Spring is in the air!

The weather is getting warmer (between snowfalls) and spring practice is around the corner. This year spring ball will start April 3rd and ending with the Blue and White game on April 26Th. The entire team and coaching staff is chomping at the bit to get started. Unlike last year, we have actually had a strength and conditioning program the entire team has embraced. Before we even take the field this spring, the coaching staff can notice a huge difference in our teams overall condition. As many of you know, our conditioning lacked a little last season. Not because we didn't care about it, but we just didn't have the time or facilities to do what we needed. That is no longer the case. I can tell you that this will have a profound influence during games this season. Games are won and lost in weight rooms, and Coach Howell and Coach Franklin have done everything they can to win ball games with this in mind.

As of right now, we have been running our guys two days a week at 5am. Yes, that is 5 am in the morning. Coaching staff reports at 4:30am to get things ready. I can assure you that it is very dark and very cold during that time of the day. The first morning we had several players slumped over a trash can or two. The players now have responded well and are taking it up a notch. They have only one thing in mind...Huntingdon Sep. 13th. Players and coaches alike are focused on being ready for the Hawks this time around. We know that in order to perform well on that date, we need to be running at 5am. While other teams are still in the rack catching some more winks, we are getting better, faster, stronger. So know this, while you are hitting the snooze button a couple more times, your Faulkner Eagles are already hard at work.

GO EAGLES!