WOS Jr & Sr VS Jasper Jr & Sr

[queenb77630]

This past weekend my son had the opportunity to play one last game as a Lil Mustang when our Jr. and Sr. Super Bowl Champions traveled to Jasper to play against their (I assume) Jr. and Sr. teams.

  :D #1: Thank you Jasper for having someone out there selling concesions for the few hours it took for the games.  Your prices were reasonable and very much appreciated.

:o #2: We were very shocked when we arrived to this "fun" game only to find out we had to pay $3 each person to get into the game.  I thought this was tacky.  No one that I spoke to from WOS was expecting to pay for this day of fun.  If someone from Jasper could please explain to me why there was a charge I would appreciate it.

>:( #3: If someone (coach wise please) could tell me why one person on the sideline was screaming at the ref about a hit that my son (#78) made against #19 (I believe that was his number) I would appreciate that as well.  I heard a lot of complaining between this coach and a parent (?) on the sideline about that hit and I honestly don't know what the problem was.  I know that the complaining was about my son because his jersey number was specifically yelled out.

>:( >:( finally, #4: The same child mentioned above took great pleasure in calling my son a "b*s*a*d" during the game.  I noticed that several of my son's teammates pulled my son away from the kid and I wondered what had happened.  I found out afterwards what it was.  That was so uncalled for young man.

Our kids and parents traveled there for a day of fun.  I found the majority of the people that I spoke to that day were .... well, rude.  I questioned a few spectators about if there was a Ci Ci's pizza in their town.  I was looked at and spoke to like I was a piece of trash.  I heard somone above me in the stands say very loudly during the Jr. game that WOS "don't have sh*t".  A male even argued with my husband when he stood right in front of us and said that we (WOS) were using kids that had to be at least 15 (btw: my son was one of those kids he was talking about).  I offered to show my son's birth certificate to prove his age and was told that there was no need, it was probably fake anyway!!!

Needless to say, we will NOT be going back to this town for any reason.  I hope my son does not have to deal with this crap in Jr. High ball.  It was uncalled for and made what was supposed to be a good day turn into a very tense, angry one.

There were a few people who smiled and were polite to us; however, the majority were rude, crude, and socially unacceptable.  The staff at Burger King were all friendly though!  :)

[thetragichippy]

So, what was the scores?

[queenb77630]

I don't remember the score for the Jr. game except that WOS won.

The Sr. game was WOS 30; Jasper 0

I had thought it was going to be cold up there so I layered the clothing on both myself and the grandbaby.  Didn't take me long to start unlayering those clothes!  It was a georgeous day!  The weather was very nice and put the kids in the mood to play. 

[Stangpride]

junior was 18 to 13.. i think

[footballgenius]

Wos Sr won 38-0 and Wos Jr won 18-14

[queenb77630]

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Wos Sr won 38-0 and Wos Jr won 18-14
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I knew the Jr. game was a close one; just couldn't remember the final score. 

I thought we (WOS) had 30 .... I may be wrong.  By the end of the game, I was just ready to get home.  :P

[OldBallCoach]

I truly hate that you had such a miserable experience here in Jasper “queenb”. 
Yes we did charge $3 gate fee and sell basic concessions, but this was simply to cover the expenses of paying the referees.  The remaining money will all be donated to the Jasper Football Booster club.  The football program was generous enough to let us use their field (which they had to mow and paint for these two games).  I would not have been offended if I were asked to pay a few bucks to come and play at your stadium to cover expenses…if you have ever been involved in coordinating youth sports, you would know, there are WAY more expenses than people realize.  I think it is obvious when you look at our facilities, equipment, and uniforms…we are not running a money making youth football program here in Jasper. 

As for the parents, I can assure you that there were unruly parents from BOTH sides.  This, unfortunately, is how some parents act everywhere you go.  I have coached football, baseball, and basketball all over southeast Texas and it is the same everywhere you go…a few loud mouths with filthy language are going to be there and you WILL hear what they have to say, like it or not.  You should know that you cannot observe their behavior as indicative of their town’s character…Heck, my wife had to listen to a small group of WOS parents spew “F” bombs and call the KIDS playing the game a variety of unspeakable things the entire game…but I am smart enough to know that they do not represent all of WOS fans.

I cannot speak of the issues you had during the Senior game, but I can tell you as a coach, we had a GREAT time in the Junior game.  The kids really enjoyed playing the WOS Lil’ Mustangs and even though we were very disappointed in losing the game, our kids and the WOS kids shook hands and said “Good Game” afterwards, nothing else.  Just remember…these are KIDS and they just love to PLAY FOOTBALL!  My son even found a few kids he played against in baseball and visited for a while afterwards. 

Coach Doobie and his coaches did a great job and I congratulate them on a hard fought victory. I really hope we can continue this game in the future.  It is fun playing another excellent 3A football program and giving all of our kids (Jasper and WOS) the opportunity to compete at a high level.  I hope this can develop into a FUN rivalry over the years …if the parents will just stay out of the way and let the KIDS PLAY FOOTBALL.…these two groups of kids are some GREAT PLAYERS and they will be playing against each other for YEARS to come…

[thetragichippy]

[quote name="OldBallCoach" post="1145468" timestamp="1323795778"]
I truly hate that you had such a miserable experience here in Jasper “queenb”. 
Yes we did charge $3 gate fee and sell basic concessions, but this was simply to cover the expenses of paying the referees.  The remaining money will all be donated to the Jasper Football Booster club.  The football program was generous enough to let us use their field (which they had to mow and paint for these two games).  I would not have been offended if I were asked to pay a few bucks to come and play at your stadium to cover expenses…if you have ever been involved in coordinating youth sports, you would know, there are WAY more expenses than people realize.  I think it is obvious when you look at our facilities, equipment, and uniforms…we are not running a money making youth football program here in Jasper. 

As for the parents, I can assure you that there were unruly parents from BOTH sides.  This, unfortunately, is how some parents act everywhere you go.  I have coached football, baseball, and basketball all over southeast Texas and it is the same everywhere you go…a few loud mouths with filthy language are going to be there and you WILL hear what they have to say, like it or not.  You should know that you cannot observe their behavior as indicative of their town’s character…Heck, my wife had to listen to a small group of WOS parents spew “F” bombs and call the KIDS playing the game a variety of unspeakable things the entire game…but I am smart enough to know that they do not represent all of WOS fans.

I cannot speak of the issues you had during the Senior game, but I can tell you as a coach, we had a GREAT time in the Junior game.  The kids really enjoyed playing the WOS Lil’ Mustangs and even though we were very disappointed in losing the game, our kids and the WOS kids shook hands and said “Good Game” afterwards, nothing else.  Just remember…these are KIDS and they just love to PLAY FOOTBALL!  My son even found a few kids he played against in baseball and visited for a while afterwards. 

Coach Doobie and his coaches did a great job and I congratulate them on a hard fought victory. I really hope we can continue this game in the future.  It is fun playing another excellent 3A football program and giving all of our kids (Jasper and WOS) the opportunity to compete at a high level.  I hope this can develop into a FUN rivalry over the years …if the parents will just stay out of the way and let the KIDS PLAY FOOTBALL.…these two groups of kids are some GREAT PLAYERS and they will be playing against each other for YEARS to come…
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Solid Post Coach!

[queenb77630]

[quote name="OldBallCoach" post="1145468" timestamp="1323795778"]
I truly hate that you had such a miserable experience here in Jasper “queenb”. 
Yes we did charge $3 gate fee and sell basic concessions, but this was simply to cover the expenses of paying the referees.  The remaining money will all be donated to the Jasper Football Booster club.  The football program was generous enough to let us use their field (which they had to mow and paint for these two games).  I would not have been offended if I were asked to pay a few bucks to come and play at your stadium to cover expenses…if you have ever been involved in coordinating youth sports, you would know, there are WAY more expenses than people realize.  I think it is obvious when you look at our facilities, equipment, and uniforms…we are not running a money making youth football program here in Jasper. 

As for the parents, I can assure you that there were unruly parents from BOTH sides.  This, unfortunately, is how some parents act everywhere you go.  I have coached football, baseball, and basketball all over southeast Texas and it is the same everywhere you go…a few loud mouths with filthy language are going to be there and you WILL hear what they have to say, like it or not.  You should know that you cannot observe their behavior as indicative of their town’s character…Heck, my wife had to listen to a small group of WOS parents spew “F” bombs and call the KIDS playing the game a variety of unspeakable things the entire game…but I am smart enough to know that they do not represent all of WOS fans.

I cannot speak of the issues you had during the Senior game, but I can tell you as a coach, we had a GREAT time in the Junior game.  The kids really enjoyed playing the WOS Lil’ Mustangs and even though we were very disappointed in losing the game, our kids and the WOS kids shook hands and said “Good Game” afterwards, nothing else.  Just remember…these are KIDS and they just love to PLAY FOOTBALL!  My son even found a few kids he played against in baseball and visited for a while afterwards. 

Coach Doobie and his coaches did a great job and I congratulate them on a hard fought victory. I really hope we can continue this game in the future.  It is fun playing another excellent 3A football program and giving all of our kids (Jasper and WOS) the opportunity to compete at a high level.  I hope this can develop into a FUN rivalry over the years …if the parents will just stay out of the way and let the KIDS PLAY FOOTBALL.…these two groups of kids are some GREAT PLAYERS and they will be playing against each other for YEARS to come…
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Thank you sir for at least addressing my issues.  I truly appreciate it.  I want to say with 100% certainty that I was NOT one of the parents throwing out "f" bombs.  As far as the admission fee, I wish we would have known ahead of time about the fee so that we could have brought more cash.  The cash I set aside for concessions went to the gate fee.  Then we were told if we leave the field, we would have to pay again.  My husband was going to go find a bank and get money for concessions; however, we did not want to pay another admission fee so we just stayed put and counted out the change I had in my purse  ;) 

Anyway, OldBallCoach, again, thank you for addressing the issue. 

[Stangpride]

I have a kid on the senior team, and it was a typical football game, trash talkin on both sides.. I had fun watching our boys play another team that was in the same league as us.. i hate that this is our last year in the league.. good luck to everyone next year..

[SmashMouth]

[quote name="OldBallCoach" post="1145468" timestamp="1323795778"]
I truly hate that you had such a miserable experience here in Jasper “queenb”. 
Yes we did charge $3 gate fee and sell basic concessions, but this was simply to cover the expenses of paying the referees.  The remaining money will all be donated to the Jasper Football Booster club.  The football program was generous enough to let us use their field (which they had to mow and paint for these two games).  I would not have been offended if I were asked to pay a few bucks to come and play at your stadium to cover expenses…if you have ever been involved in coordinating youth sports, you would know, there are WAY more expenses than people realize.  I think it is obvious when you look at our facilities, equipment, and uniforms…we are not running a money making youth football program here in Jasper. 

As for the parents, I can assure you that there were unruly parents from BOTH sides.  This, unfortunately, is how some parents act everywhere you go.  I have coached football, baseball, and basketball all over southeast Texas and it is the same everywhere you go…a few loud mouths with filthy language are going to be there and you WILL hear what they have to say, like it or not.  You should know that you cannot observe their behavior as indicative of their town’s character…Heck, my wife had to listen to a small group of WOS parents spew “F” bombs and call the KIDS playing the game a variety of unspeakable things the entire game…but I am smart enough to know that they do not represent all of WOS fans.

I cannot speak of the issues you had during the Senior game, but I can tell you as a coach, we had a GREAT time in the Junior game.  The kids really enjoyed playing the WOS Lil’ Mustangs and even though we were very disappointed in losing the game, our kids and the WOS kids shook hands and said “Good Game” afterwards, nothing else.  Just remember…these are KIDS and they just love to PLAY FOOTBALL!  My son even found a few kids he played against in baseball and visited for a while afterwards. 

Coach Doobie and his coaches did a great job and I congratulate them on a hard fought victory. I really hope we can continue this game in the future.  It is fun playing another excellent 3A football program and giving all of our kids (Jasper and WOS) the opportunity to compete at a high level.  I hope this can develop into a FUN rivalry over the years …if the parents will just stay out of the way and let the KIDS PLAY FOOTBALL.…these two groups of kids are some GREAT PLAYERS and they will be playing against each other for YEARS to come…
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Thanks for stepping up, coach.  Parents who have kids in football (or any sport where a lot of other parents show up) can't be so sensitive...and it gets even worse in Jr. High & High School. Regardless, if you can't toughen up a little, it's gonna be a long next 6 years for you.