Cheer Regional Qualifier and Super Bowl Weekend!

Cheer Competition Update: Saturday 11/7 - New England Regional Cheer Qualifiers, Mass Mutual Center, Springfield MA $15 tickets @ the door. A squad competes @ 3:56pm B squad competes @ 4:24pm Awards approx 5:30-5:45pm, GO VIKINGS!!

A Blue Update: A Blue vs. King Philip, Saturday, November 7th, 6:00pm in King Philip. GO VIKINGS!!

Well Vikings fans, we have a lot going on next weekend! First up, our A and B cheer squads will be in Springfield on Saturday, November 7th, to compete in the Regional Qualifier at the Mass Mutual Center. They will be competing against squads from the Hockomock, Eastern Mass, and Ocean State Pop Warner organizations, with the top 2 squads moving on to the Regional Finals on November 21st at the DCU Center in Worcester. Let's go Vikings!

On Sunday, November 8th, we will be hosting the Division I Super Bowls at Plymouth North High School. Not only that, but our very own C team has a earned a spot in the PeeWee Super Bowl with their playoff win yesterday!

The schedule of games ia as follows:


9am Junior PeeWee "D"

Westwood vs King Philip

11am PeeWee "C"

Plymouth vs King Philip

1pm Midget "A"

Stoughton vs Hyde Park

3pm Junior Midget "B"

Franklin vs Norfolk

This will be a great day for the program and we will need a large number of volunteers. If you are available to help at any point in the day, please email Chris Parker nocurse@hotmail.com or Olise Elliot plymouthvikingscheer@yahoo.com

Please come out for a great day of football and help cheer on your Vikings!

Vikings Go 6-1 two weeks in a row!!!!!

James Richards of E Blue

Jack Parker of E Blue

Danny Lincoln of E Blue

Well we are 2 weeks into the season and the Viking Pride is in full swing! Coming off our 1st week at home with an impressive 6-1 team record against Brockton, we had Wareham Tigers coming to Forges for another full day of games. With another great day of games the Vikings came away with a 6-1 team record again. WOW!!!! All of our post season playoff eligible teams have perfect 2-0 records as of now...Great Job Guys!!!
Here is a recap of game briefs so far..More to follow as they come in.

The A-team had the first game on Sunday and it was a wet one. Our QBs Thomas Galanek and Trevor Harrington both did a great job getting plays off in those conditions. Galanek was also our kicker and put the ball deep in Wareham territory three time during the game.
The off. linemen all played super against a big Wareham def.There hard work help the running backs to find some traction in all that mud.
All the backs had some great runs and were led in rushing yards by Cody Parks,Patrick Hicks and Ed Ramos.Parks gave the team several Key first downs with some long runs.Hicks put the ball in the end zone first with a 35 yard touch down run.Ramos put the second on in with back to back runs between the tackles to make it 12 to 0. The def. played a great game with Nick Eaton,Rick Barnhardt,Luke Dickerson and Ryan Donovan shutting down the outside and all making hard tackles in the back field. Donald Stoddard lead the def. line all day and put tons of pressure on Warehams QB.The strong def. play by everyone kept Wareham from scoring and the final was 12-0 Vikings.

Plymouth Vikings’ D White against King Philip hosted the last game of the day at Forges Field on Sunday, September 13th.
King Philip came into Sunday’s match-up riding an overtime victory against Holliston.
The Vikings’ White offensive line (Kenny Milbry, Mike Cappola and Tyler Fliegel) provided some great blocking up front to punch in the first score of the game. On a blast by Jacob Burkhead, the Vikings went up 6 – 0. On the next play, King Philip stopped the extra point attempt.
Zakk Graden’s interception provided the next score by D-White’s Blue offense after a great 5-play drive. Colin Nicklas nailed the extra point home with some help from Jake Tamulionis, Isaiah Offutt and Zakk Graden.
Some of the highlights for this game were; the Plymouth Vikings’ defense did not give up a first down. A sack by DE Chris Elliott in the second half to pin King Philip deep.
This was a great “TEAM” victory for D-White. Today’s game was won in the trenches and the offensive and defensive lines provide significant blocking to ensure a D2 victory. Some players to note are Orlando Abreu, Nolan Davis, Reilly Whitehouse, Mike Larareo and Roy Willis

The E Blue squad faced a tough Wareham team on Sunday. Playing at 9am brought the added challenge of very wet, muddy playing conditions. The kids came up big with an impressive 7-0 victory is another defensive battle. The middle of defensive line was anchored by James Richards and the outside was shut down by Austin Nolan, Elijah Ramos, Cammie Caraher and Robbie Gomes. Gomes was the workhorse on the day offensively for the Vikings, but it was Nolan that scored the lone TD of the game in the 4th quarter on a QB keeper up the gut for a 50 yd score. Great job be both teams.

_Hi E White Fans,

E White ran into a very good Wareham (E2) defense this past Sunday at Forges Field. We fell short on offense and lost by a score of 12 - 0. Tough field conditions after the heavy rainstorm made it hard to move or pass the ball today.
Will "You Say Potatoe and I Say" Furtado had a busy day carrying the ball for E White and made some great tackles from the middle linebacker position. Hunter "Don't Mess With Us" Hassenfus played tough on D and helped cause a Wareham fumble today. Ryan "I'll Tackle You With My Helmet in Your Belly" Iamele prevented a Wareham running back from taking it the house from his safety position. Second year tackle Domenic "Drive Blocking My Opponent Into The Ground Is Pure Bliss" Antonellis has emerged as E White's leader on the offensive/defensive line.
E White travels to Norfolk next weekend to face an always strong (combined Norfolk,
Millis and Medfield) Pop Warner program
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WEEK 1 RECAP!!!!!

The B squad opened against a very much improved and formadible Brockton squad. Brockton won the toss and marched the ball some 55 yds. on 8 plays before Plymouth dug in their heels and choked their (Brockton) drive on their 20yd. line. Undounted, the Vikings marched 75yds. the other direction, culminating in a run to the right pilon by Brandon Green for 15+yds and the first TD of the season for "The Horde". A failed extra point attempt made it 6-0, Plymouth. Brockton's next possession was choked when
Bob Dee recovered a fumble on the Plymouth 35 yd. line, setting up a Nick Romanovicz Td jaunt for 60+ yds.. The extra point run by Green was good.The ensueing kick-off yeilded a Boxer return for T.D. and left the score 13-6 at the half. The second half saw a battle for ball control, which Plymouth had the upper hand until an illfated pass was picked off by a Brockton player on about the 45 yd. line and returned for the final score of the game with seconds left. The run for extra pt. attempt was stuffed at the 1yd. line, by safety James McCassie to preserve the Viking win 13-12, Plymouth. The Vikes received solid interior line play by Gavin Johnson, Nate Fratus, and Jack Gallagher, as well as a gritty back performance by Caelon Smith. Sean Howes, Noah Regalado,
Miles Crothers, and Joe Durand also contributed determined performances for "The Horde".

D-White Vikings came away with a hard gought win today against the Brockton Boxers 20-0. The first score came from Jacob Burkhead on a great 37 yd run to make it 6-0. Our second came from Colin Nicklas on a hard fought 32 yd scramble on a handoff by QB Danny Soell. The third tally came from Jake Burkhead once again on a sweep play that went 23 yds. The extra points were added by Colin Nicklas and Nick Lloyd. The Viking defense was stellar, holding Brockton's tough offensive attack to less than 90 yds on the ground. Notables in the game were Sammy Wallace, Chris Elliot, Dylan Ketterer, Jake Tamulionis and Aaron Chase. Great game Vikings..

The first game of the season for the D Blue Vikings was vs. a very strong and big Brockton Boxer team. The Vikings were coming into their first game facing one of the tougher opponents in the league. This one would prove to be a defensive battle as each team came out shutting down one others offense. After one quarter played the score was 0-0. In the 2nd quarter the Vikings would score first on a nice 40 yard run by quarterback Zack "eat’m up" Eaton. Zack had a great run down the left sideline to the Boxers 1-yard line. On the next play Zack would call his own number and plunge into the end zone for the games only score. The point after failed. Going into halftime the Vikings found themselves holding onto a slim 6-0 lead. The 2nd half was again all about Defense as the Vikings shut the Boxers down. The Vikings defense was led by defensive player of the game Carter "crazyman" Solis. Throughout the game, Carter drove the Boxer backfield crazy as he had numerous stops and several sacks. In the Vikings secondary Kyle "bobble head" Caraher came up with a big interception that shut the Boxers offense down in the 3rd quarter. In the 4th quarter the Boxers offense began to march down the field on some nice misdirection plays. With 3 minutes remaining the Boxers faced a 4th down and 4 yards to go on the Viking 20-yard line. With time winding down, Vikings defensive players TJ Hagan and Nolan Perry came up big with a huge 4th down stop to hand the ball over to the Vikings offense. The Vikings offense would run out the clock on consecutive 1st down plays. Vikings running backs Anthony Jordan and Nolan Perry both had outstanding games. Perry had a number of carries that went for long yardage. The Vikings went on to win the defensive battle 6-0. Next up for the D Blue Vikings will be Wareham next Sunday at home at Forges Field

The E Blue squad opened their season, at home, against a difficult Brockton team. The game was a grinding defensive battle with the Vikings coming out on top 6-0 on the strength of a Cammie Caraher 10 yard run near the end of the first half. Standouts on defense were Robbie Gomes, Jeremy Whiting, and Peter Haugh, while the 2 Jacks, Payton and Parker kept the Brockton backs from getting outside all day. This was a great way to start the season for the kids.

Hi E White Fans,

Our kids came up a little short this week against a very talented Brockton (E2) team at Forges Field. The final score was 18 - 6. Outstanding players on the day were Johnnell "I Ain't No String Beanie" Fillippini used his size and strength to score our only touchdown of the day. Johnny "I'll Tackle You In Your Own Backfield Because It's the Latest Craze" Hayes had 2 quarterback sacks and 2 stops behind the line of scrimmage against Brockton. Jimmy "I'm Very Fashion Conscious So I Only Wear Under Armour" Palmer played exceptionally well today. "The Hammer" drove his nails into a couple of Wareham running backs for a gain of......negative yards!!!!!
We have a very young team this year and I know that our kids will get better and better as the season moves forward. Next week we take on Wareham (E2) at Forges.

Golf Tourney Today!

Golf Tourney is today!! If you want to play, there is still room, so come on down between noon and 1pm to register. Shotgun start at 1:30pm. $100 for golf, cart, and dinner. $25 for dinner at 6:00pm!

Cheer in full swing!!!

Cheer leading has begun and is in full swing with all squads learning new routines.
Enjoy some shots of the girls in action.

Contact has begun!!!

Week 1 is over and its time to put the pads on. Make sure everyone stays hydrated during practice and wears sunscreen on those sunny days.
Enjoy some pictures of the 1st week of practice.

Golf Tournament Fundraiser on August 15th, 2009

Reminder: We will be hosting our annual golf tournament fund raiser on Saturday, August 15th. Please stop by the snack shack to pick up a registration form. The cost is $100 per golfer for golf, a cart, and dinner at Atlantic Country Club. Register before Tuesday, August 12th. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Chris Parker at nocurse@hotmail.com.

Practice Starts tonight!

Hopefully everyone is looking forward to getting started tonight. Bring lots of water and get ready to kick off another great year of Vikings football and cheerleading!

2009 PAPERWORK DAY & FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION

Welcome to the 2009 Plymouth Vikings Football & Cheerleading Season!

Paperwork and Football Equipment day will be held on
Saturday, July 25th & Wednesday, July 29th @ Forges Field Snack Shack.

Please arrive @ the designated day & time for your football team or cheer squad:

ALL CHEERLEADERS - Saturday, July 25 - 10:00 to 11:00 am

A BLUE FOOTBALL - Saturday, July 25 - 10:00 to 10:30 am
B BLUE FOOTBALL - Saturday, July 25 - 10:30 to 11:00 am
C BLUE FOOTBALL - Wednesday, July 29 - 6:00 to 6:30 pm
D BLUE FOOTBALL - Wednesday, July 29 - 6:30 to 7:00 pm
D WHITE FOOTBALL - Wednesday, July 29 - 7:00 to 7:30 pm
E BLUE FOOTBALL - Wednesday, July 29 - 7:30 to 8:00 pm
E WHITE FOOTBALL - Wednesday, July 29 - 8:00 to 8:30 pm

MAKE UP DAY - Friday, July 31 - 6:00 to 7:00 pm

All football players and cheerleaders must have all paperwork submitted in order to receive equipment as well as begin practice on Monday, August 3rd. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

• Original birth certificate with the raised seal
• June 2009 final report card
• 2009 Medical forms – MUST BE DATED IN 2009!
  * 2009 Pop Warner medical form - Page 1 completed by a parent
  * 2009 Pop Warner medical form - Page 2 completed by a doctor
  > A standard medical form will be accepted as long as it is dated 2009
  > A written note from a doctor will be accepted with the following language “NAME is physically fit and can participate in Pop Warner football and cheerleading”. The note must be on a Doctor’s letter head and be dated in 2009.

Copies of the 2009 Pop Warner medical form can be printed from our website www.plymouthvikings.com click on FOR PARENTS.

FOOTBALL PLAYERS will be required to submit an equipment deposit check of $150.00

If you have any questions, please contact one of the Board of Directors listed below.

We are looking forward to a great 2009 season!

GO VIKINGS!
Dan Cabral, President, plymouthvikings@comcast.net
Bob Nicklas, Football Coordinator, coachnicklas@yahoo.com
Chris Parker, Secretary & Player Agent , nocurse@hotmail.com

Olise Elliott, Cheer Coordinator, plymouthvikingscheer@yahoo,com
Jen Whiting, Asst Cheer Coordinator, jjmpwhiting@verizon.net

Cheer Gear - What to do if you missed cheer fitting night

If you missed fitting night on June 3rd & need to order gear for the 2009 season, here's what you need to do BY JUNE 30th OR YOUR ORDER WON'T ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE START OF THE SEASON!

PROSPORTS in KINGSTON (exit 10 by Hannaford's - 781 585 6500) is where we order our gear. They have the order forms and can handle everything from there for both returning and new cheerleaders.

Nothing has changed from last year with the exception of socks and bows (more bow info below).

If you are a returning cheerleader & your gear still fits from last year you don't have to order anything different other than socks & bows.

MASCOTS and E SQUAD CHEERLEADERS - you have the option of purchasing white sneakers, navy leggings and a white turtleneck (although ours are monogrammed) from a local store or ordering the gear from Prosports.

We are doing something different for GAME BOWS & ordering from a separate company. They are $7 each. Please mail a check to my attention (made payable to Plymouth Pop Warner) to PO BOX 1583 PLYMOUTH MA 02360 - include a note "game bow $$$ with your daughter's name". I'm trying to gather all that money & get the order placed soon.

Any questions, give a call or email to me or Jen Whiting.

Cheers!
Olise

Olise 508 759 5766 plymouthvikingscheer@yahoo.com
Jen 508 224 5108 jjmpwhiting@verizon.net

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHEER BOW !! 2009 CHEER FITTING NIGHT - June 3rd @ PSMS

It's all about the CHEER BOW !!!

Cheer Fitting Night ~ June 3rd @ Plymouth South Middle School - 5:30 to 8:30pm.

The fitting night schedule is being planned based on September 2009 Grade Level. We expect to have the squads finalized by the end of June (after the football draft) & will send email notifications once complete.

Please arrive @ the designated time for your September 2009 Grade:
Grades K, 1, 2, 3 5:30 pm
Grades 4, 5, 6 6:30 pm
Grades 7, 8, 9 7:30 pm

The following accessory items will be needed to complete your uniform.
Ÿ Sweatshirt
Ÿ Cheer socks
Ÿ Navy blue lollipop pants
Ÿ White turtleneck crop top or bodysuit for grades K - 6 (will be monogrammed)*
Ÿ Navy Blue turtleneck crop top or bodysuit for grades 7 - 9 (will be monogrammed)
Ÿ Navy blue tear away pants*
Ÿ Cheer sneakers*

* Mascots, girls under age 7 by July 31, can purchase white turtle necks, white sneakers & blue leggings from a local store if you’d prefer.

All orders for the above items should be completed & paid for in full on June 3rd. Checks should be made payable to PROSPORTS.

New for the 2009 season, the girls will need a GAME BOW which we are ordering from a separate company. The bows are $7.00 each and need to be paid for with either cash or a separate check, made payable to Plymouth Pop Warner.

The attached flyer explains our “used spirit wear table” which is new for 2009

We will also be collecting the required PAPERWORK on June 3rd which is original birth certificates, with the raised seal for 1st time cheerleaders, and 2009 medical forms. The medical form is a two page (page 1 is completed by the parents, page 2 is completed by the physician) form which is posted on our website www.plymouthvikings.com A standard physical form is also acceptable in place of page 2. The girls will also need to submit a final June 2009 report card the first day of practice.

IMPORTANT NOTE: NO CHEERLEADER WILL BE ALLOWED TO BEGIN PRACTICE ON AUGUST 4TH WITH OUT ALL PAPERWORK COMPLETED!

We are looking forward to a great 2009 Season! If you have any questions, please contact Olise Elliott or Jen Whiting.

CHEERS!
Olise Elliott , Cheer Coordinator, 508 759 5766, plymouthvikingscheer@yahoo,com
Jen Whiting, Asst Cheer Coordinator, 508 224 5108, jjmpwhiting@verizon.net

2009 Coaches Named

The following coaches have been named as head coaches for the 2009 season:

A-Paul Hicks
B-Greg Barnes
C-Tim Walsh
D-Paul Caraher, Jack Tamulionis
E-Chris Parker, Mike Crosby, Jim Hurley

If you have not registered for the season yet, please do so as soon as possible. You can download the registration forms from the Vikings website and mail them in with your $175 check. Any questions, call or email a board member.

Thanks

Congratulations to our 2009 All American Scholars

Congratulations go out to the following PLYMOUTH VIKINGS who have been have been chosen as 2008-2009 Pop Warner All American Scholars!

Grade 8
KRISTI SARNECKI - 2nd Team All American Cheer (A SQUAD)
JACKIE BLETZER - Honorable Mention Cheer (A SQUAD)
MATT EATON - Honorable Mention Football (B SQUAD)

Grade 7
ELLISA CORTHELL - 2nd Team All American Cheer (B SQUAD)
KRISTEN DECOSTE - 2nd Team All American Cheer (B SQUAD)
BETHANY RUSSELL - 2nd Team All American Cheer (B SQUAD)
TOMMY GALANEK - 2nd Team All American Football (B SQUAD)
COLEMAN BARNES - 2nd Team All American Football (B SQUAD)
MACKENZIE CORRIGAN - Honorable Mention Cheer (B SQUAD)

Not only are these kids outstanding on the field, but in school and the community as well. Being recognized as Pop Warner All American Scholar is a pretty big deal! These kids are amongst the top 1% of all Pop Warner participants.

For more information on the Pop Warner All American Scholar program and the full list of the 2009 scholars, go to www.popwarner.com

Great Job Tommy, Coleman, Matt, Kristi, Jackie, Elissa, Kristen, Bethany, and MacKenzie!

Come to the combine!

That's right, Evolution Sports Performance, one of our great sponsors, is hosting a combine on April 26th at a cost of $15 per player. Please check out the flyer for all the details! You must register by April 16th!

2009 Season Preparations

First off, happy new year to all! Hopefully everyone had a nice holiday season, and now that we are in the midst of a cold, snowy winter, it's time to start thinking about football already!

The Plymouth Vikings board held their annual elections last week at the monthly meeting and we would like to welcome Jen Whiting and Rick Ewell as our newest members. We would also like to thank Nicole McKenna and Chris Duncombe for their past service to the program for everything they have done.

The 2009 season promises to be a good one. With all the success enjoyed by the program last year, the future looks very bright. We are always looking for new volunteers and coaches for the program, and would like to start gauging the interest on those fronts. We will be posting both coaching application and volunteer application forms to the website today. If you have any interest in doing either, please fill them out and mail them to the address listed on the website, or if you can, email them to plymouthvikings@hotmail.com. The program is only as good as the volunteers and coaches we have, so the more interest, the better!

We have nailed down registration dates also. There will be 2 registration dates set for Thursday, February 26th and Saturday, February 28th at PCIS. Thursday night will run from 6pm until 8pm, while the Saturday times will be 10am to 12pm. You can save time by downloading the 2009 registration forms from the website and filling them out prior to arriving. These dates are for both football and cheerleading, so come on down.

Just a quick recap of the process, for those that may be new to it. The first step is filling out the registration package and submitting that with your payment on either February 26th or 28th. Once the coaches are "hired" and the teams are formed, you will be contacted about paperwork night. You can expect that to be in June or early July. Paperwork night is when we will ask that you come and present your child's original birth certificate and doctor's authorization form so that equipment can be distributed. Once all of the required paperwork is in, your child's coach will have a time in late July to distribute the equipment so that the kids are ready for practice at the beginning of August.

Lastly, we will be starting to plan for our 2009 fundraisers very soon. You can expect a Texas Holdem' Tournament around April, a golf tournament around June, a Vikings Dinner Dance during the season, and some additional possibilities to follow. If you have any interest in helping organize these events, or helping us track down donations, please let us know. Again, the more help we get, the better!

That's all for now. If you have any questions, just shoot an email or call any board member as listed on the website.