2007 8th Grade
Record:
Iowa Falls-Alden Middle School Football
Middle School Football Coordinator: David Harms
8th Grade Coaches: Offensive Coordinator: David Harms Defensive Coordinator: Jason Smuck
Game Summary
IFA 0 Clear Lake 36 Game Film
IFA 6 Eagle Grove 14 Game Film
IFA 6 St. Edmond 26 Game Film
IFA 14 Webster City 34 Game Film
IFA 18 Hampton-Dumont 0 Game Film
IFA 0 Clarion-Goldfield 50 Game Film
IFA 44 Opponents 160
Season Summary
8th Grade: First of all, I don’t want this to come off as a bunch of excuses, but I think the facts are important in understanding this season. We had 21 players go out for football this year. Only three quit the team. One of those was a new student that didn’t even dress for one practice. Two players did not go out from the previous season. Two good athletes from last year’s team moved away before the season began. One of our best lineman and LB’s broke his ankle in the first game. Our best athlete was unable to participate in 5 out of 6 games. We did have some B team players from last year step in and do a decent job filling in some of those gaps. This group is difficult to figure out. I tried everything I could think of to motivate them. They worked hard in practice but just couldn’t put the same aggressiveness into games. It just may be a lack of confidence that made them play scared. Lack of strength, size, speed and aggressiveness makes winning football games difficult.