Coach's Corner

Titans Football Report (July 26th)

The 2010 football season officially begins on Monday, July 5th.  Titan Practices runs from 630pm-830pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We practice at Schilling Park. It is next to Wheeler Elementary School on S.E. 25th between High and Shields. Football concludes with the playoffs ending in early to mid November. Prior to July 5th, 60 or more children attended our free football clinic on April 10th, 2010. We also had a Southside Titans football workout day Saturday, June 26th  Below is the most recent football report for all of our respective football groups.

6yr Old Baby Soldiers Football Team (July 26th)

Our newest addition to the Southside Titans Family is our 5 and 6 year old Titans Baby Soldiers. The leader of this soon to be elite group is Coach Juilius.  He also has a great group of assistant coaches. Most people know him as Coach Juice. Although the team is new, the head coach has previous coaching experience with the Southside Titans Family. He previously was the assistant coach of our 7yr old Small Soldiers before choosing to step down and lead his own group of football players. In addition, Coach Juice was the head coach of both one of our basketball teams as well as one of our soccer teams. Many of those same children are now once again in collusion for this years upcoming football season. I must say...these boys have respectable size on the line, some great young leaders and they have speed that will need to be reckoned with for our 2010 opponents to have some success against them. Not only have these boys been physically active all year long in the various sports, but they have attended at least three separate football camps/clinics. Practice began officially for the Baby Soldiers on Monday, July 5th, and they spent a couple of weeks in conditioning. They officially went to full pads on Monday, July 19th and has been running plays, schemes as well as some offense and defense formations. Just recently, they were involved in some hitting drills as well as an organized scrimmage against the 7 year old Small Soldiers football team. I must say, they fared pretty well. Be on the lookout for our 6yr team as they get ready to embark on some roundrobins games and a tournament in August.

7yr Old Small Soldiers Football Team (July 26th)

The 7yr old Titans (Small Soldiers) is led by coach Robbie and his coaching staff.  His group of young men is a somewhat seasoned group, but he has added quite a bit of yougsters and new players to this years 2010 football team. Coach Robbie has taken the time out to allow his boys to take part in three football clinics/camps from April to July. The official first day of practice took place on Monday, July 5th. According to coach Robbie, the boys are not where he wants them at this time, but they have had two good weeks of conditioning prior to putting on the pads on Monday, July 19th. Discipline and the art of paying attention to details at practice are a must when under the tutelage of Coach Robbie. Most importantly, despite the fact that his group is behind the learning curve at this present time, he feels that discipline and strong fundamentals will make up any precious time the team may have lost. The Small Soldiers have a couple of round robin events coming up as well as a respectable tournament coming up in August. Speaking of the round robins and tournaments, The 7yr old Titans dominated in all three with trophy hardware to prove it. This years philosophy is different according to Coach Robbie. He wants to consider this year a work in progress in which we may start out slow but by the end of the season going into the playoffs, he will have his boys prepped again for a deep playoff run including the opportunity to play for the television championships in November.

8yr Old Middle Soldiers Football Team (July 26th)

The 8yr old Titans (Middle Soldiers) is led by coach Dontrell and his coaching staff.  What a difference a year makes. A few coaching changes here and there along with the addition of some new players and this team has the potential to put something together really nice. The coaches have been attending clinics and utilizing their coaching expertise and sharing there strategies with each other The Titan Middle Soldiers haven't attended as many camps and clinics, but they have been making the most out of all of their time since their first official practice took place on Monday, July 5th. Many of the core players are back and some new difference makers have joined our 8yr Titans team. The group is smaller and less experienced up front, but according to Coach Dontrell, he is pleased with this years group and its potential versus the group he had last year. Coach Dontrell predicts his group to be around second or third place at the seasons end. He also stressed that there is no reason why his group doesn't finish on the top of the division as well or at least the ability to play for it on the television championships in November. So far, his boys have been going through football drills, conditioning as well as a scrimmage against the well respected 7yr Baby Soldiers. Coach Dontrell has also been petitioning for scrimmages against teams in his division as well as 9yr teams via the various blogs, e-mails, and other communication outlets. Simply put, he wants his Titans involved in as many scrimmages leading up to the round robin games and tournaments he has scheduled in August and beyond. Stay tuned...and best wishes to the Titan Middle Soldiers.

11yr Old Big Soldiers Football Team (July 26th)

The 11yr old Titans (Big Soldiers) is headed by Coach Aaron and his coaching staff. This is officially Coach Aaron's first year as a head coach for the Southside Titans. He is replacing Coach Bert who has led the Titan Big Soldiers for the last five years.  Ironically, Coach Aaron has been right there with him as his assistant for four of those five years. Coincidentally, the two coaches have switched roles and now Coach Bert is accepting his new role as the assistant to Coach Aaron. This is the final year of the 11yr team before they officially start playing ball for their middle schools. Simply put, this entire team from the coaches, to the players to the parents are focused and ready to go hard.  At last years playoff semi-final, their final play was at their opponents two yard line and two yards would have placed them on the television championships.  Unfortunately, they only got one yard which placed them one year short and in tears at all levels. According to Coach Aaron, they learned from that experience, and has worked extremely hard to ensure that that doesn't happen to them again this year.  Third place was good, but this year (their final year), they want it all without taking nothing from their opponents. Not only have they attended at least three camps/clinics, but once football practice officially began on Monday, July 5th, these boys have worked out harder than I have ever seen in the history of this team.  Everyone is getting involved too. The coaches are extremely pleased thus far and they (along with the boys) seem to be having a lot of fun working hard during the Titans summer pride practice season. The 11yr old Big Soldiers will be busy next month. They have a couple of round robins on deck as well as a highly publicized football tournament. Go Big Soldiers!!! Represent Like A Family!!!

Southside Titans Adult Semi-Pro Football Team (July 26th)

Our newest Southside Titans venture is our adult semi-pro football team led by head coach Rodney Hall and his coaching staff. By poplular demand, a multitude of requests were made to begin a new team that caters to adult men who still have a love for the game of football at a higher level. Our hopes, petitions and prayers are to be accepted into the already established Oklahoma Metro Football League (OMFL). Our Southside Titans Family as well as the coaches and players of this newly established team is so ready, that they have already submitted their team application league payment in advance to the OMFL. To go a step further, many of the players have already paid their entire league fees for the upcoming 2011 football season.  Coach Hall and the teams founder will be involved in the all important team interview with the OMFL board on Saturday, August 14th. If all things check out, we will be an official team within the OMFL by the end of August. So what has been the atmosphere thus far amongst the players? Everyone has been excited, pumped up and positive. We've had an overwhelming number of players, who have shown interest by physically completing our online enrollment form on our official website. In addition, our recently enrolled players have taken part in our annual Southside Titans Family bowling night. Our new Southside Titans Soldiers have been involved in a few meetings and greetings in which they have had the opportunity to meet, talk and discuss football and other various topics with the founder of the Southside Titans organization. As for true practices, the team hasn't had anything official yet other than a couple of fun seven on seven drills just to get acquainted with each other. Overall, this group of men are pretty excited and all of these players are loving the family type love admiration and respect demonstrated by the Southside Titans as a whole. We are excited to have each of you as well.

Titans Cheerleading Report (July 26th)

The 2010 Southside Titans cheereading season officially begins on Monday, July 5th.  We want to welcome our newest head cheer coach, Coach Brittany. Also returning as coaches will be Coach Novlan and Coach Kimmy. The Lady Titan cheerleaders practices will be from 630pm-830pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We practice at Schilling Park. It is next to Wheeler Elementary School on S.E. 25th between High and Shields. Cheerleading concludes with the cheerleading competitions in late October to early November. We want to thank the 30 or more young ladies that attended our free cheerleading clinic on April 10th, 2010. We look forward to seeing you at our Southside Titans football cheerleading workout day that will take place on Saturday, June 26th from 2pm-5pm at Schilling Park All new, current, former and future football Southside Titans cheerleaders ages 5 through 12 are invited to attend this free event. Below is the most recent cheerleading report from last years 2009 cheerleading season.

Southside Titans Cheerleading Report (July 26th)

The Titan Diva Cheerleaders are two separate but equal teams proudly led by our 10 year old coaches Shameka and Coach Lynn.  Our 6yr old cheer coaches are Coach Novlan and Kimmie. Our ladies are to be thanked for the constant love and dedication to our teams. They continue to remain diligent in their practice routines. Recently some of our ladies were recognized in the 6yr Baby Soldiers football homecoming. A couple of our cheerleaders were nominated as homecoming queens with flowers and crowns and rewards. Overall, the girls are really doing a wonderful job according to the cheer coaches.  They look cute in their new uniforms. They even keep the parents engaged in their efforts. You can hear it in their voices without a doubt when performing in the community. Thank you ladies for your hard work and dedication to the Southside Titans cause. We will provide recognition for each of our girls when they attend the annual Southside Titans Family banquet on Sunday, November 29th at Incredible Pizza.

Titans Soccer Report (June 27th)

The Southside Titans Baby Soldiers just completed soccer for the second consecutive season.. Not only did we re-entering the soccer ranks, but we brought in a total of four squads. Coach Julius, Coach Myre, Coach Mike and Coach Katie leads their Pre-K through 1st grade teams. Leading the 2nd/3rd grade teams is Coach Nick and Dorian. Between these coaches, they set up teams that mainly consists of the original players from both the football and basketball seasons as well as the newest soccer players who have joined the Southside Titans Family.  Our final game of the spring season was on Sunday, March 23rd.  What a great second season we all had. Below is a report of each of our soccer teams.

Baby Soldiers (Pre-K/1st Grade) Team A (Coach Julius) Soccer Report (June 27th)

On May 23rd, our Southside Titans socer team led by Coach Julius entered the soccer field for the final time with the hopes of an undefeated soccer season. Simply, put, the team came out really strong. So strong that our opponents never had a chance from the jump start. To make this short and not sad, we scored so many points, we quit keeping an official score. Our opponents never scored a point. Not bad coach Julius.  As a matter of fact, Not bad at all Southside Titans. Congratulations on your final record of 6-0-1. Coach Julius celebrated with the players and his Titans family with an instantaneous banquet at the ball park where he personally recognized the team players with their trophies. We can't wait to see you again next year.

Baby Soldiers (Pre-K/1st Grade) Team B (Coach Myre) Soccer Report (June 27th)

Our second Pre-K/1st group is led by one of our newest coaches, Coach Myre.  Her assistant coach is Coach Katie. Both of these young ladies, bring a lot of experience and excitement to the game. Their team consists mainly of a new batch of soccer players. The great thing about it is that they bring a lot of talent to the soccer arena based on the fundamentals these coaches have displayed thus far. Their final game of their inaugural season was slated for Sunday, May 23rd. After a two game losing streak, our team came out foucsed and determined. As for our fans, we had our largest fan base all season. At the onstart of this game our opponents made the first offensive jump on our soldiers with a 1-0 lead. Immediately after, we struck the opponents nets to tie the score. The score remained even going into the second quarter. At the early part of the second quarter, our Southside Titans struck again and took the lead at 2-1. Our soldiers held their ground for a good part of the quarter, until another successful strike was performed by our opponents. The score was still tied 2-2 at halftime. Our Titans settled down and played solid defense in the entire third quarter keeping it at 2-2 going into the final quarter. Although we had our share of attempts at the goals, we simply couldn't put a point on the board for us. Until the finality of the quarter when we put the ball in the net one final time as time was expiring. Final score was 3-2 in favor of the Southside Titans. We ended the season slightly below 500 with a final record of 3-4. We will accept that...Especially with many of our kids playing as young as age four going against stiffer competition. To celebrate their accomplishments, trophies were issued out to each of the players for their hard work. Good job Titans. We can't wait to see you again next year.

Baby Soldiers (Pre-K/1st Grade) Team C (Coach Mike) Soccer Report (June 27th)

Our third Pre-K/1st grade team is at the leadership of one of our newest Southside Titans coaches, Coach Michael. What a great job he is doing with our newest division of children. He is definitely a players coach and the kids respond to him very well. Team chemistry is a plus that can take a team far into a successful season. Coach Mike's Southside Titans entered their final inaugural season game on Sunday, May 23rd against a respectable team. This game picked up really early. Two quick strikes alreay had our Southside Titans up 2-0. The rest of the first quarater was somewhat timid. As for the second quarter, the boys positioned themselves for another goal and swagger in their steps leading 3-0. Another goal came shortly after to make the score 4-0 going into halftime.  A mediocre third quarter start for us became an opportunity for our opponents who reduced the lead to 3-1. The Titans responded shortly after with another goal to make it 4-1 going into the fourth quarter. The final quarter was a formality for us. Two goals for us, and one goal for them to give this game a final score of 6-2. Congratulations are in order for this first year team for an outstanding and undefeated 6-0-1 season record. To celebrate their success, the team was recognized with trophies. So much excitement was on their faces when they were called up individually to receive their awards.  We wish you well Baby Soldiers on your quest to another undefeated season in 2011.

2nd/3rd Grade (Coach Nick) Soccer Team Report (June 27th)

Our oldest group representing our Southside Titans soccer family is our 2nd/3rd grade team led by Coach Nick who leads the group. His assistant coach is Coach Dorian. Although this is a 2nd/3rd grade team, they also have some 1st graders who have stepped up in class for the art of the competition. This team is exciting to watch. In addition, they have a lot of fan support at all their games. At times, it gets a little bit intense from the crowd as our Titans battle hard on the soccer field. Our last game of the soccer season took place on Sunday, May 23rd against a less threatning opponent. Great defense was the name of this game as it tied to the Titans. First quarter was dominant for us too. Many attacks on our behalf towards our opponents put us up 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. By halftime, we were already up 3-0. By the end of the third quarter, the game was now at 5-0. Let's be honest, the opponents honestly did the best they can, but our Titans were more athletically sound on this day. In conclusion, the final score was a 6-0 shutout for the Southside Titans. Congratulations are in order for this team for not only going undefeated at 7-0, but they also held all of their opponents scoreless all season long. Not one point...Nada!!! To celebrate a great season, Coach Nick and Coach Dorian recognized each of their players with trophies. After a tough start and a 1-0 first game win, we never knew the tenacity this team had. We look forward to seeing you again next year. Once again, congratulations for a job well done.

Titans Basketball Report (June 27th)

The 2009/2010 basketball season officially came to a close on March 7th 2010.  We are very proud of all of our Titan teams. Five out of seven basketball teams came out with a winning record.  Our lady Titans officially ended their season on June 5th, 2010. All of our Titans basketball teams will be leaning towards the next set of sports or they will be taking a break until basketball starts up again for 2010/2011 season. Below is the final basketball report for all of our basketball groups.

Lady Titans Basketball Report (June 27th)

The Lady Titan Soldiers have officially completed their 2010 spring basketball season. An extended thanks goes out to Coach Tammy for taking the reins and handling this 6th grade girls team.  If you missed the last post, they entered the season on Saturday, March 27th with a 3-6 mark after their most recent 22-6 win. Our intentions was to end the season on a good note and a 4-6 final standings. Unfortunately, we only only had wishful thinking from a supporters point of view. Games are won and loss on the hardwood court. With that being said, our opponents played hard, brought the wood too us gave us our loss while they took the win. The final score was 35-10 which gave us a season ending 3-7 record. Despite the record, our girls worked hard all season and showed up at each game with the intentions of being better.  Our girls played with heart, attitude, intensity and actually hustled. Our Lady Titans are still loved and were recognized for their efforts at a sports banquet on Saturday, June 26th. Thank you Lady Titans for your love and dedication. We will see you again next fall after a well deserved break. The word is that things will be better the next time basketball starts. We will wait and see. Stay tuned in the upcoming months. Best wishes to the Lady Titans.

New Baby Soldiers (Pre-K through 1st Grade Coach Ranada) Basketball Report (March 28th)

The youngest and newest edition to our Southside Titans basketball family is our Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade Titans who are dubbed the New Baby Soldiers. They are new meaning, that they have entered our family from various communication outlets. Taking leadership of this wonderful group of new kids is Coach Ranada. She is a former division one college basketball player with the Wichita State Shockers. She is excited about her team and guarantees that she will place them in the right (winning) direction both on and off the court. She stresses that her kids will be fundamentally sound, disciplined and in proper uniform from head to toe when the 2009/2010 season begins. So far, our New Baby Soldiers have played five games, and are currently sitting at a 4-1 league record at the half way season mark. Not bad Coach Ranada. Quick wins on both February 6th and February 13th placed our New Baby Soldiers at at 6-1 mark. Impressive!!! The following week, we came across some really good competition. Our opponents also faced our other two Baby Soldiers team and handled one easily and came up a little bit short against our other group. If you had to guess, how did you think we fared? Well, unfortunately, our opponents got the best of us and actually gave our New Baby Soldiers are first sound whipping of the season. Now at 6-2, we came entered our final two weeks refocused. This included two weeks of well needed practice. On February 27th, we had another tough battle that had us behind most of the game. After a strong run towards the end of the game, we were fortunate to come out with a win. At 7-2, our last game we wanted to close it out with a bang with something to build on going into next year. Our team did their business and finished the final regular season at 8-2. Great first season for this newest group. They had one of the best records in their league division. To celebrate, the New Baby Soldiers had a couple of children selected in the All Star Saturday Game and extravaganza which was sponsored by the OKC Thunder. In addition, on March, 22nd, we enjoyed free tickets to the OKC Thunder game versus the San Antonio Spurs. Congratulations Coach Ranada on a great first season. We can't wait until next year.

Baby Soldiers (Kindergarten Coach Julius) Basketball Report (March 28th)

The Baby Soldiers is entering their first ever 2010 basketball season currently with a 2-3 basketball record at the halfway mark of the season.  The head coach of our kindergarten version of this team is Coach Julius. Most people know our coach as "Juice." Coach Juice has an experienced, disciplined and compatible group of boys. At practice, Coach Julius "Juice" stresses conditioning, fundamentals, high powered offense, strong defense and teamwork all season long. On paper thus far, they are projeced to be around the 500 win loss percentage record upon the conclusion of this season based on their current record. But as they say, games are won and loss on the court and not on paper or website communication. To prove that point and fast forward some, our boys came out with two impressive wins during the weeks of February 6th and February 13th respectively. What was previoulsy a sub 500 win loss percentage record has now been changed to a 4-3 record. So should I now say that we will run the table and end the season at 7-3? Once again, games are won and loss on the court and not on paper or website communication. Fast forward some more and another point has been proven. Our boys were the unfortunate victims of a two game losing streak courtesy of our opponents during the weekends of Februay 20th and February 27th. Now sitting at 4-5 and below the 500 win loss percentage record, I don't know what to say other than let these kids play their final game. On Saturday, March 6th, we took the hardwood court for the final time of our inaugural regular season with the hopes of winning. The end result was that our Baby Soldiers did a great job and ending the season on a winning note and in impressive fashion. So in actuality, we really did come out with a 500 win lost percentage and a final record of 5-5. The following weekend, two of our children were selected to take part in our All Star Saturday Game and extravaganza. Also, because of their hard work and dedication this season, the children and their parents were offered courtesy tickets to the OKC Thunder basketball game versus the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, March 2nd. We are so proud of you boys!!! We look forward to seeing you all again next basketball season.

Baby Soldiers (1st Grade Coach Nick) Basketball Report (March 28th)

The 1st Grade Baby Soldiers make up the older version of our Southside Titans Baby Soldiers football players. They are also entering into the basketball arena for the first time after a great 2009 football season. The proud leader of this group is Coach Nick. He does understand and is gracious for such a well rounded group of boys with so much talent, heart and determination to be the best they can be. High hopes are in store for these boys for the 2009/2010 basketball season. Since our last report, our boys were coming off an 5-0 undefeated mark. Their next game was scheduled for February 6th. Coach Nick is now aware that they are becoming a target with other teams playing the hunter with the sole intent to destroy them on the court. Did it happen this week? No sir!!! Congrats in advance to our Baby Soldiers for a 6-0 mark with four weeks to go. The following week (February 13th), we entered the gym once again with a mission...to get the win and remain undefeated. Unfortunately, the other team had their own agenda and thoughts about coming away with a win too. Meltdowns and lack of intensity was our nemesis which resulted in our first loss of our inaugural season. Now at 6-1, we entered our next game on February 20th with the attitude of redeeming ourselves and bouncing back to the winning side. Well, the ball never bounced in our favor. We couldn't make shots unlike our opponents. We made runs, but so did our opposition. We played defense, but they played better defense. End result was that we got our tails kicked and handed back to us with a two game losing streak to prove it. Now at 6-2, our Baby Soldiers went back to the basics at practice. with the intent of coming out of this funky slump. Next game was scheduled for February 27th. What started out as a slow start and a possible trend for another loss quickly turned around. Our Baby Soldiers were hitting baskets. They were playing defense, and working together as a team. Once this game ended, we were happy come out on the winning side like we did when we once started out 6-0. Now at 7-2, we ended our season on March 6th with one final game. This game was not even close for us. This was looked upon as more of a practice in the eyes of the coaches and the fans. I think our players new this too. We won this game in handily fashion which concluded with our boys season ending in respectable 8-2 league record which was one of the best records in the league. We are so proud of our boys for their accomplishments. Speaking of accomplishments, two of our boys were selected to take part in the Allstar Saturday Game and extravaganza that took place on March 13th. This was all sponsored by the OKC Thunder. In addition, our boys and parents were issued free tickets to attend the OKC Thunder game versus the San Antonio Spurs which took place on March 22nd at the Ford Center. Once again, good job Baby Soldiers!!! We will see you next year on the basketball court.

2nd/3rd Grade Small Soldiers Basketball Report (March 28th)

The 2nd/3rd grade Titans Small Soldiers basketball team is currently and slightly past the halfway the 2010 basketball season. What a difference a year makes according to Head Coach Ondray. What was once an undefeated season a year ago has now developed into an 1-4 record. The good news is that what was once an 0-4 mark, became a one game winning streak at the time of this last report. Going into February, hopefully things will turn better for us. As a matter of fact, on the weekend of February 6th, we came out with a win. It wasn't pretty, but we won. Hey...That's a 2-4 record which includes a two game winning streak. The following weekend of February 13th we entered the gym ready for our next opponent with the positive thoughts and intentions of another win. Guess what? We came out with the win once again. Once again, it wasn't pretty, but we got the win. Hey...That's now a 3-4 record which includes a three game winning streak. Here we come Southside Titans...Just like the team we saw last year which went undefeated all of last season. On to the weekend of February 20th. Guess what? It ended. What was once a three game winning streak became a loss for us. It's not that our Small Soldiers didn't try, it's just that the other team played harder and outperformed us in most statistical areas. What was at one time a close game became a separation for the opponents which now brings our record to 3-5 going into the final game of the winter basketball season. Our final game was one of our most anticipated games yet. For those of you that don't know, our Southside Titans Family is relatively big and sometimes that means that some of our players may leave one of our organizational sports and take part with another team. Well this game pitted us against one of our opponents that also had Titans family members. The crowd was large. It was actually a great game. Defense was the name of this game. The game was physical too. Tears were visible due to the hustle of both teams. Both teams were contesting shots. For three quarters, this game was close, and then it happened...We ran out of gas as the other team ran up some points on us to end the game. It was an unfortunate loss, but a great game. Our Small Soldiers ended the season on the losing side of the record standings at 3-6. We had our ups and we had our downs. We are still proud of our boys. To celebrate their success, the OKC Thunder issued our boys and their parents free tickets to the March 2nd basketball game versus the Sacramento Kings. Also, we had two boys selected to take part in the All Star Saturday Basketball Game and extravaganza sponsored by the OKC Thunder on Saturday, March 13th. Thanks for a fun season. We will see you again next year.

4th/5th Grade Big Soldiers Basketball Report (March 28th)

Our 4th/5th grade Big Soldiers basketball team is beginning it's first year under the Southside Titans basketball family umbrella. This years team is being led by Coach Ron Leggins. He is a former high school and college standout player who has been teaching the art of basketball for years. He is excited about what he can bring to this new group of boys regardless of their age, experience or basketball savvy. Coach Ron states that he will put alot of heavy emphasis on conditioning. He firmly believes that conditioning will get his boys where they need to be. Next will be discipline, He will demand it at all times. Once he has those two ingredients, the rest will come naturally through fundamentals.  Some of these principles has caused our boys to drop off the roster. Also instant attrition and lack of parent support caused an unfortunate spiral for Coach Ron in terms of wins and losses. This is so unfortunate because he is such a great coach and he works extremely well with his boys and gets them ready for the next level. What was once an opening league season win at full strength with players and an eventual 2-1 mark early on in the season became a six game losing streak at the finality of a season which was beyond a coaches control. Things hit an all time low when the team didn't enough players to play on a couple of occasions. Despite the 2-7 final record, Thanks is forever given for all of their efforts. Next year, we promise to have a better season and and more participation.

6th Grade Super Soldiers Basketball Report (March 28th)

Our newest and oldest group in our Southside Titans Family is our 6th Grade Super Soldiers.  Although they are new into the family, they are our oldest of all the age groups for the others to look up to for direction.  Speaking of direction, Coach Reggie is the head coach and his assistants are Coach Ben and Coach Randy.  This years Super Soldiers played their 2009/2010 season primarily in tournaments and a more competitive basketball league at Performance Santa Fe.  As for league play, we were sitting at a 1-3 start since this last basketball post. With almost half the season gone, our hopes of contending for the league title seemed out of reach...Especially after our last loss against the undefeated team in the league. Moving on...our next game (February 7th) was against a mediocre foe. Based on our past games, we played great at times, terrible in other episodes which I guess would make us mediocre too. As for this game, we played mediocre at best, but the good news is that the other team played slightly less than mediocre. Exactly two points less than us. We got away with the win which now places us at 2-3. The next game (February 14th) put us up against the undefeated team of the league. Our Super Soldiers played Super!!! We looked like true contenders and on that day, we had the swagger as if no one in the league or the city could beat us. To be honest, the game was close. We played like champions and came out with a three point win. Now at 3-3, we are starting to gel as a team it seems. The next game (February 21st) was an off this planet blow out and we were above the 500 win loss percentage for the first time in the league at 4-3. With a little help, we might have a true chance to compete for the title if we stayed focused. Next game (February 28th) was against another team battling hard with us for a higher position in the standings. This was a game of who wanted it more. This game went to the opponents. They jumped on top of us early, and we didn't have a chance to recover. At one time, we brought the score down to a six point deficit in the first half, but the opponents took control again, including the second half. The loss placed us at 4-4 in the league with two games remaining. Our next game (March 6th) was played in a different gym venue and it was against another scrappy team in the league. They weren't as big as us, but they played disciplined and under control which was favoring them in the game. As time moved on we saw the score change leads several times. As time began to run out, the opponents started running out of gas and momemtum while we increased ours. The Super Soldiers came away with the win and a 5-4 record heading into the finale. The finale on the next day (March 7th) put us in a rematch against the team that ended our three game winning streak that suddenly ended on February 28th. We were seeking revenge in this game to end the season on a positive note. The opponents were seeking a repeat to let us know that the first game wasn't a fluke. In summary, the game mirrored the first game in both the first half as well as the second half. We simply couldn't ever take a lead on them and we never couldn't make a run to reduce the deficit. This was a lopsided 15 point loss that finished our winter/spring season at 5-5. Not bad Super Soldiers. We just started out slow and it was too late to catch up. Thanks for the efforts and we are still proud of you. We hope to see each of you next year.

Titans Cheerleading Report (July 22nd)