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| Leesburg at St. Cloud (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011) |
By Gerald Lacey
Staff Writer
Carver Heights Quarterback Club
October 3, 20111
LEESBURG - Yellow Jackets head coach Randy Trivers has a reputation for running a college style football program at the high school level. He believes in having his squad being the most physical and well conditioned team in the nation. The Jackets 4-1 (0-1) enter Friday's Class 7A District 4 showdown with the Lake Minneola High School Hawks 1-3 (0-0) banged up. It makes you wonder how many more injuries would the Jackets have without Trivers commitment to physical conditioning.
"Coach Trivers system has had a big impact on me mentally and physically," said senior wide receiver Juilliard Roberts. "I haven't learned this much about football ever." "He has really expanded my knowledge about football on all types of different angles." "He also has made me and my team one of the best conditioned teams in the state hands down."
One of Trivers coaching philosophies is to build depth on the offense and defense side of the football. It is this philosophy that have the Jackets off to one of their best starts in recent years. 2012 University of Miami commit D'Mauri Jones and All-American OLB Noor Davis have missed most of the season with nagging injuries. Jones has returned to action and Davis has been cleared to return to practice today he is listed as probable for Friday's game. The Jackets depth have given the team a boost and have them in playoff contention despite missing key players.
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| Leesburg at St. Cloud (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011) |
"Every team battles that a little bit in football," said Trivers Friday on the Randy Trivers Show. "You always have some guys that are nicked up banged up or out for a particular week". "Hopefully their replacement can get in there and do a great job." "We hope we can put forth a good effort."
The Jackets are in the middle of a tough six week stretch where they will play five games on the road. This week's game against Lake Minneola will be their only home game during that span. Senior I back Emmanuel Nelson and junior I back Anthony Miller left the St. Cloud game with injuries. Nelson and Miller are listed as questionable for this weeks game. The ground game has suffered with fullback Flint Hicks being nicked up and missing game time Hicks blocking is a big part of what makes the Jacket I Formation successful.
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| Leesburg at St. Cloud (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011) |
Starting Center Estader Maurepas sat out Fridays game also. There were offensive line starters missing in the loss to East Ridge and the running game suffered tremendously. The Jackets finished with 34 total yards rushing after averaging over 250 yards per game.
"Hopefully we will be getting some guys back this week," said Trivers. "We hope sooner or later we will be getting all our guys healthy and back out there battling for us out on the field."
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| Leesburg at St. Cloud (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011) |
"Its hard to be 100% healthy as a individual player and as a team," said Trivers. "As a player you tell them to do the best you can, to take care of your body." "That means the proper rest, the proper nutrition and you got to get your weight training in."
No doubt that Trivers training regimen and team depth have allowed his Jackets to remain competitive at this point of the season. Even with Injuries to its impact players Leesburg enters this week's game with a 4-1 record. Trivers tells his team that football is a physically grueling game and don't expect to be 100% healthy after the season begins. Every team is banged up and play with nagging injuries at the midway point of any season.
"Your body is never going to feel as it did in the first day of training camp," said Trivers. "Once you get into it, there is a lot of wear and tear on your body." "As a team of course when you have individuals start breaking down a little bit it affects the team, but you expect that over a course of a season." "You are not going to have 100% of your guys in every single ball game."
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Ashley Beyer
September 30, 2011
Ashley Beyer is a freelance photographer who will be working with the Carver Heights Quarterback Club this season. She started photographing as a hobby when she was 13 with a manual SLR Canon film camera. In 1998 she received her first automatic Canon SLR camera. In the begining as a hobby photographer her cousins and friends babies were her favorite subjects. Now, she is getting the chance to share her Leesburg High School football pictures with many people through Facebook and the Leesburg Yellow Jackets Football blog."It makes me happy to do that because I know there are families out there that would love to have pictures of their boys playing football and can't get to the games or don't have the means to record those memories."
Ashley Beyer, Class of 2001 Leesburg High School
Article written by:
Gerald Lacey
Staff Writer
Carver Heights Quarterback Club
Class of 1988 Leesburg High School
Gerald is a professional Internet marketer and social media marketing expert. His online business ventures and websites generate multiple streams of income annually. His consulting clients include best selling authors and international speakers.
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