Mount Pleasant's Freshmen Football Team Dominance
For those unfamiliar with the ninth grade football players at Mt. Pleasant high school, let me inform you all. They are traveling to Heritage tomorrow with a record of 7-0-1, the tie coming against cross-town rival Midland. The last two years have been a struggle for the freshmen team posting records of 5-4 in 2015 and 4-5 in 2016. A large part of this year's team success is because of the involvement Varsity head coach Jason Mcintyre has with the rocket league team in Mount Pleasant. Not only does he familiarize them with the play calling and running exact plays which the high school does, but he also teaches them proper fundamentals of form and angle tackling, blocking, ball security, and basic zone coverages. All of which are things freshmen coaches struggle teaching because players have only played football since middle school or it may be their first year. His involvement directly translates to the high school level and success because they run the same offense and defense. Unfortunately, there are no readily available stats for the freshmen team, but having personally watched a few of their games. They have scored 50 plus points in two games and over 40 points in three games. They are just as effective defensively holding both Davidson and Lapeer to under 20 points. Although Mount Pleasant may be having what many consider a 'down year' after joining the Saginaw Valley conference in 2007, coach Mcintyre has many things to look forward in the upcoming years with a potential well-deserved trip back to Ford Field.
For those unfamiliar with the ninth grade football players at Mt. Pleasant high school, let me inform you all. They are traveling to Heritage tomorrow with a record of 7-0-1, the tie coming against cross-town rival Midland. The last two years have been a struggle for the freshmen team posting records of 5-4 in 2015 and 4-5 in 2016. A large part of this year's team success is because of the involvement Varsity head coach Jason Mcintyre has with the rocket league team in Mount Pleasant. Not only does he familiarize them with the play calling and running exact plays which the high school does, but he also teaches them proper fundamentals of form and angle tackling, blocking, ball security, and basic zone coverages. All of which are things freshmen coaches struggle teaching because players have only played football since middle school or it may be their first year. His involvement directly translates to the high school level and success because they run the same offense and defense. Unfortunately, there are no readily available stats for the freshmen team, but having personally watched a few of their games. They have scored 50 plus points in two games and over 40 points in three games. They are just as effective defensively holding both Davidson and Lapeer to under 20 points. Although Mount Pleasant may be having what many consider a 'down year' after joining the Saginaw Valley conference in 2007, coach Mcintyre has many things to look forward in the upcoming years with a potential well-deserved trip back to Ford Field.
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