Great 1st Week

Wow !  What a GREAT 1st week in Dowell Athletics !  Cross Country workouts, Volleyball Tryouts, Football workouts are in full swing and athletes are giving SUPER efforts !!!  Coaches are constantly bragging on the efforts they are seeing during the workouts.  Just an AWESOME way to start out the 2013 school year !  We are really excited !
 
Our MISD Athletic Character Word of the Week is Attitude.  Coaches have been talking to the athletes about attitude and the importance of developing and maintaining a proper, quality attitude throughout their life at home, in the classroom, and in sports. 

Dowell Athletes of the Week are:  Mackenzie Parkes, Cassie Covey,  Daniel Cook, Mikey Franks, Sam Guzman, Cade Wynn, Makenna Kelty, Reagan Yablon, Brent Matiscik, Pedro Franco.
 
Volleyball tryouts come to a close this Friday and athletes will be given a letter Friday which will tell them if they did or did not make the VB team. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, all VB practices will be in the mornings before school.  VB coaches will communicate times to the 7th and 8th graders.
 
Volleyball games begin Thursday, Sept. 5th .    
8th @ Highland Park    
7th @ DMS      
5:00pm start times    
Order of Teams: B, A, C. 
Football’s first action will be Sept. 11th and Cross Country’s first meet will be Sept. 14th.
   
The middle school night for Boyd football will be next Friday against Coppell at home.  Game at Ron Poe Stadium.  All of the middle school football players that are coming to Boyd are invited to attend.  The middle school athletes will be let in for free through the pass gate at 6:30.  Parents will have to purchase a ticket to enter the stadium and watch the game. Players need to be at the pass gate at 6:30pm to make sure they are allowed to enter the gate. We are going to have the middle school guys that show up to the game come down to the tunnel at halftime and run through the tunnel to start the second half. This is happening next Friday night, Sept. 6th, so everyone make plans.
 
We are heading into a 3 day weekend with the Labor Day weekend ahead.  Coaches will ask kids to get plenty of rest and also stay active over the break. Get some running, jogging, stretching in everyday to continue to build as a young athlete.  We want to keep what we’ve started and build on it.
We’ll start all morning workouts again Tuesday, Sept. 3rd.