Get fired up!

Photo courtesy Keith Warren

Whether you are a parent or a player, it's time to light a fire under all our backsides and get ready for a very good Tupelo team!

On Friday night, we won't see a team like anything we've seen this year! We'll see a team with 6 players who can potentially play at the D-1 level. We'll see a team that is hungry to get back into the State Championship hunt. We'll see a team that played the 'beatable' South Panola to a 1-point loss.

The last two weeks have made me scratch my head about what the Cougars want in 2008. We came out soft and lackluster in the first halves of each game, allowing something that we've had all season to get away from us -- momentum. This will not happen again!

We have stables full of playmakers and boys who want to hit someone hard! This week, the entire team and coaching staff is focused on the task at hand ... Beating Tupelo!

This is our first step towards a state title! Tupelo should be on everyone's mind, and how we are a better team than the Golden Wave! We will focus on how we are going to shut down their offense with a Cougars Defense that has proven to be among the best in the state.

Nothing is impossible! Impossible is Nothing!

Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.

Let's not leave anything on the field this week! All or nothing 'til the State Championship comes to Northwest Rankin High School!

Varsity Boys' Breakfast - Thursday, November 6

All varsity players (10th - 12th grade) are invited to attend a pre-game breakfast Thursday, November 6, at 7:15 a.m. under the pavilion. Bring your appetite! This is sponsored by the proud sophomore parent team.

Senior Night, Nov. 7

Please plan on being on the field by 6:20 p.m. this Friday, November 7, before we play Murrah to walk with your son for Senior night.

Spirit Night at Backyard Burger

Don't forget to join us from 5 - 10 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, at the Flowood Backyard Burger. With a special flier presented upon purchase, the store will donate 15 percent of the proceeds to the Booster Club! Plus, we still need some of the players to come out wearing their jerseys and wait tables for tips. All they have to do is deliver the food to the table - and ask for money - not a hard thing to do in these tough economic times, huh? I know there are guys on the team who can overcome that little fact and wriggle some cash from the customers. Hope to see you all there!

No JV Game October 13

The JV away game against Brandon has been canceled. Our last game will be an away game against Terry on the 20th. Go Cougars!