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2009/2010 TelegRAMS
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The seniors vs.
juniors powder puff game was a game to watch. The whole
time the crowd was kept on their toes. The juniors
started out fast in the game. “I think my girls were
surprised at how fast the juniors really were on the
field” said Coach Clay. The Senior Girls were really
AMP’D up this being their final Powder Puff game. “I
know they really wanted to win. I think they had a hard
time controlling their emotions at the start” added
Coach. The juniors put up 12 points quick on the seniors
and it was not looking good. Coach Clay pulled the girls
together to do what he does best “first he yelled at us,
telling us we needed to start pulling some flag and that
we were being way to aggressive. Then he told us to calm
down there was plenty of time left to win” said Dani
Clay. The seniors took the ball on their next series and
drove it all the way for a TD. “I didn’t know Karli
Jacobs was such a beast at running the ball. I know she
couldn’t catch a cold, but she did run with power” Coach
said. Karli had 3 big runs on that drive to put the
seniors in close for a pass from Ally to Tara Cooley for
a TD. Tara Cooley scored the extra point to make the
score 12-7 juniors. The seniors held the juniors before
halftime and that’s where the score was at the half. “I
wasn’t nervous at all. Once the girls calmed down and
worked out the kinks I knew they would be ready for the
second half” said Coach Clay. The seniors came out from
halftime ready to finish the game. They took the ball
right down the field with big passes from Ally to
Lizzette and Dani G. They scored on a play up the middle
with Ally making the second touch down, to take the lead
13-12. The juniors came right back and scored making the
score 18-13. “They tried to run the clock down as much
as they could, but I knew they left us to much time to
score.” Added coach. The seniors threw a few short
passes to start their final drive. Ally threw a short
pass to Tara Cooley across the middle and she sprinted
to the sideline. The juniors, maybe thinking she was
going out of bounds didn’t get her flag. Tara turned the
corner and sprinted 65 yards for a TD to give the
seniors a 19-18 lead. The senior’s defense went out onto
the field and stopped the juniors with only a minute to
play. The seniors took this game very serious and the
win was BIG. “I was very surprised by these girls’
hearts. I know plenty of boy’s teams who would just quit
after being down 2 TD’s” said Coach Clay. “I tried to go
out there and just have fun. But, when the Ref blew the
whistle it was Game On and my juices were flowing. I
couldn’t help it; I wanted the girls to win as much as
they wanted it. I would like to take this time and say
Good Luck to all the girls and finish your senior year
as hard as you finished this game” The Seniors left the
game satisfied and still fired up.
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2010 Powderpuff Team
By: Dani Clay
The mighty 2010 girls are
coming full force to up hold the tradition of the senior class
winning. The girls have been practicing late nights and early
mornings wanted to not only win but to really make in impression.
The girls this year have a new coach, Coach Clay, and a lot of first
year players. Everyone has come out to play. The captains this year
are Vanessa Palomino, Tara Cooley, Allie Roberts, Danielle Clay and
Danielle Garibaldi. All the girls have high expectations for them
selves.
 They
aren’t taking loosing as an option. All they know is that they are
going to do whatever it takes to win. Coach Clayis also the coach
for three other teams, Jr. Midget and Midget for Dixon Youth and
also at Vacaville Christian High School. The girls were in need of a
coach and right away thought about Coach Clay. He has a reputation
of working his players hard and winning, the perfect coach. Two
seniors, Sabrina Lopez and Rebekah Pigozzo, were asked what they
thought about the new coach. Sabrina answered “He’s a good coach, he
really knows what he’s doing, and he’s really funny.” Rebekah
answered “He has a lot of experience, good plays and we really have
a good chance of winning with him as our coach.” Sabrina feels that
it’s going to be a really good game but the seniors are defiantly
going to win. Rebekah thinks its going to be a blow out. One of the
captains, Tara Cooley, says “We’re gunna tear it up! We have a new
offense, new defense, new coach, new year!” The new coach, Jeff
Clay, was asked about how he felt about all the girls and just the
whole experience all together. He said “I like to say what a
surprise it was to be asked by the senior girls to coach their team.
I know most of the girls because my (awesome, beautiful, smart,
funny) daughter is also a senior”. [Jeff Clay] “ When I
was approached by Vanessa Palomino, V.I.P. I didn’t have to think
long. The girls are great and very athletic [Jeff Clay] “.
[Jeff Clay] “The first thing they said to me was “coach we
want to win". Not a problem, they also said "last year they ran the
ball and they wanted to pass this year" again I said Not a problem".
Look for the senior girls to dominate their game through the air.
[Jeff Clay] “I have been coaching football a long time and
this is my first time with girls. What I found out is teenagers are
teenagers, boys or girls; they are all just looking to have a
goodtime. Something a lot of us parents forget, we were all just
like them.” The girls are focused and ready to take the title. These
girls have built the bond that a winning team needs. They depend on
each other and want to take the win, as a team. |
