Silverdale @ Hampton

[HHSDOG2001]

Wow!!

No disrespect intended there skydogg. By down I didn't mean bad. I ment down as in young and not as good as Boyd teams I've seen in the past. Never thought I'd see the day they would go 4-6. Its more of a complement than anything. I expect Boyd to come back quickly.

[skydogg25]

No disrespect intended there skydogg. By down I didn't mean bad. I ment down as in young and not as good as Boyd teams I've seen in the past. Never thought I'd see the day they would go 4-6. Its more of a complement than anything. I expect Boyd to come back quickly.

Understand, but the record is skewed from us playing a very difficult schedule and being young doing it....I have asked if we would of played a different schedule we would of been 7-3 or 8-2 been the same team but would people have the same observations about us...like we told our kids before last week it doesnt really matter now because everyone is 0-0....also it has surprised me that Silverdale thumping Rockwood didnt change some people's minds, but again the best part of it is it can be worked out on the field.....

[pujo]

Understand, but the record is skewed from us playing a very difficult schedule and being young doing it....I have asked if we would of played a different schedule we would of been 7-3 or 8-2 been the same team but would people have the same observations about us...like we told our kids before last week it doesnt really matter now because everyone is 0-0....also it has surprised me that Silverdale thumping Rockwood didnt change some people's minds, but again the best part of it is it can be worked out on the field.....

     Didn't change my mind in the least Skydogg, but then again  we were the Lone Ranger and Tonto. A down year for you guys would be a strong year for lots of folks.

[HHSDOG2001]

Understand, but the record is skewed from us playing a very difficult schedule and being young doing it....I have asked if we would of played a different schedule we would of been 7-3 or 8-2 been the same team but would people have the same observations about us...like we told our kids before last week it doesnt really matter now because everyone is 0-0....also it has surprised me that Silverdale thumping Rockwood didnt change some people's minds, but again the best part of it is it can be worked out on the field.....

That's very true. The schedule Boyd played was very tough for a young team. I always have high expectations for Boyd because of the tough disciplined program coach Reynolds has built down here. Everyone I have talked to was very surprised at how the season turned out there. I guess you guys are a victim of everybody's high expectations. That's not a bad problem to have.

[hawkman]

I'm sure hoping that Hampton beats those Silverdale Seahawks this Friday!

 

GO DOGS!

[SlickRick1]

Slick Rick Says, man oh man Pujo. Pujo went and got his last thread deleted. Anyhow goodluck against  those Silverdale boys. Slick Rick Says, any friends of Pujo is friends of Slick Rick. Goodluck to the Hampton Bulldogs on Friday. Will be pulling for you all the way from Nashville where Giles County will be playing Pearl Cohn. Gonna get out of here around 4:00 on Friday and meet at Pearl Cohn. Good Luck

[skydogg25]

That's very true. The schedule Boyd played was very tough for a young team. I always have high expectations for Boyd because of the tough disciplined program coach Reynolds has built down here. Everyone I have talked to was very surprised at how the season turned out there. I guess you guys are a victim of everybody's high expectations. That's not a bad problem to have.

Agree!!

[uknoit2]

I'm sure hoping that Hampton beats those Silverdale Seahawks this Friday!

 

GO DOGS!

The DOGS may well be poised to do so...Discipline will be the difference between a W or a L in this game IMO.

[HHSDOG2001]

The DOGS may well be poised to do so...Discipline will be the difference between a W or a L in this game IMO.

I agree on that one Uknoit2.

[skydogg25]

Last week, Silverdale Baptist Academy’s football players were faced with the difficulty of trying to put perhaps the most painful loss in the high school program’s nine-year history behind them. Having 14 seniors helped.

The Seahawks did put behind them the 22-21 loss at Boyd-Buchanan that spoiled their unbeaten season and gave the Buccaneers the District 5-A championship. Proof came in the form of a 34-18 home victory over Rockwood last Friday in a Class 2A state playoff game that didn’t start out going the Seahawks’ way.

“We fumbled on the opening kickoff, and Josh Rogers never fumbles,†Silverdale coach Al Rogers said. “Then we had a punt snap over the head, so basically the first two possessions we had went like that. They could’ve easily folded it up right then, but they didn’t. These seniors just refuse to lose.â€

Silverdale (10-1) plays Friday at District 1 champion Hampton (7-3), which has averaged 42.2 points per game during its current five-game winning streak. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Running back and linebacker Matt McCulley is one of four Silverdale seniors who have played for Coach Rogers since they were in seventh grade, when he coached the middle school team. The McCulleys host gatherings for the seniors after every game — home and away.

“We’re very, very close,†Matt McCulley said of his classmates on the team. “Most of us have known each other since about the fifth or sixth grade. Some even longer.â€

The others who have been with Coach Rogers the longest are his son, Colton, a tight end and defensive end, two-way lineman Aubrey Shamblin and offensive lineman and linebacker Daniel Guinn.

Colton Rogers said watching the Monday film study of the Boyd-Buchanan loss made the pain linger a little longer.

“It was rough,†he said of the feeling leaving the field that night. “We had never beaten them and we’d always just had that desire. We felt we really had some steam coming into that game this year. We were still hurting for a while, because it was a close loss and we knew what it meant.â€

He added that spirits began to pick up by Tuesday, and from there the group was back focused on the task at hand.

“You’ve just got to forget about it first and keep your eye on the prize, which is the playoffs,†McCulley said. “Then you’ve just got to come to practice and work hard.â€

Among the Seahawks’ tasks this week is guarding against being overconfident against a team they beat soundly in last year’s playoffs.

“I think they’re better than they were last year,†McCulley said. “But our biggest concern is that we just come out and play our game. Then we don’t have to worry about it.â€

The Bulldogs feature a power-based rushing attack, which suits Silverdale fine. Colton Rogers said he thinks it’s helped that the Seahawks have played similar teams like Sweetwater, Bledsoe County and Grundy County.

“This is our kind of football Friday,†Coach Rogers said. “It’s not going to be what I call smoke and mirrors. They’re going to come right at us. It’s going to be a street fight; a wrestling match; last man standing.â€

Some of the seniors have transferred into Silverdale over the last few years. Others, such as Josh Rogers and Matt Millard, were looking for a new school after David Brainerd closed.

Colton is Coach Rogers’ only biological son in the current graduating class of players, but it’s evident the coach feels a kinship with all of them. And even if the team continues winning, there will come a time soon when those seniors take off that Silverdale uniform for the final time.

“I’ve seen them grow up,†Coach Rogers said. “It’s been a blessing to see what fine young men they’ve grown into. I do not want to think about that last game with them. It’s going to hurt.â€

[pujo]

Last week, Silverdale Baptist Academy’s football players were faced with the difficulty of trying to put perhaps the most painful loss in the high school program’s nine-year history behind them. Having 14 seniors helped.

The Seahawks did put behind them the 22-21 loss at Boyd-Buchanan that spoiled their unbeaten season and gave the Buccaneers the District 5-A championship. Proof came in the form of a 34-18 home victory over Rockwood last Friday in a Class 2A state playoff game that didn’t start out going the Seahawks’ way.

“We fumbled on the opening kickoff, and Josh Rogers never fumbles,†Silverdale coach Al Rogers said. “Then we had a punt snap over the head, so basically the first two possessions we had went like that. They could’ve easily folded it up right then, but they didn’t. These seniors just refuse to lose.â€

Silverdale (10-1) plays Friday at District 1 champion Hampton (7-3), which has averaged 42.2 points per game during its current five-game winning streak. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Running back and linebacker Matt McCulley is one of four Silverdale seniors who have played for Coach Rogers since they were in seventh grade, when he coached the middle school team. The McCulleys host gatherings for the seniors after every game — home and away.

“We’re very, very close,†Matt McCulley said of his classmates on the team. “Most of us have known each other since about the fifth or sixth grade. Some even longer.â€

The others who have been with Coach Rogers the longest are his son, Colton, a tight end and defensive end, two-way lineman Aubrey Shamblin and offensive lineman and linebacker Daniel Guinn.

Colton Rogers said watching the Monday film study of the Boyd-Buchanan loss made the pain linger a little longer.

“It was rough,†he said of the feeling leaving the field that night. “We had never beaten them and we’d always just had that desire. We felt we really had some steam coming into that game this year. We were still hurting for a while, because it was a close loss and we knew what it meant.â€

He added that spirits began to pick up by Tuesday, and from there the group was back focused on the task at hand.

“You’ve just got to forget about it first and keep your eye on the prize, which is the playoffs,†McCulley said. “Then you’ve just got to come to practice and work hard.â€

Among the Seahawks’ tasks this week is guarding against being overconfident against a team they beat soundly in last year’s playoffs.

“I think they’re better than they were last year,†McCulley said. “But our biggest concern is that we just come out and play our game. Then we don’t have to worry about it.â€

The Bulldogs feature a power-based rushing attack, which suits Silverdale fine. Colton Rogers said he thinks it’s helped that the Seahawks have played similar teams like Sweetwater, Bledsoe County and Grundy County.

“This is our kind of football Friday,†Coach Rogers said. “It’s not going to be what I call smoke and mirrors. They’re going to come right at us. It’s going to be a street fight; a wrestling match; last man standing.â€

Some of the seniors have transferred into Silverdale over the last few years. Others, such as Josh Rogers and Matt Millard, were looking for a new school after David Brainerd closed.

Colton is Coach Rogers’ only biological son in the current graduating class of players, but it’s evident the coach feels a kinship with all of them. And even if the team continues winning, there will come a time soon when those seniors take off that Silverdale uniform for the final time.

“I’ve seen them grow up,†Coach Rogers said. “It’s been a blessing to see what fine young men they’ve grown into. I do not want to think about that last game with them. It’s going to hurt.â€

         I like that bunch,

[uknoit2]

Last week, Silverdale Baptist Academy’s football players were faced with the difficulty of trying to put perhaps the most painful loss in the high school program’s nine-year history behind them. Having 14 seniors helped.

The Seahawks did put behind them the 22-21 loss at Boyd-Buchanan that spoiled their unbeaten season and gave the Buccaneers the District 5-A championship. Proof came in the form of a 34-18 home victory over Rockwood last Friday in a Class 2A state playoff game that didn’t start out going the Seahawks’ way.

“We fumbled on the opening kickoff, and Josh Rogers never fumbles,†Silverdale coach Al Rogers said. “Then we had a punt snap over the head, so basically the first two possessions we had went like that. They could’ve easily folded it up right then, but they didn’t. These seniors just refuse to lose.â€

Silverdale (10-1) plays Friday at District 1 champion Hampton (7-3), which has averaged 42.2 points per game during its current five-game winning streak. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Running back and linebacker Matt McCulley is one of four Silverdale seniors who have played for Coach Rogers since they were in seventh grade, when he coached the middle school team. The McCulleys host gatherings for the seniors after every game — home and away.

“We’re very, very close,†Matt McCulley said of his classmates on the team. “Most of us have known each other since about the fifth or sixth grade. Some even longer.â€

The others who have been with Coach Rogers the longest are his son, Colton, a tight end and defensive end, two-way lineman Aubrey Shamblin and offensive lineman and linebacker Daniel Guinn.

Colton Rogers said watching the Monday film study of the Boyd-Buchanan loss made the pain linger a little longer.

“It was rough,†he said of the feeling leaving the field that night. “We had never beaten them and we’d always just had that desire. We felt we really had some steam coming into that game this year. We were still hurting for a while, because it was a close loss and we knew what it meant.â€

He added that spirits began to pick up by Tuesday, and from there the group was back focused on the task at hand.

“You’ve just got to forget about it first and keep your eye on the prize, which is the playoffs,†McCulley said. “Then you’ve just got to come to practice and work hard.â€

Among the Seahawks’ tasks this week is guarding against being overconfident against a team they beat soundly in last year’s playoffs.

“I think they’re better than they were last year,†McCulley said. “But our biggest concern is that we just come out and play our game. Then we don’t have to worry about it.â€

The Bulldogs feature a power-based rushing attack, which suits Silverdale fine. Colton Rogers said he thinks it’s helped that the Seahawks have played similar teams like Sweetwater, Bledsoe County and Grundy County.

“This is our kind of football Friday,†Coach Rogers said. “It’s not going to be what I call smoke and mirrors. They’re going to come right at us. It’s going to be a street fight; a wrestling match; last man standing.â€

Some of the seniors have transferred into Silverdale over the last few years. Others, such as Josh Rogers and Matt Millard, were looking for a new school after David Brainerd closed.

Colton is Coach Rogers’ only biological son in the current graduating class of players, but it’s evident the coach feels a kinship with all of them. And even if the team continues winning, there will come a time soon when those seniors take off that Silverdale uniform for the final time.

“I’ve seen them grow up,†Coach Rogers said. “It’s been a blessing to see what fine young men they’ve grown into. I do not want to think about that last game with them. It’s going to hurt.â€

Its not that we're better than last year....Our starting QB (senior), RB, WR, LB (jrs and seniors) last year was not allowed to play in that game....SD had a VERY EASY experience in H-Town last year....We're young this season, but not as inexperienced as they last saw....This will be a game IMO