Hello Vikings!
Last Thursday (February 2nd) was Marina's Expo night for parents and new students interested in attending Marina High. Let me tell you, we had hundreds people interested in the Home of the Vikings! The bleachers in the gym were filled with families wanting to know more about what Marina has to offer. We had nearly forty incoming freshman athletes interested in Marina Football for the 2012 season this fall. The buzz about football was incredible at our table.
The new Freshman Coach Andy Bonsall and Head Football Coach Pascoe were on hand to talk to the families and tour the weight room. Your Executive Booster Board was there to greet families, answer questions, hand out stickers and waters, and more importantly inform them about our Freshman Summer Camp and Weight/Speed Training for 6th, 7th, & 8th graders.
If you know an incoming freshman that is interested in football that was not able to make it to Marina's Expo last night, please contact me for an information sheet about the Summer Camp for incoming freshman.
Coach Pascoe and his staff are also providing weight and speed training for 6th, 7th, & 8th graders on Tuesday's and Thursday's from 5pm-6:15pm. The cost is only $5 per session and is for junior high athletes playing any kind of sport.
Again, if you know someone in junior high who could benefit from this type of training have them meet at the weight room with their parent to sign the permission form, bring $5 and get started. This program just started last week and Coach already has 12 athletes training with him.
Now, I know that none of us are freshman any more and we want info on what we are doing, right?
Your Booster Board along with Coach Pascoe are in the process of confirming dates and updating our football website; however, I do have a few important dates to share with you:
- 05/07/12 - Spring Football Starts: M-TH 2:30pm-5pm, Fri Weight Room
- 06/01/12 - Spring Game @ Westminster HS: 6:00pm Alumni Game 7/7 & 6:45pm Game
- 06/25/12 - Summer Football: Monday -Thursday
- 07/06-07/07/12 - Surf City Challenge (Passing League) @ Marina HS 07/06/11 JV 1pm-7pm & 07/07/11 Varsity 9am-5pm
- 07/16/12 - Golf Tournament at Sea Cliff
This is a brief outline of what is in store for us this football season. This is meant to help in planning your vacations, so we can have all the players back in time for Summer Football!
If we are going to be competative in the Sunset League, we will need a commitment from every player to be at practice everyday without exception. This is the type of dedication required of a first class organization. This is how we become a strong team, and we truly need everyone there.
We will only have two weeks to prepare for the Surf City Challenge (scrimmage style games), and we can't do it without every player. As a JV and Varsity player, we need each athlete's committment and dedication everyday. As a parent, your help is needed to support the program in a positive way by encouraging your player to come to practice every day even when it gets tough.
Training for football is tough and we need our players to be tough. These are the days when our boys become men and our men get stronger! We definitely want Marina Football to be strong!
Please continue to check our website for updates. We will do our best to keep it updated so you will have access to the most up-to-date information. It's currently being changed over to a new format and is only about 20% complete, so please be patient. It already looks great and we have so much more to add! Our Marina Vikings Football website is www.marinafootball.com .
The Viking Nation is coming together.
Long live Marina Football!
Denise Hernandez, MFBC - Pres.
