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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Training Camp Insider: Mechanicsburg
Last season will never be far from the minds of Mechanicsburg’s players as they prepare for the 2009 campaign.
In their locker room up the hill from the football stadium, the coaches have posted the box score from their lone loss in 2008, 28-13 to Sidney Lehman Catholic in the regional final. Above the box score, it reads, “Do You Remember?”
Below that is another box score, this from a loss to West Jefferson in the 2007 season opener. The Indians again open with West Jefferson this season, on Aug. 28.
If those games aren’t motivation enough, the coaches have also posted a list of the team’s goals in 2009:
“Be the more physical team in every game we play!”
“Beat West Jefferson!”
“Win the OHC!”
“Make the playoffs!”
“Win the region!”
The goals are simple enough. Achieving them will be something else. The Indians lost a number of key players from the 2008 squad that went 12-1. Among those was graduated senior quarterback Andy Huffman, who led the area’s top-scoring offense last season.
Replacing him will be senior Joe Webb, Huffman’s top target at receiver last fall, and junior Alex Huffman.
“Both of those guys are competing and doing a great job throwing the ball,” Mechanicsburg coach Chris Kosiorek said. “We’ve had a very successful summer at 7-on-7s.”
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Football preview: Kenton Ridge
Speaking with Kenton Ridge head coach Joel Marratta today, and I couldn’t help but feel his enthusiasm.
Marratta kept using words like, “coachable” and “self-motivated” when describing his team. Strong groups of seniors, juniors and sophomores.
The optimism springs from plenty of returners, including 10 of 11 starters on defense. Some will be in new spots this season, including senior Jake Kelly. Kelly will move to outside linebacker. The move will put him in a better position to make plays, Marratta said.
The Cougars needed to make some changes this season, especially on defense. They allowed 333 points last season, and 40 or more points five times.
On offense, Kevin Johnson is a senior and three-year starter. He can also bend a defender’s ankle’s with the best of them. He compiled over 1,154 receiving and rushing yards last season. Look for him to be strong again.
In 2008 the Cougars won three games and lost two games by a combined nine points. So they were a couple bounces away from going 5-5. There’s plenty to build on at KR. Let the optimism ensue.
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Arm injuries on the rise for youth baseball players
From NewYorkTimes.com:
About a dozen years ago Andrews noticed a trend — the number of teenage patients seeing him for shoulder and elbow injuries had begun to rise. In 2001 and 2002, he performed a total of 13 shoulder operations on teenagers. Over the next six years, he did 241 such operations. The surge in the number of Tommy John elbow operations was every bit as drastic: 9 from 1995 to 1998, 65 over the next four years, 224 from 2003 to 2008. Colleagues across the nation reported similar increases. “An epidemic” is how Andrews described the phenomenon to me. Alden’s Tommy John surgery, while successful, left a sour taste in his mouth. “The operation was designed for older, professional athletes,” Andrews said. “Now it’s just the opposite.” In 1996, he decided he wanted to do something about it.
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