*Hot off of the Press* information being passed to us from Mr. Murphy...There will be a Football contest this Saturday at Hastings High School's Pierce Field (located behind the school) which is FREE to the kids. The contest is sponsored by the National Football League and the program is called the "NFL PUNT, PASS & KICK (PPK)". The program is a national skills competition for boys and girls between the ages of 8 -15 to compete separately against their peers. Boys and girls compete separately. The four age classifications are based upon the child's age as of December 31st of the current year. Click HERE to head to the NFL Youth Football home page. To view the rules click HERE. All participants' parents must sign the Entry/Release of Liability before participating in any NFL Pepsi PUNT, PASS & KICK competition, click HERE to download the form. All participants must show proof of age at all levels of competition. Failure to provide a birth certificate or religious document (such as a baptismal record) will result in that participant being ineligible to compete, so please make sure you bring both a signed Entry/Release of Liability form and the required "proof of age" document as requested by the sponsors. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Murphy @ jmurphy@hass12.org .

This week our boys will be playing against Lakeview Team #2 at 10:00am Saturday here at our home field. We were able to beat Lakeview's Team #1 this past Saturday with a score of 6-0, now it's time to battle Team #2.  The coaches have been working hard with the boys to get them ready for this week's game. Please have  The team Mom is Angie Tinkler, if you are available to assist with doing "Chain Gang" or "Concessions" at any of our home games please touch base with her at practice or at the games. Last but not least, come cheer on the team this Saturday and show your Saxon Pride as they battle against Lakeview Spartan's Team #2.

All HYAA Players and cheerleaders are invited to the Varsity Home Game on Friday, Sept. 18th.  Players will get into the game for free (parents will need to pay for their own entry).  Players will be introduced by team at halt-time of the varsity game.  Players should wear their game jersey.  Players will need to report to the North end of the field by the new field house with 4 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter so that they can get organized for the half time introductions.

 

The first game of the season Coach Tinkler's Gold Team welcomed the Bearcats of Battle Creek Central (BCC) to Hastings.  Battle Creek Central is new to our league this year and the team found out that BCC is definately a team to look out for in the future.  Coach Tinkler and his coaching staff did a great job of changing up the plays to keep our opponent guessing what was coming each play and the players played well for the season opener.  Great job to all of the players for their 34 - 24 victory this week. 

Note to the players: Come prepared for practice on Monday.  It's important that every player shows up to each practice and is ready to play.  The practice schedule changes starting Monday.  We will only have practice on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.  We lose Wednesday and the time practice ends has been reduced by 30 minutes since school has begun.

Our next game is AWAY  on Saturday September 19, 2009 against Lakeview1. Game time is 9:00am, please have your son to the field an hour before the game time for the required team warm-up practice and weigh-in.   Click HERE for driving directions to Lakeview's game field.