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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!!

Agreed!! Both of these guys are local and I think will do a good job. Get them some help, and support the program and they will be fine. Coach Shoe

I saw both in the pre-season scrimmage and I feel that this a good match-up. I am unsure how injuries are affecting both or what players have developed since the pre-season at Webb. Any news on either of these two about injury or player development. Should be a great match up.

Prayers go out for the entire Highlander Family and the families of these young ones so tragically taken away from the Wartburg Central Bulldogs. This is such a tragedy that we can never understand. Coach Shoe

The Bulldogs of Wartburg Central both High School and Middle School. Go Dawgs Coach Shoe

I don't get on here and write too much. But this is a big event in the history of Morgan County Football. Because of that, I feel that I should post a few thoughts. Coach Kreis was a great coach, a great competitor and someone I considered a friend. He helped me as a young coach and I hate to hear he is hanging it up. He will be missed and I wish him well as he moves into the next phase of his life. All the other noise on here simply distracts from the honor and accomplishment of the man. Talking about all of that on this thread is inappropriate. Take it off-line or on another thread. This should be for those who want to talk about Coach Kreis and what he has meant to football in Tennessee, Morgan County, Coalfield or them personally. Good Luck Coach, You will be missed!! Coach Shoe

I know Coach Price, his work ethic and his record. My brother played for him at Lookout Valley many years ago. He will do well. There is enough $$$ , community support, and new facilities to garner enough interest. 2 years from now, it will be a great program. Good Luck Coach Price Coach Shoe

/thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" /> THis is a little early for speculating, but being from LV and coaching somewhere to the north, I am unsure of the region standing and playoff implecations etc. Where possibly will the Jackets go for the playoffs. I was there at Coalfield and Sunbright in the past and would love to travel again. Sounds as though this is a banner year!!! Go Jackets!!

The time has been moved back to 6:00 PM to try to beat some of the heat. Hopefully we can get some good work in without the heat slowing us down too much. Coach Shoe

Usually lurk and don't say much, but this this is getting on the verge of foolish. Now this is really productive isn't it. This thread was started to talk Bulldog football and we are now to the point of " Bring money to the concession stand" As for Barnes, he will be at RB and used on the edge to catch the ball I think. Getting him the ball on the edge with a pass is as good as running the sweep. I don't mind seeing folks talk, speculate and even ask questions that can answered without giving too much away. But to promote the new concession stand kind of misses the point don't you think!!! Lets talk football.

I have been running the spring practice until a new coach is in place. We have had some good work this Spring and the kids and coaches are working hard. Will be glad when we get our spring sports folks get out there with us. Kids are really eager for the new coach to be named. Coach Shoe