Thursday Colts game

All,

As you might remember our team has been blessed by Mike Peduto of Circle City Tickets and Bob Jones of Great Seats Co. Through the generosity of these two men, we will be attending the Colts vs. Bengals game for free this Thursday night. The players will still have our devotion time after practice and a quick bag dinner to eat before taking off. The game is a 7:00 start time and we want to be in our seats prior to kickoff. Our intent is to leave at half time (approximately 9:00) to allow players to get home and get some rest for school the next day. We are still arranging transportation but details will be forthcoming on that as well.

Players DO NOT HAVE TO GO. This is not a required trip and if players have homework or tests that need to be a priority, then they should not attend the game. We will be asking players to tell us on Tuesday if they plan to attend so that we can make our plans certain.

We plan to wear our Blue Game jerseys and Khakis to the Colts game. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Go Big Blue (HCS and Colts!) Coach Q

2-0!

What a great start to the season! The players have truly responded and we are blessed to have experienced minimal injury. Our senior leadership has been a key as our team is never seemingly too high or too low and is able to overcome on the field adversity. Thank you for the support of our team and we look forward to a wonderful ministry week vs. Edinburgh.

Practice times

All,

Our practice times for this week (and most weeks) is as follows:

Monday - 3:30 - 6:30 - This includes any film time that our players might need
Tuesday - 3:30 - 6:00
Wednesday - 3:30 - 6:00
Thursday - 3:30 - 6:15 - This includes our devotion time and team meal
Friday - Game at Elwood - All players stay after school and be ready to depart - game time 7:00
Saturday am - 9:00 - 10:30

Of course on days when a JV or Freshman team has a game this schedule might be altered. but for all Varsity practices this should be our schedule for the season.

Thoughts on GC

All,

Last night was certainly interesting as the weather assisted in an odd night. However, I was truly proud of the effort of our team and the way they continued to improve during the night. Equally impressive was the work by our coaching staff in coaching our players during the "break in the action" and I believe it was a noticeable difference when play resumed!

Thank you for your support last night. It was wonderful to see so many fans in attendance. Get ready for the drive to Elwood!

Go big blue....RQ

Friday schedule

All,

Friday is almost here! It is time for our players to gain their first test of the season vs. Guerin at 7:00. Before the game, the players will have pictures taken at HCS from 4-4:45 with our bus leaving at 5:00.

Players should plan on arriving at HCS at 3:30 to allow time to get organized. All parents should have received a picture packet at our parent meeting. If you did not receive one, your son should pick one up on Thursday and bring it to you to prepare for Friday. All players should show up on Friday with their picture packet prepared.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Go Big Blue, Coach Qualls

Thursday morning zone training

All,

We have an opportunity to have a zone training from 8-9 on Thursday am. This will allow our players to have a morning workout and allow our team to do more walk through activities on Thursday night and therefore have more recovery time before the scrimmage on Friday night.

Again, Zone training on Thursday am from 8-9. Players will NOT be in helmets and shoulders, just team shorts and shirts.

Go Big Blue, Coach Q

Love this team!

All,

Just a quick note...I really love this group of guys. Two a day practices are a joy to be around. The players are intent on learning and doing their job...all with an incredible attitude. We get time to laugh, enjoy life, and then get after it. Somewhat of the play hard/work hard mentality. Although this just doesn't seem like work.

Please continue to encourage the team as the honeymoon should be over by now...it just isn't! See you all on Friday night.

Coach Q

HEAT!

OH MY! It is hot...and that is an understatement. However, we, as a coaching staff, are cognizant of the impact heat can have on our athletes and are EXTREMELY proactive in our efforts to provide the safest environment possible.

To that end, please understand that we will take frequent hydration breaks (every 15 minutes) and all players understand that anytime player needs fluids, we will accommodate. Additionally, all players will weigh in and out each day. If a football players has a drastic change in weight he will NOT be allowed to return to practice until we are comfortable with his weight being regulated. We also have posted in our locker room a hydration reminder and remind our players at each practice the amount of fluid they should be taking on before and after each workout.

In short, we are serious about the health of our players and will make sure we keep the weather conditions as a high priority.

Go Big Blue, Coach Qualls

Saturday practice

All,

In light of the incredible practices our team has experienced this week, we will only be having a morning practice this Saturday (after our sleepover on Friday night). Players will be ready to be picked up at 12:00. Although no lunch will be provided we could certainly use help with a light breakfast. We are asking players to bring...something! In past years we have done this type of pot luck breakfast and it has worked out just fine. Here are suggestions...bunch of bananas or bag of apples, dozen bagels, doughnuts, gallon of juice or milk, a jar of peanut butter, a box of granola bars...you get the idea. Nothing that will set heavy in the stomach but rather just something light as we head to the field for our last workout of the week. If a parent wants to run the lead on this...that is fine too. If not, we can depend our our boys to make sure to pull this together. Items can be brought to practice and dropped off in the coaches office on Friday afternoon. If items need to be refrigerated, we can make arrangements for those items. If you would prefer to bring them on Saturday am, you could bring them by around 7:30 and drop them in the Fine Arts Foyer.

Thanks to all of you for your support this week during our first exciting week of practice!

Blessings, Coach Qualls

Parent meeting and pitch in reminder

As you know our football team has been working out diligently and are preparing for a very exciting season. I would like to invite you to our parent meeting this Friday night at 6:00 in the Auxiliary Gym. In our meeting we will have the opportunity to hear from our new Athletic Director (Mr. Jeff Freeman), meet the coaching staff, get an update on the schedule, receive the various required forms, and ensure our organizational structure for the season,. Yes a somewhat aggressive one hour schedule but I promise to keep our meeting moving along.

After our meeting you will have time to visit our football practice, connect with old friends and meet new ones. In addition, we will have a pitch in dinner that will begin around 7:30. We will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers and would ask that each family provide the following:

Players with numbers 1-29 bring a salad
Players with numbers 30 – 59 bring a side dish
Players with numbers 60 – 89 bring a dessert
Each family should also plan on bringing their table setting and a liter of your favorite drink.

After the dinner the players will be remaining on campus for our leadership meeting (selection of captains), and some team building time . We plan to complete our night with the families, bid them goodnight and then settle in for our team sleep over. Players will want to make sure to bring a sleeping bag and pillow to campus to use for our sleep over. We will have activities planned, the coaches will be with the players all night, will have a light breakfast in the am, and then have a very spirited Saturday practice.

Thank you for your support of our football mission at HCS. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact any member of the coaching staff. Go Big Blue, Coach Qualls