Never give up! That's the 5-6 Steelers for you.

After a rough picture morning we managed to our fields. It was a rough game today. BUT never once did anyone give up. You all should be proud of yourselves. I'm very proud of you all. Way to play ball. We'll get em next time. They were a really good team.

Let's get ready for another great week of practice heading into our next game with the Jags.

Don't hang your head you have shown me that you want to play hard and try your best at any cost. WE have Steeler pride! WE ARE....

To the parents thanks for the support I thought that it was just me that the ref was really bad. I had to beg and plead for a flag. Please feel free to share your displeasure with the ref with the league.

Congratulations 3-4 Steelers

Our 3-4 Steelers picked up thier first win today. Giving up only one first down on thier way to a 25-0 victory over the Eagles.

Great job team!

Coach

What a Trooper!

First let me say that this was a great practice leading up to this weekend.

I also want to thank every person that has stepped up to help grow these kids. The progress is unreal. Please take a look around at practice. It's truly impressive. I want to say that I sorta struggled last year getting parents involved. NOT THIS SEASON!!! Thank you again.

3-4 Steelers you looked great today. We are really working hard to be better. You are catching on real well. Tim and James thank you. It's great sharing ideas with you both and getting the kids ready. 3-4 Steelers get ready for your photo's and another good game against the eagles.

For those of you who missed it we had a pretty hard hit today at pratice. Akai and Brown about knocked each other out. Brown got a tooth knocked out. It was really lose but not the way that you want to lose a tooth. Akai has a nice imprint of Brown's tooth on his forehead. I want to say that both boys really shook it off. I have to say that it happend right in front of me and Rudy and I both made noises that you would watching a big hit on Sundays in the winter.

OK, I need to step on the soapbox. PLEASE make sure that all mouthpieces a cut and sizes to the kids smaller mouths. This was NOT this case in this time but accidents do happen. MY son was not wearing his mouthpiece at the time of this accident. It was the first time that I have been shocked in coaching these kids. Ok off the soapbox.

5-6 Steelers another great practice. You guys are really working hard to be a great team. I see it in all of you. Remember that you are working as a unit. Your job playing this game effects the whole team. This is a true team game. Remember shuffle your feet stay home, get infront and persue. Be ready for our photo's and a game against the Saints. REMEMBER any time I say the number 1 U CAN'T SEE ME is getting the ball and any time that I say the number 2 ANDREW is getting the ball. 318 ------ U is getting the ball 234 ----- Andrew is getting the ball.

Be ready to play DF and we will be ready to face the Saints!


Everyone needs to be at the field at 7:30!

Last thing, congratulations to Trey and Danny as being picked as the team captians for this game. Remember that the these are chosen by the Steelers rules. Listening, Working hard and having fun.

Again congratulations to Trey and Danny!!!!

The Secret word for Saturday's Game is ...... Teamwork!

See you on Saturday!!

WE ARE...

Now That It's Getting Hot

Parents, please don't forget to bring plenty of water to practices and games.

Great Practice!

Hey teams, I just wanted to give you an update. I saw a ton of improvement with our defenses yesterday. Getting flags and working hard. Remember to stay home, shuffle your feet, keep them infront of you. Then persue. We need to focus on getting flags.

Please remember to look at your play books. Take a few seconds each day to go over our 3 run plays and our reverses. You should know where you are going on the field. Excuting good solid hand offs and get those feet going. Run hard everytime.

With our continued hard work we will get better every day, every practice, every game!

Work on Shuffling your feet!

See you on Thursday!

Secret word: Defense

Coach

Game 3 pictures

Here are the great Photo's that Jen got from the game. We'll get em next time. I'm proud of all the boys never giving up. That's the way we play football! WE ARE.....

STEELERS!

Looking for another completion
Talking in the huddle

That's right Thomas "Get me a Flag!"
Brown Getting the corner

That's the way to run hard

Way to hustle Hooge!

Nice Flag pull!

And Down he goes

Richardson running hard

Brown running hard

Taking our time to make sure everyone is set NICE job

Akai running hard

Half time talk getting ready for the second half

Aiden Getting a drink at half

Get that flag Thomas!

Looking to run the ball into the endzone

Danny Running hard

Look at that great team effort!

WE ARE....

That right swarming DF

Off and running

Hike

Spencer throwing a nice pass

Hooge Ready to play!

Blogging is not my speciality

Welcome to the newly formed blog for Coach Hooge's teams. I will be posting photo's, updates, and random thoughts here for all to see. I look forward to our new adventure.

More soon to follow