Currently Valdez High School has 4 sports up and running: Football, Cross Country Running, Volleyball and Swimming. We have 70 student athletes hard at work before the 2018-19 school year even begins (23 participants in Football, 5 in Cross Country Running, 26 in Volleyball, and 16 in Swimming).
We would like to thank all the parents for begin so patient in ASAA’s implementation of the Arbiterathlete online registration system. It has been a learning experience for all of us, as we transition to the paperless system of signing all the necessary forms online for athletic participation!
Football (Coach Lee Chadwick):
We took 21 football players to Houston High School this weekend, and participated in a football jamboree. The teams included Houston, Redington, Seward, Nikiski, Colony JV, and us. We played 10 plays offense and 10 plays defense against each team, for 100 total plays, which is about equivalent to 1 game. It was a great learning experience for our young team, as coaches were able to be on the field instructing during game play. It was also helpful to see some of our upcoming opponents. As we measured our progress, we saw some great gains made over the last two weeks. As always, it also revealed several weaknesses we can work on to improve. Primarily, we had a number of young players that are beginning their first year of football that were able to experience the speed that things happen on a varsity football field.
We felt good about our ability to score, scoring touchdowns against many of our opponents. We also were able to contain a couple of the teams from scoring while learning a new defensive scheme. With five opponents, we saw several formations and types of play, and began to learn to quickly adjust as needed to be effective. We look forward to our first official game in two weeksat Nikiski.
Next Weekend (Aug. 10 & 11): Varsity Volleyball at Palmer Jamboree and JV Volleyball at Colony Jamboree. Football, Cross Country Running, and Swimming have an open weekend.
