Hey
coach! I think that’s what Mark should
start going by. This fall Mark has
started to help the Ironmen as one of the assistant coaches. I know that his passion is Football, so it is
a lot of fun for him. Since this is the first
season for this football team, everyone had a lot of preseason work to do. The team needed everything, including a name
and team color. But this amazing group
of guys pulled it off and put together a terrific team. There are 38 boys on this team, grades
3-6. One of the hardest parts of
coaching these boys is keeping them focused during the game. The team practices Tues, Wed, Thurs and Sat
morning. Then of course, there is the
game film to watch, some games are 
more fun to watch than others, but you can learn from all of the games. As you can see, Mark is very proud of
Matthew. He is so excited that Matthew
wanted to play football, and the fact that Matthew is a starter and gets to
play the whole game really makes him smile.
This is the
time of year that Coach’s time starts to get limited. Basketball is about to start and there are
preseason meetings and e-mails to get sent to parents. Practice times need to be arranged and he is
still coaching football. This year Mark
will be coaching the girls Varsity Girls team.
He has 9 girls returning from last year, and there are 2 other girls
from the 8th grade that he coached 2 years ago. We are hoping for good things this year, but
the girls really just want to have fun. 
We know that
we have truly been blessed with three healthy children who are active. I don’t think Mark would know what to do with
a child who didn’t want to do anything except video games.
Take me Home.
