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Prayers from the Wartburg Central Footbal Family. Please post updates as they become available. Coach Shoe

By the way. Did your school in NC take advantage to let athletes know about the program? I can't think of a single player I coached coming to Cedar Ridge for the IB program. I can remember a couple of Cross Country runners who were big in IB, but that was about it. Is it a recruiting tool? Not for athletics, but for the school overall. Seem to remember a lot of band kids there because of IB. Coach Shoe

Stands for International Baccalaureatte. It is a program that attempts to meet international standards for education and a school can be an IB school and also offer IB courses much like AP courses. While you may not take the classes as a junior, class structure and preparation in lower level classes are designed for those classes. The school I was at in N.C. was an IB school. You can get more information at http://www.ibo.org/ Coach Shoe

UPDATE: The Oliver Springs @ Wartburg Game has been moved to Thursday Night in an attempt to avoid the rain predicted on Friday. Kick off is at 7:30 PM. Thanks Coach Shoe

This started out as a 4 team jamboree back in the spring, but has dropped to only 2 teams now. We have tried to add additional teams as the original participants started dropping out, but we not able to do so. As a result, Taft and Wartburg will play 2 quarters this Friday starting at 7:30 PM (heat index permitting). It will be "game like" conditions with limitations on the kicking game etc. We already have commitments for more teams next year and hope to do this on a bigger scale. Coach Shoe

Oops, the Wartburg Stone Memorial Scrimmage starts at 7:00 Eastern, 6:00 Central in Wartburg. Sorry for any confusion. Coach Shoe

Scrimmage should start about 6:00 or so depending on the heat index etc.

Wartburg will begin Spring Practice on April 30th. Will end up with a scrimmage here on May 14th. Scrimmage will be with Sequoyah. Looking forward to a good Spring!! Coach Shoe

I am starting my second season as head coach at Wartburg. I coached at Fox Middle School with Squirrel and Ronnie for one season back in the day. Good times back then.

Spoke with Coach Loftis at the Nashville Clinic couple of weeks ago. He is eager and ready to get Spring started and has a plan to get those guys better. Good Luck to the Jackson County Blue Devils.

I think this is a great hire and wish Sean and the Blue Devils all the luck in the up coming season. Now if he can get some good help, some community support, and a little sweat from the players, he will get it back right. Good Luck Sean!! Coach Shoe

Any word on who the new head coach is???

I got my start at the middle school level. I was a volunteer assistant and when I finally got my first teaching job, I also coached. Find a coach that needs some help, and be willing to work with him. Get to some clinics and find out how other coaches coach. As was already stated, listen more than you talk and be very organized in your drill work and practice time. Keep looking and you will find the right position for you. Good Luck Coach Shoe

I knew Coach Wattenbarger from his Harriman days and he is a good selection for this team. If he is allowed to hire a staff and get the community support, there will be good things on the horizon for Stone.

I have seen them for the last 16 years and this is not a weak Alcoa Team. Don't kid yourself there Marion County. I am pulling for you. I played in the Sequatchie Valley Conference back in the day. But this team is unlike any you have seen. Prepare for speed like you have never seen!!! Good Luck Friday. I will be there to root you on. But you had better get ready!!