Archive for August, 2009

Thanks

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

I know I haven’t been the most consistent with the blogs this year, but I wanted to make sure I got one last one off before it gets closed up. I just wanted to make sure I got a thank you to everyone who has helped to make this summer one of the best of my life. First of all, I wanted to make sure to thank all of our coaches. I really appreciate all the hard work Coach Brandt did this year, all the passion for the game and more importantly for our team that Coach Johnson always had, and all the hard work behind the scenes that Coach Mitzel has done. Along with those three, Mr. Vidal has put in more work than any of us players this summer. He was always the first one to the field (game days and otherwise) and genuinely cared about our team, so a big thanks to him for giving us one of the nicest fields in the state. I also think I speak for all of us when I say thank you to our parents. Not only do they support their own kids, but I especially felt that they welcomed a number of us first-year-to-the-program players, when they easily could have felt some animosity towards us older guys. Also, the guys at the journal have been great to us this year, so thank you Jeff and all of the guys over there that have covered us this year. Lastly and most importantly, I’d like to thank my teammates. Like I said, this was one of the absolute best summers of my life and the main reason for that was because I had a great group of guys around me. It’s tough to put into words, but a team really is a family for the summer and, although we had our ups and downs I wouldn’t have traded any of it. So thanks guys for giving me a great last summer of legion ball, and for the guys that are still around next year; keep working hard and go win us a state tournament. Thanks again. This one will be a summer I don’t forget.