| Congrat's to all of the PANTHER and TOPCATS for EXCELLING this year to the level of ALL-STARS! ROOKIES: AUSTIN NETHERTON JORDAN PERRY ISSAC WIGGS AUSTIN SANTINI FRANKIE CHAVEZ CHEERLEADERS: MARINA GARCIA MARISSA SOLARIO HANNAH LOVE NICOLE ARNSTON KAYLIN PREHM JUNIOR VARSITY: TAYLOR EDWARDS JACK KILLIAN TYLER PADILLA JONATHON JURI BENJAMIN TORRES CHEERLEADERS: JORDAN ALVAREZ CHELSEA BARNS HALEY EDWARDS CHRISTIAN BLEDSOE DAIJA HURTE VARSITY: ANDREW WALKER ANTOINE PRICE DC CORLEY MARQUEZ GILLESPIE EDDIE BIEDEBACH VARSITY CHEER: KATHY VASQUEZ MEGAN HANRAHAN ALI COSTA NINA CASTIGLIONE GRACE BUCHAN All of the ALL-STARS did a great job playing, and cheering you all really made the PANTHER family super proud of you! The Rookies south lost 39 to 6 The JV team won 6 to 0 Varsity won their battle 12 to 0 SEE CHRISTINA GIEN'S STORY BELOW! READ "DC" CORLEY AND EDDIE BIEDEBACH'S INTERVIEW BELOW! |
CALVARY PANTHERS and TOPCATS CHEER
Kat hump Kat hump went the small white Toyota as it went over the speed bumps in the parking lot at Mountain Mikes.
The car stopped and my dad, my friend Michelle, and I got out. We walked across the parking lot, opened the door to
the pizza parlor, and stepped in. This is where the sign ups for the 2006 Calvary Temple Panthers tackle football team
was being held and I was about to join. “Are you sure you want to do this?” my dad asked for the millionth time. “Yes I’
m sure!” I answered with a determination in my voice. I wanted to play football more then anything else in the world;
nothing and no one could stop me! Actually I hadn’t discovered my love for the sport until about a year ago when my
good friend Hannah asked me to play for the Ustach flag football team with her. Ever since then all I’ve ever wanted to
do is play football, but this time it would be full contact. It was July 24th, the first day of practice , but it didn’t start until
6:00 PM. When the time finally came for me to leave for practice my excitement was greater than the widest ocean.
Practice started soon after I arrived. I had no friends and being the only girl on the team, making them wouldn’t be
easy. The first week was conditioning . We did more push-ups, up-downs, running and various drills then there are
bags of m&m’s in Wal-Mart. Every day of that first week felt like an eternity. Finally it was over and we would get our
pads and start hitting next week. Monday came and we received our pads at the end of practice. I tried them on as
soon as I got home to make sure they fit. Of course they didn’t fit perfect after all I was a girl and the equipment was
made for boys. There was extra room in the crotch and not enough around the hips. Also the front part of the shoulder
pads made my chest a little uncomfortable, but it would have to do and like I said the equipment was made for boys.
The next day was the first time we practiced with our pads. We did our usual drills and stretches and then began
hitting and tackling drills. The sun beat down on us like when you shine the sun through a magna fine glass on ants.
Our bodies drenched in perspiration, we were like fresh baked salted pretzels, but this is what I wanted and enjoyed.
About a week later we were split up into two groups, linemen and skilled players. Skilled players means the
quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, safety’s, linebackers and so on. I practiced with the linemen. Coach
drilled us and drilled us and drilled us. Everything was twice as hard for me because I’m a girl and I’m not as fast, or
strong. Also as you probably already know boy’s have a larger lung capacity than girls. There were times and still are
that I can’t breath and the pain grows so great that tears streak down my face along side my sweat and I want to
collapse where I stand. Still I say nothing and continue to push myself harder. By now you are probably wondering why
I even do this and sometimes I even wonder myself, but when game time comes and I’m out on that field I remember
why. It’s that feeling, that satisfaction you get when you accomplish a hard task, but this is far greater. I can’t explain it.
All I can say is that it makes all the pain, the hard work, the long hot practices worth it. The moment you make that
tackle or intercept that pass it’s as if the whole world is yours and I would never trade that feeling for anything. It had
been about two months since practice started and I still trained with the linemen, but coach still never put me on the
line. Not in games, not in scrimmages, and not even when we would play each other in practice. I was always corner
back and I was also on the kick off team, but he never put me as a linemen. Finally he switched me to the skilled
players since I played corner back, but I was then put as a wide receiver too. This transition was very hard because I
was I had never been on offence before so I was the only one who didn’t know the plays very well and I wasn’t good at
catching either because that’s not a skill you learn as a linemen. There’s also a guy on the team that hates me
because I’m a girl. He’s constantly calling me names, putting me down, giving me dirty looks, and telling me girls can’t
play football. That doesn’t help much either but I have friends now and they take care of him for me. Since football
started I’ve learned so much. My knowledge and skill in the game has greatly approved. I’ve learned to cooperate and
work together as a team. I have also learned that there is power in numbers but there is greater power in your
confidence. You can’t win the battle with a sunken heart, but with a lifted spirit. Our team has learned the heard way
not to ever put your head down, but to keep fighting with great intensity and poise even when we are four touchdowns
behind. I’ve learned to give it all you’ve got even when there is nothing left and that is what I intend to do the rest of
the season.
The car stopped and my dad, my friend Michelle, and I got out. We walked across the parking lot, opened the door to
the pizza parlor, and stepped in. This is where the sign ups for the 2006 Calvary Temple Panthers tackle football team
was being held and I was about to join. “Are you sure you want to do this?” my dad asked for the millionth time. “Yes I’
m sure!” I answered with a determination in my voice. I wanted to play football more then anything else in the world;
nothing and no one could stop me! Actually I hadn’t discovered my love for the sport until about a year ago when my
good friend Hannah asked me to play for the Ustach flag football team with her. Ever since then all I’ve ever wanted to
do is play football, but this time it would be full contact. It was July 24th, the first day of practice , but it didn’t start until
6:00 PM. When the time finally came for me to leave for practice my excitement was greater than the widest ocean.
Practice started soon after I arrived. I had no friends and being the only girl on the team, making them wouldn’t be
easy. The first week was conditioning . We did more push-ups, up-downs, running and various drills then there are
bags of m&m’s in Wal-Mart. Every day of that first week felt like an eternity. Finally it was over and we would get our
pads and start hitting next week. Monday came and we received our pads at the end of practice. I tried them on as
soon as I got home to make sure they fit. Of course they didn’t fit perfect after all I was a girl and the equipment was
made for boys. There was extra room in the crotch and not enough around the hips. Also the front part of the shoulder
pads made my chest a little uncomfortable, but it would have to do and like I said the equipment was made for boys.
The next day was the first time we practiced with our pads. We did our usual drills and stretches and then began
hitting and tackling drills. The sun beat down on us like when you shine the sun through a magna fine glass on ants.
Our bodies drenched in perspiration, we were like fresh baked salted pretzels, but this is what I wanted and enjoyed.
About a week later we were split up into two groups, linemen and skilled players. Skilled players means the
quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, safety’s, linebackers and so on. I practiced with the linemen. Coach
drilled us and drilled us and drilled us. Everything was twice as hard for me because I’m a girl and I’m not as fast, or
strong. Also as you probably already know boy’s have a larger lung capacity than girls. There were times and still are
that I can’t breath and the pain grows so great that tears streak down my face along side my sweat and I want to
collapse where I stand. Still I say nothing and continue to push myself harder. By now you are probably wondering why
I even do this and sometimes I even wonder myself, but when game time comes and I’m out on that field I remember
why. It’s that feeling, that satisfaction you get when you accomplish a hard task, but this is far greater. I can’t explain it.
All I can say is that it makes all the pain, the hard work, the long hot practices worth it. The moment you make that
tackle or intercept that pass it’s as if the whole world is yours and I would never trade that feeling for anything. It had
been about two months since practice started and I still trained with the linemen, but coach still never put me on the
line. Not in games, not in scrimmages, and not even when we would play each other in practice. I was always corner
back and I was also on the kick off team, but he never put me as a linemen. Finally he switched me to the skilled
players since I played corner back, but I was then put as a wide receiver too. This transition was very hard because I
was I had never been on offence before so I was the only one who didn’t know the plays very well and I wasn’t good at
catching either because that’s not a skill you learn as a linemen. There’s also a guy on the team that hates me
because I’m a girl. He’s constantly calling me names, putting me down, giving me dirty looks, and telling me girls can’t
play football. That doesn’t help much either but I have friends now and they take care of him for me. Since football
started I’ve learned so much. My knowledge and skill in the game has greatly approved. I’ve learned to cooperate and
work together as a team. I have also learned that there is power in numbers but there is greater power in your
confidence. You can’t win the battle with a sunken heart, but with a lifted spirit. Our team has learned the heard way
not to ever put your head down, but to keep fighting with great intensity and poise even when we are four touchdowns
behind. I’ve learned to give it all you’ve got even when there is nothing left and that is what I intend to do the rest of
the season.
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First name Eddie
Last name Biedebach
League or Leagues NYFL
Name of Team or Teams Calvary
Panthers
What is your favorite sport? Football
What position or positions do you play?
OL, QB, DE, OLB
What is your favorite position? QB
How long have you been playing sports?
9 years
What coach has made the biggest
difference in your life, and how?
Coach Biedebach and Coach Kit;
Because They taught me all they knew
about
football for the past years they helped me
when i needed help with
something and it payed off winning 2
super bowls!
What did this coach do for you that others
didn't? They put a lot of
time into coaching me!
What are your favorite pro-teams and
why? Carolina Panthers! Because
I like the coaching staff and the great NFL
players on that team!
Who are your favorite pro-athletes, and
why? Steve Smith, Because he
is on the Carolina panthers and he is
really good at what he does!
What are your favorite college teams and
why? UCLA, Because i enjoy
watching their football and basketball
teams play!
Would you like to go to school there some
day? Of course because my
aunt went their so i kinda want to go to
the same college as her!
Do you dream of playing professional
sports? Yes!
If you could play a sport professionally
what sport would it be?
Football of course!
What is your favorite type of music? Do
you have a favorite song?
Rap, Hip hop, and some rock especially
classic rock!
What is your favorite movie? Friday Night
Lights!
Do you enjoy extreme sports? If so what
type, or types? YES I like
watching snowboarding and surfing but I
myself water ski If that is an
extreme sport!
Where do you go to do your extreme
sport, and do you compete or just do
ti for the thrill? I water ski, Because my
dad did so I thought it
would be cool to do it just as he did!
What are some of the tricks you enjoy
doing? Cant do any yet but I
will get their someday!
Last name Biedebach
League or Leagues NYFL
Name of Team or Teams Calvary
Panthers
What is your favorite sport? Football
What position or positions do you play?
OL, QB, DE, OLB
What is your favorite position? QB
How long have you been playing sports?
9 years
What coach has made the biggest
difference in your life, and how?
Coach Biedebach and Coach Kit;
Because They taught me all they knew
about
football for the past years they helped me
when i needed help with
something and it payed off winning 2
super bowls!
What did this coach do for you that others
didn't? They put a lot of
time into coaching me!
What are your favorite pro-teams and
why? Carolina Panthers! Because
I like the coaching staff and the great NFL
players on that team!
Who are your favorite pro-athletes, and
why? Steve Smith, Because he
is on the Carolina panthers and he is
really good at what he does!
What are your favorite college teams and
why? UCLA, Because i enjoy
watching their football and basketball
teams play!
Would you like to go to school there some
day? Of course because my
aunt went their so i kinda want to go to
the same college as her!
Do you dream of playing professional
sports? Yes!
If you could play a sport professionally
what sport would it be?
Football of course!
What is your favorite type of music? Do
you have a favorite song?
Rap, Hip hop, and some rock especially
classic rock!
What is your favorite movie? Friday Night
Lights!
Do you enjoy extreme sports? If so what
type, or types? YES I like
watching snowboarding and surfing but I
myself water ski If that is an
extreme sport!
Where do you go to do your extreme
sport, and do you compete or just do
ti for the thrill? I water ski, Because my
dad did so I thought it
would be cool to do it just as he did!
What are some of the tricks you enjoy
doing? Cant do any yet but I
will get their someday!
First name DANELL
Last name CORLEY
League or Leagues NYFL
Name of Team or Teams PANTHERS
What is your favorite sport?
FOOTBALL
What position or positions do you
play? W/R Q/B
What is your favorite position? W/R
How long have you been playing
sports? 8 YEARS
What coach has made the biggest
difference in your life, and how?
COACH KIT,BIEDEBACH,AND JOSEPH
TOOK ME TO THE SUPER BOWL
What did this coach do for you that
others didn't? THEY WERE
EXCELLENT COACHES THAT NEW
HOW TO COACH AND TAUGHT ME
HOW TO PLAY BETTER
What are your favorite pro-teams and
why? FALCONS BECAUSE I LIKE TO
BE DIFFERENT AND NO ONE I
REALLY NO LIKES THEM AND
BECAUSE MIKE VICK AND
DE'ANGELO HALL
Who are your favorite pro-athletes,
and why? MICHEAL VICK CAUSE HE
CAN PASS AND RUN AND
DE'ANGELO HALL CAUSE HE'S A
GOOD DEFENSIVE BACK
What are your favorite college teams
and why? VIRGINA TECH HOKIES,
AND MIAMI HURRICANES
Would you like to go to school there
some day? YES
Do you dream of playing professional
sports? YESSSSS SIREE
If you could play a sport professionally
what sport would it be?
FOOSBALL
What is your favorite type of music?
Do you have a favorite song? RAP
what is your favorite movie? TROY
AND AROGON
If you do not play a team sport what
sport do you participate in?
TRACK SKATING
Last name CORLEY
League or Leagues NYFL
Name of Team or Teams PANTHERS
What is your favorite sport?
FOOTBALL
What position or positions do you
play? W/R Q/B
What is your favorite position? W/R
How long have you been playing
sports? 8 YEARS
What coach has made the biggest
difference in your life, and how?
COACH KIT,BIEDEBACH,AND JOSEPH
TOOK ME TO THE SUPER BOWL
What did this coach do for you that
others didn't? THEY WERE
EXCELLENT COACHES THAT NEW
HOW TO COACH AND TAUGHT ME
HOW TO PLAY BETTER
What are your favorite pro-teams and
why? FALCONS BECAUSE I LIKE TO
BE DIFFERENT AND NO ONE I
REALLY NO LIKES THEM AND
BECAUSE MIKE VICK AND
DE'ANGELO HALL
Who are your favorite pro-athletes,
and why? MICHEAL VICK CAUSE HE
CAN PASS AND RUN AND
DE'ANGELO HALL CAUSE HE'S A
GOOD DEFENSIVE BACK
What are your favorite college teams
and why? VIRGINA TECH HOKIES,
AND MIAMI HURRICANES
Would you like to go to school there
some day? YES
Do you dream of playing professional
sports? YESSSSS SIREE
If you could play a sport professionally
what sport would it be?
FOOSBALL
What is your favorite type of music?
Do you have a favorite song? RAP
what is your favorite movie? TROY
AND AROGON
If you do not play a team sport what
sport do you participate in?
TRACK SKATING
