage for about an hour and a half. Goose Creek Memorial head coach Bret Boyd expects the first week to be a “getting to know everyone†period. “We have new coaches and kids so we are looking to fill positions,†he said. “It’s wide open and we will be evaluating them from the ground up.†Boyd expects to have about 160 players the first week. Baytown Christian Academy will start their week off on Monday from 9 a.m. to noon handing out equipment. Then from there the Bulldogs will go from 11:35 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday until Friday. They will get a break from 2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. every day. BCA head coach Donald Houser expects to work on everything during the camp. “I just want the kids to show up with an eagerness to learn,†he said. “We are going to put them in the heat and go through some rigorous work outs. So it will show us who enjoys the game.†Houser expects to go to a more traditional two-a-days on Saturday when BCA’s players will be at school from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. They will do a “hoot and holler†drill around noon that first Saturday that the parents are invited to. Houser said he hopes to have around 15 kids the first week of camp. Dayton will start the week at 7:30 a.m. on Monday and go until 1 p.m. The Broncos will get a break from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Broncos will then follow this schedule the rest of the week. Bronco head coach Jerry Stewart hopes to polish up on everyone’s skills. “We will keep the conditioning program going they had over the summer,†said Stewart. “Also, we will work on special teams and special situation offenses and defenses.†Stewart hopes to see about 130 kids the first week. Save | Mail | Print | Letter
BHFAN Posted August 1, 2008 Report Posted August 1, 2008 I think my heart rate just increased ;D ;D ;D It's almost FOOTBALL time :-*
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