Here is the link to the Week 5 News and Notes. One major item to note is that Tuesday is Picture Day. All fall sports teams have their individual and team photos taken Tuesday afternoon and we get the 4:30pm time slot. As such, our practice end time will be 6:30pm instead of the usual 6:00pm. For parents who are new to the program and might be interested in purchasing your son's photo, I will be honest and say that I have no idea how that works. Please direct all picture questions to our athletic director, Mr. Matthew Grow (growm@slhs.us). Speaking of pictures, quick mid-season shout out to Kevin Woller and Jarrod Erbe for their collections of outstanding action photos that they take at all of our games. Thank you to both of you for sharing those with all of us!

 

Have a great week and Go Pacers!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far. Here is the link to this week's news: Week 4 News and Notes

 

We finally have a "regular" schedule with a JV game on Monday and varsity game on Friday. The "regular" schedule means we also get to have Pastor Brug come in and lead a devotion on Monday as part of our Built for Service program. 

 

Please contact me if you have any questions. Have a great week and Go Pacers!

 

 

If you've missed any previous games, they can be found as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all of the parents who were able to come to the game last night and be recognized. Your sons love you and appreciate you even if they don't tell you nearly enough. 

 

Here are the Week 3 News and Notes. Make special note of the fact that we have practice on Monday evening (Labor Day) at 6:00pm. If you are going out of town for the long weekend, hopefully the later practice allows you to still be here on Monday night. 

 

Players (and parents to an extent), 11 of you are still significantly lacking in providing email addresses for our fundraiser. We need 20 email addresses from everyone to make our fundraiser effort as successful as possible. It's a lot easier than going door to door and trying to sell frozen pizzas or Subway gift cards so take a few minutes this weekend to do your part. If you have questions, contact me and I will do my best to help or will pass those questions along to Dan at Snap! Raise. 

 

Have a great Labor Day weekend! Go Pacers!

 

Have a great weekend! Enjoy!

Here are your Week 2 News and Notes

 

Couple highlights and things to keep in mind:

• Tomorrow, Sunday, we have practice at Shoreland 11:30am until 2:00pm. We will provide lunch for the guys while we watch film. Make sure to have running shoes for the sake of weightlifting and speed training. Players are also welcome to join for worship at 10am at Bethany Lutheran Church in Somers which is about 5 minutes from Shoreland. 
• Monday our JV team will play their first game at Brookfield Academy at 5:00pm. Players will be dismissed before the end of 8th set class and then the bus will depart at 2:45pm. All freshmen and nearly all sophomores will go to the JV game. We will create and share the official JV roster after practice tomorrow. 
• Thursday we play our first varsity home game of the year which is also when we traditionally celebrate you, the parents. All parents are welcome to attend the game and be recognized at halftime with your sons out on the field. During the week I will ask each player to confirm your availability so that the announcer has an accurate roster of who is there. 
• Our online fundraiser commences this week. I will send out a separate communication about that later so keep an eye on your email this weekend. 

From Kevin Woller (kevin.woller@gmail.com) - Here's a link to some of the photos I took at last night's game. Please let me know if there are any issues accessing them and please feel free to share with whomever might be interested.

 

 

Having heard today from Milwaukee that we won't have access to a locker room at South Stadium until 6:30pm tomorrow, we will be changing the bus departure time. Previously it was scheduled to leave at 4:15pm. Now, we will push that back to 5:00pm instead. 

 

A handful of freshmen spoke to me today about coming on the bus to the game. They are not required to come but are welcome to do so and if they do, they will be asked to take on various roles on the sideline much like they did at the scrimmage. 

 

Here is the link to the updated News and Notes: SLFB Week 1 News

 

Major items of note:

• Monday is our last practice before school officially starts on Tuesday (for new students) and Wednesday (for returning students). 
• Tuesday we will have our first team dinner after practice. Goal is to be done by 6:30pm.
• Wednesday we should be done with practice a little earlier than usual. Goal is 5:30pm
• Thursday we have our first varsity game. Uniforms will be distributed on Wednesday after practice. Freshmen are not required to attend the game on Thursday night but are welcome to do so. 
• Friday we do not have practice. 
• Sunday we will have practice from 11:30am-2:00pm. I also would strongly encourage as many players as are able to join for worship at Bethany Lutheran church in Somers at 10am that morning.