Saturday, October 3, 2009

1 and 1

First of all, here is a link to the news report of our homecoming pep rally that took place Friday morning. The gym was full and the energy was the best it has been in a long time. We had the varsity players escort in our Breast Cancer Survivors and they were honored again at the football game. What a true story of courage that those women have given us. Enjoy the broadcast.

We played well against the Central Chargers. There are always many things to improve and work on from a Friday night game, but when you win those corrections are much easier to make. I was very proud of the way our boys played and I am very happy to be one step closer to our first goal of being Keller Champs. That is something we will be working on and dreaming about in the coming weeks.

I know that sitting on the visitor side is weird for all of you, just as it is for out coaches and players. We are not used to being at that field and looking at the visitor score, but when we win I'll accept it, for now. I hope you noticed the home side stands and the abundance of empty seats that were there. We are very fortunate here at Keller High to have such a wonder parent and school based support system, but we also carry to community name and with that comes a large fan base that is not currently connected to our school. The other schools do not have such a luxury and I want to express to all of Keller that we ware grateful for the fan base that comes out to support the Indians.

This upcoming week is Homecoming for Keller High and there will be plenty of alumni around to see The Keller High School. Please check the Keller High School web site for all of the details involved in this week. I know you will all want to be at the homecoming parade on Monday afternoon and there will be a homecoming carnival on Saturday before the football game against Grapevine which begins at 4 p.m.

I will post the pictures of this last weeks games against Central and I would encourage you to visit Keller Pix and see what memories might have been captured of your sons and their friends. The staff at Keller Pix do a great job of taking action shots of all of the athletic events of Keller I.S.D and we appreciate their involvement.

Have a great weekend and stay dry.

Go BLUE !!!!!
Kevin Atkinson

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Trinity

Friday night was an unbelievable experience. The players were ready, the stands were packed, the cheerleaders and drill team were great, the band was loud ..... Keller High was well represented.

Your support was tremendous and the boys did so well. We are always disappointed to loose, but we knew from the beginning that this game was not a factor in the goals that we set for ourselves back in May. We want to be the Keller Champs, to Practice on Thanksgivingand to Play in December. These are the goals that our team has and The Trinity Trojans were not going to play a significant role in us reaching these goals. But the Indians still hate to loose. I told your sons and the coaching staff that I hate to loose more than I love to win. I hate it.

But now that it is over and the film has been graded and the steps to improve have been put in place we can move forward and start the journey of reaching our team goals. This upcoming week is an important game. The Central Chargers are a strong team and we will surely see some tricks from them. We will begin our work tomorrow morning with film and practice to ensure that your sons are completely confident with the schemes that they will see while battling the Chargers.

The game will of course be at "our" stadium, but we are allowing the Charges to use "our home sideline" during this game, so remember to find your seats on the visitor side of the stadium. Check the Indian Football web site for times and locations on the sub varsity games and I would encourage you to go watch a J.V. or Freshman game and see those younger kids working hard so that one day they can be under the lights on Friday night.

Here are a few of the pictures from last weeks game. Sub Varsity pictures will be uploaded on Monday on Tuesday when I receive them from Keller Pix.

Thank you again for your support. We are grateful for you and your sons.

Go BLUE !!!!
Kevin Atkinson.