Scrimmage at Newton-Conover

Today's scrimmage was against Conover Cowboys at 1:00pm and was more like a real game. We used special teams, had less coaches on the field and even had cheerleaders. West Lincoln had a great game. We won 24-14. The score was 24-0 until the four quarter when they put the 2nd string in the game. Robbie started on offense and defense again. He played corner back, running back and wide receiver. One of the beginning plays of the game Robbie was tackled by a huge guy I believe was bigger than Tony. He looked like he was squashed like a bug from the stands. Robbie also had a solo tackle and a 2 pt conversion during the game that earned his name to be announced over the intercom. This game was a big improvement from last weeks game. They now look ready for next weeks first season game against East Lincoln.

Game Schedule for JV West Lincoln Optimist

There is a link to the West Lincoln Optimist's website with the schedule to the right of my blog but it has not been updated yet. All games are on Saturdays and the home games will be at West Lincoln High School. Here's the schedule we've been given:

Sept 5th - 4:45 pm East Lincoln at East Lincoln HS
Sept 12th - 11:30 am Newton in Hickory place TBD
Sept 19th - 4:45 pm Gastonia at Hunter Huss HS
Sept 26th - 9:15 am Pumpkin Center at Bandys HS
Oct 3rd - 3:30 pm Balls Creek at Home (WLHS)
Oct 10th - Bye - No game for West Lincoln JV
Oct 17th - 3:30 pm Hickory at Home (WLHS)
Oct 24th - 9:15 am Sherrills Ford at Bandys HS

Playoffs:
Oct 31st at N. Gastonia, Hunter Huss or N. Lincoln HS
Nov 7th at Bessemer or Bandys HS
Nov 14th all at WLHS
Championship:
Nov 21st all at Moorseville HS
Times and places TBD - I will update that later in the season. Hope to see you all on Nov 21st in Moorseville at the Championship!

August 22, 2009 - Scrimmage at Hunter Huss High School

Sat. August 22nd was our first scrimmage. We played Bessemer City at Hunter Huss High School in Gastonia at 2:45 pm. We did not use any special teams during the game and the game clock never stopped. I started on both offense and defense. We got beat 18-0.I played wide receiver , running back and corner back. I can't wait till the next game. By Robbie

Official Practice begins!!!

The official football practice began on August 3rd. Practice is now 4 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday from 6pm- 8pm. Pads were given out on Thursday, Aug. 6th. Robbie could hardly wait! He came home with practice pants, pads and helmet and couldn't get in the door fast enough to have Tony help him put it all on. I believe we've created a lean, mean fighting machine! First practice with pads on was Friday, August 7th. He said it was a lot different. He couldn't get his arms up as high with the pads on and of course it was much Hotter!

Football Begins with Camp

West Lincoln Optimist voluntary football practice or camp began July 13th. They began practicing 3 days a week from 6pm - 8pm, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. Robbie skipped the 2nd week of practice because we were at the beach and was concerned he was not going to get to play if he wasn't there. He was happy to learn when we returned that 2 additional weeks of camp were added. So the official practice began August 3rd.