Coach Jason Strickland has announced his Lamar County Trojans will host their annual Soap Game scrimmage Aug. 7 at the new Trojan Field.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Trojans set Soap Game for Aug. 7
Fans are asked to bring laundry detergent and recordable DVDs to help with the team's laundry and film budgets.
The following Friday, Aug. 14, Lamar will host Rutland for a scrimmage. Regular season action kicks off Aug. 28 when Spalding High visits Trojan Field for the first official contest at the new facility.
This Thursday, July 30, parents are invited to the high school practice field at 6 p.m. to eat with the coaches and players.
"This will be a meet and greet time and we'll be serving food and refreshments. It's an opportunity for us to answer any questions parents may have about the beginning of the season. We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible," the coach said.
Strickland also reported the recent Youth Football Camp he hosted with his staff was well received.
"The camp was a tremendous success. We want to thank Varsity Sports Center, Jazz Printing and Chic-fil-A for their help with the camp," Strickland concluded.
The following Friday, Aug. 14, Lamar will host Rutland for a scrimmage. Regular season action kicks off Aug. 28 when Spalding High visits Trojan Field for the first official contest at the new facility.
This Thursday, July 30, parents are invited to the high school practice field at 6 p.m. to eat with the coaches and players.
"This will be a meet and greet time and we'll be serving food and refreshments. It's an opportunity for us to answer any questions parents may have about the beginning of the season. We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible," the coach said.
Strickland also reported the recent Youth Football Camp he hosted with his staff was well received.
"The camp was a tremendous success. We want to thank Varsity Sports Center, Jazz Printing and Chic-fil-A for their help with the camp," Strickland concluded.
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Has the opening game date with Spalding been changed from Friday, Aug. 28th, to Sat. Aug. 29th? The article says the 29th, which would be on a Saturday. Other schedules say the 28th, which is on Friday, and normally the day that most high school football games are played on... Just wondering if this was a misprint.
Since 95%, or more, of the rest of the school systems in this state have their own nice football stadium and facilities, then one would have to think that your statement above would also apply to them, as well.
Me thinks that you are suffering from 'little man's syndrome'. I could have said that you are suffering from something else, but it wouldn't be appropriate for this forum.
My point is that not everyone has to have "that piece of paper hanging on the wall" to be successful. Not all "jocksniffers" are stupid. If there were not people who work hard (since they don't have that $50,000 piece of paper hanging on the wall) you wouldn't have a house to live in, a car to drive, anybody to mow your lawn, build your pool, change the oil in your SUV, check out your groceries in the store, nor anyone to cash your successful paycheck and disburse your mega dollars across all your accounts. Get over yourself and your sterotypical attitude toward athletes. Every one of my children graduated from LCCH. They all played high school sports and they are all performing just fine in college right along side those students who DIDN'T play sports.
You have the correct answer but maybe you answered the wrong question. There is no doubt that High school sports have a place in Lamar County. My concern is not with the student athlete that understands he will some day have to be a productive member of society. The ones that will change the oil or build your pool or check out your groceries. My concern is with the community that elevates the athlete over the student. As I said in an early post, let us please reward the academic team as much as the foot ball team. Let us reward test scores as much as touchdowns. I am a football fan - High School, College and Professional. All right thinking people understand that a very small percentage of High School kids will never make money playing this game no matter how much they love it. Let us please pay as much attention to academics as we do athletics. I hope I am wrong but I do not see this practiced in our county.
Thank you.