TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE

With a Calculated 3.61 GPA, the Mona Shores Varsity Football team ranked in the top 25 division 2 teams  in the state of Michigan. 

 INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS

It is with great pride and honor to inform you that Kendall Murphy was selected 1st team Academic All-State for the 2010 football season.  Kendall joins 23 others from around the state to represent the best and the brightest student-athletes in the state of Michigan. 

Congratulations to Kendall for this great honor!!

Hello Football Parents & Supporters,

Please attend the booster club meeting this Tuesday at 7pm in Coach Rose’s room to see how you can get more involved in the Mona Shores Football Program.

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The Muskegon Chronicle will release the All-Area Football team on Thanksgiving day.  Mona Shores will be represented well with 9 players that earned Honorable Mention or 2nd team honors.

The Honorable Mention Players are:

Tad Golliver, Quarterback

Alec Gesiakowski, Defensive Line

Alex Kasmauski, Offensive Line

Nick Hendricks, Line Backer

The 2nd Team Honors are:

Nick Wiener, Kicker

Daniel Dennis, Offensive Line

Raywuan Bell, Defensive Back

John Skocelas, Linebacker

Aaron Doriot, Wide Receiver

Congratulations to all the players acknowledged by the Muskegon Chronicle.

Thank you to everyone that participated in last night’s football banquet.  I thought it was a great success.  The food was great, the energy was very positive, and there were lots of great improvements throughout the season to build upon.

The varsity awards voted on by the players include:

Kendall Murphy ~ Scout Team Player of the Year

Nick Wiener ~ Special Teams Player of the Year

Austin Buit ~ Most Improved Player of the Year

Daniel Dennis & Alec Gesiakowski ~ Lineman of the Year

Aaron Doriot ~ Skilled player of the Year

“TJCC” Coaches Award for Championship Character went to Kyle Pawlowski, Alex Kasmauski & Colin Turnbow.

The 8 OK Black All-Conference representatives were:

Nick Wiener, Honorable Mention, Kicker

Tad Golliver, Honorable Mention, QB

Alec Gesiakowski, Honorable Mention, DE

Daniel Dennis, Honorable Mention, OG

Nick Hendricks, Honorable Mention, LB

Aaron Doriot, 1st Team, WR

John Skocelas, 1st Team, LB

Raywuan Bell, 1st Team, DB

** Congratulations to all last night’s award winners and to all who were recognized for their great character, effort, positive attude, and team work.

** Good luck to all of the seniors for the rest of this school year and well beyond Mona Shores High School.  You will always be Sailors!!

The year end stats were sent last week to the Muskegon Chronicle for their local leader spread in Thursday night’s sports section.  They must have run the stats from the previous edition because they were not correct in the paper last night. 

The correct stats will run in 2 weeks and can be found at www.Maxpreps.com

The leaderboard last night should have read:

RUSHING

~ Tad Golliver, 103 attempts, 745 yards, 7.23 per carry and 8 TD’s

PASSING

~ Gage Veltman, 46 completions of 90 attempts, for 785 yards and 7 TD’s

~ Tad Golliver, 54 completions of 124 attempts, for 740 yards and 4 TD’s

RECEIVING

~ Aaron Doriot, 45 catches for 739 yards and 4 TD’s, #1 in the area.

~ Raywuan Bell, 33 catches for 530 yards and 5 TD’s

TACKLING

~ Nick Hendricks, 60 solo tackles & 62 assists for 122 total tackles, 3rd in the area

~ John Skocelas, 64 solo tackles & 53 assists for 117 total tackles, 4th in the area

The 2010 Mona Shores Football Banquet is scheduled for Monday night, November 8th, at 6pm.  Parents and players from all 3 levels will gather in the high school cafeteria for a dinner and an awards ceremony.  Each grade level is asked to bring something to contribute to the meal.  The Mona Shores football booster club is providing the main dish, a potato, and drink for everyone.  Players were asked to bring flyers home at their last game. 

Please come out and join us in celebrating the efforts of all these players, especially the seniors for 2010.

This week is the last week of the season and I wanted to give you some helpful information for equipment collection, post-season awards and banquet information.

Monday – Wednesday ~ The practice times stay the same. 

Wednesday ~ There will be a fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings all day(see flyer in players locker) & a varsity team dinner at 7pm

Thursday ~ The Freshman kick-off at home vs. Reeths-Puffer at 4:30 and the Junior Varsity begin immediately after.  Both teams will clean out their lockers & turn in equipment Thursday night after the games.

Friday ~9th & JV will meet at 3pm.  The varsity team meal is at 4pm in the cafeteria and the busses leave at 5pm.  The varsity players will also clean out their lockers and return all equipment following the game Friday night.

** All lockers and personal belongs must be taken care of this week

Monday 10/25 ~ The varsity will meet in Coach Rose’s room at 3pm for film & post-season awards voting.  At 6:30pm, all of the seniors for 2010, will be invited to have a Seniors’ dinner at Coach Rose’s house.  Menu to be determined.

The 2010 Football banquet will be Monday, November 8th.  Stay tuned for more details to come.

The varsity football team came away from the field last Friday with its 1st victory of the season.  It was a good 1 because it came at the expense of the Holland Dutch, a team that has beat the Sailors 2 years in a row in game that have come down to the wire. 

Friday’s victory puts the Sailors in a tie for 1st place in the league with an opportunity to add a victory against Grand Rapids Union.  This week’s game will be on Saturday at Houseman Field in GR with a kickoff time schedule for 1pm. 

The players will arrive at school Saturday morning at 9:15am for a team meal and will board the busses around 10:30 to set sail to Houseman Field.  Directions to the field are available in the student agenda books and online at the Athletic Department webpage.  I believe construction might be an issue on connections in downtown GR, so keep that in mind when making travel plans. 

Please come out and support your sailors and cheer them on to another confernce victory.  GO SHORES!

Great teams make there biggest strides between week 1 and week 2.  We have to do just that this week as we face the defending state champs in East Grand Rapids.  This week is about “FIGHT”.  We all need to fight to the finish.  From Monday’s practice to the last whistle Thursday night the Sailors must fight.  This week’s schedule is as follows:

MONDAY ~ Film at 3pm in Coach Rose’s room.  Practice 4-6:30.

TUESDAY ~ Practice 3-6pm

WEDNESDAY ~ Throwback jerseys on the game field 3-5pm

THURSDAY ~ Game day.  Pregame meal at 4:30pm in the cafeteria.  Kickoff at 7pm. 

FRIDAY ~ Film, lift & run @ 9am- 12 noon.

MONDAY (LABOR DAY) PRACTICE ~ 5pm-8pm program wide

Hello Mona Shores Football family and supporters.  Week 1 was very busy with 10 practices, pictures, Blue/White scrimmages, and the kick off tailgate.  They was some hitting going on Saturday in both scrimmages and some great things to build upon. 

Plus we started a check awards fundraiser.  All players are asked to participate by selling 6 check books for $20 each.  Each player the sells 6 gets a check book free and gets their name in a drawing.  All proceeds go to the Mona Shores Football Booster Club and are spent back on program & players needs.  Deadline is Friday the 20th.

Thank you to everyone that participated in the cookout on Saturday.  It was a great time to sit, eat and talk to a lot of you.  A very special thank you to the booster club volunteers that pulled the whole thing together.  You areawesome and  very much appreciated!!

This week’s schedule is on the calendar and has just 1 minor change for the JV on Wednesday.   Here is the schedule for the week of 8-16 Monday-Friday:

MONDAY & TUESDAY~ Same 2-a-day schedule as last week.  Locker rooms open at 7am.  Players on the field at 7:45am.  Players will be off the field at 1pm.

WEDNESDAY ~ The 9th grade will practice in the morning from 7:45 – 10am.  The JV &  Varsity will practice at 7pm on the gamefield.  *** This is a change for the JV team.  Please make note and players/parents do your best to get there. 

THURSDAY/ SCRIMMAGE DAY ~ The 9th grade will scrimmage against Sparta & Fremont at 1pm, the JV will scrimmage at 3pm and will add Muskegon Heights, and the Varsity will scrimmage at 6pm all on the gamefield (weather permitting)

FRIDAY ~ Yes this is still a mandatory practice!  All levels will report at 9am and will be done at 12 noon.  During that time we will lift, run, watch film, and review X’s & O’s.  CHECK AWARDS fundraiser $ is due Friday morning.  Those that do not sell 6 will do so after practice.  All sales due by 7pm.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY ~ OFF!  Rest, relax, ice, stretch, eat right, and mind your training rules.  You are a part of something great!! Always remember that.   Monday the 23rd is game week!