Ravens Win Opener, Gators Sweep East

The Ravens started their 2013 campaign with a comeback 8-6 victory over the Cowboys.  The Ravens survived a 6-0 halftime deficit and four turnovers.  The offensive line started a bit slow but came to life in the second half.  The Ravens play again on Saturday against the Chargers.

Drakes Creek VB also had a good evening.  The 7th grade ran their record to 6-1 with a 25-11, 25-10 victory, while the 8th grade (8-5, 5-2) won 25-17, 25-15.  The Gators play at Bowling Green on Tuesday.

Hayden & his friend Payton at the end of a hard fought victory.

Ravens Scrimmage, Happy Grandparents Day

The Warren County Youth Football League Jamboree was held Saturday.  The Jamboree is when they take pictures and the teams scrimmage before playing their first games of the season.  The Ravens defeated the Chargers in their scrimmage.  After a scoreless first half (they played two 20 minutes halves), the Ravens scored three touchdowns in the second half.  The Ravens start the season for real on Monday against the Cowboys.

Today after church we celebrated Grandparents Day with A&H's 5th set of grandparents - Ms. Cathy and Mr. Mike.  Our church started an adopted grandparents program last year and Ms. Cathy and Mr. Mike were matched up with A&H.  It has worked out very well and helps fill the gaps between visits from grandparents who don't live so close.  They attend many of A&H's games and have taken them out to eat.  They are also going to serve as A&H's confirmation mentors this year. 

Annee & Hayden with Ms. Cathy & Mr. Mike after lunch.

 Getting ready for the team photo.

Gators Swamp Moss; Ravens Open Season on Monday

Drakes Creek rolled to victories over Moss Middle School on Thursday.  The 7th grade Gators (5-1) won 25-10, 25-4, while the 8th grade team (7-5, 4-2) won 25-13, 25-4.  The second half of the season starts Monday with a match at Warren East.  Hayden's football season also kicks off Monday against the Cowboys.  The Ravens only return 5 players from last season's Toy Bowl championship team so it should be interesting to see how the season will go.

Drakes Creek Posts Two More Wins

Drakes Creek 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams posted wins on Tuesday against Bowling Green Christian Academy.  The 7th grade team won 25-7, 25-11, while the 8th grade team won in three sets (22-25, 25-7, 15-9).  It wasn't a particularly sharp performance for the Gators.  7th grade is now 4-1 and the 8th grade moved to 6-5 (3-2 in district play) on the season.  The Gators return to the court on Thursday against Moss Middle School. 

Annee wearing her new uniform for the first time.

Drakes Creek 7th Grade Team

Hayden Starts 212° Academy

212° Academy started for Hayden last Monday.  The program is new this year.  Just as matter changes form when water becomes steam, 212° Academy is a place for high-ability 5th and 6th grade students to be transformed as they immerse themselves into an integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) curriculum.  More information on the program can be found here.

Raider Twilight Run

Hayden finished 50th out of 149 elementary school runners at the Raider Twilight Run on Saturday night.  He had a time of 10:02 and was the third runner for the Greenwood Elementary team.  Greenwood finished 8th out of the 11 teams competing.  Unfortunately, Greenwood was without a couple of its top runners or they could have placed second or third.  Not sure when Hayden will be on the course again.  He will likely miss the next race because of football.

Hayden making last minute preparations for the race.

Hayden making his stretch run.

Annee & Hayden served as acolytes at church this morning.

Hayden Competes in 1st Youth Challenge, Drakes Sweeps St. Joe's in VB

Hayden competed in the first cross country youth challenge on Tuesday.  He ran the 2k in 9:39.  There are 8 teams from Warren County that participate in the challenges.  The first one was at Kereiakes Park which is probably the most difficult of the four county locations for cross country meets.  Hayden competes in the Warren East Raider Twilight Run on Saturday.

On Thursday, Drakes Creek swept St. Joe's in volleyball.  The 7th grade team is now 3-1 after posting a 25-10, 25-8 victory.  The 8th grade team evened its record at 5-5 with a pair of 25-22 wins.  Annee served 13 straight points early in the 2nd set of the 7th grade game to help Drakes build a big lead.

Hayden on the final stretch of the youth challenge on Tuesday.

South Warren Sweeps Drakes

Drakes Creek 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams fell to South Warren Monday evening.  The 7th grade team lost in 3 sets.  After losing 12-25 in the first set, Drakes won the second set 26-24 before dropping the tie breaker 13-15.  South Warren had not lost a set in 7th or 8th grade district games since 2011.  The 8th grade team fell 10-25, 10-25 and is now 4-5 on the year.  The rematch will be Thursday, September 19.     

Drakes VB - 7th Grade Wins, 8th Grade Falls

The Drakes Creek 7th grade volleyball team moved to 2-0 on the year with a 25-20, 25-7 win against Bowling Green Junior High on Thursday.  The 8th grade team fell to 4-4 with a 15-25, 20-25 loss.  Annee played pretty well, particularly in the 7th grade game.  Unfortunately, I did not end up with any good pictures.  Drakes will take on South Warren on Monday evening.  Last year South Warren 7th and 8th grade teams did not lose a set in conference play. 

Drakes Creek Sweeps Moss Middle; Hayden Runs Time Trial

Drakes Creek opened their conference schedule Tuesday with a sweep over Moss.  They won the 7th grade match 25-8 and 25-11 and the 8th grade team won 25-12 and 25-16.  Annee will be playing for both the 7th and 8th grade teams this season.  Drakes plays Bowling Green Junior High on Thursday.  Hayden ran the Greenwood Time Trial that was postponed from Saturday morning.  He ran the 2k in about 8:45.  Greenwood's home course is a bit faster than most of the CC courses in the county but it was a pretty good time for him.  Hayden is scheduled to have a couple of races next week including a youth challenge on Tuesday and the Raider Twilight Run next Saturday.  Football has also started for Hayden.  He is playing for the Ravens again.   

Hayden making his final push.

Annee & Heather before heading to the game against Moss.

A Full Saturday

We had a pretty full Saturday.  Annee (and Heather) made her middle school debut for Drakes Creek at the South Warren Volleyball Tournament.  Drakes Creek finished 3-3 in the tournament and tied for 5th out of 15 teams.  Most of the teams were 8th grade teams, so Drakes had one of the younger teams.  Most of the time it was about half and half between 8th graders and 6th/7th graders.  Annee played well.  They will scrimmage Franklin-Simpson on Tuesday before starting their conference schedule the next week.  I will work on doing a better job getting pictures next match.  Hayden and his cross country team participated in an race for elementary and middle school students early in the morning.  It poured until the scheduled start time but they were able to get the race in.  Elementary runners ran 2k (which they will run in most of the their meets).  Hayden did quite well.  He finished in 9:30 and finished 20th overall.  He will run in the team time trials on Saturday.  He will start football practice on Monday the 19th.  Finally, I wrapped up the evening with this years Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner.  We had a pretty good schedule and crowd.  U.S. Senators Rand Paul & Mitch McConnell both attended, along with our local Congressman - not a bad lineup for a county event.   

Annee (#10) between games at the South Warren Volleyball Tournament

Hayden crossing the finish line.

Hayden and his buddies after the race.

Senator McConnell addressing the Lincoln Reagan Day Dinner Crowd

6th Graders!!

We are going to try to restart the blog.  Heather, Annee, and Hayden had their first day of school Thursday.  This will be the last first day that they have at Briarwood.  Below are a couple of pictures form the first day.  Fall is going to be pretty busy.  Annee is playing and Heather is helping to coach volleyball for Drakes Creek Middle School.  They play in a tournament on Saturday.  Once volleyball wraps up, she will restart swimming.  Hayden is running cross country and will be playing football.  Hayden ran in an intrasquad Beat the Coach meet last Saturday and will run in another race this Saturday.  Football practice will start a week from Monday.

First Day of School

Annee & Mrs. Sellers

Hayden & Mrs. Davis