CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!

Tomorrow we begin practice for levels 9-12 grade. Here is a small checklist to make sure players have ready for tomorrow!

-Cleats

-A lock for their locker

-Indoor workout shoes (no crocs or hey dudes)

-Lunch

-Mouthguard

-Girdle (won't need until later in the week)

-Any equipment they have been issued

The meeting for all players begins at 10:00am in the FHS Lecture Hall. That means we need to arrive by at least 9:45am to get organized.

If you missed the equipment checkout times, please have your son arrive by 9:00am Monday to get outfitted. Coaches will be available in the main gym for checkout.

-Coach Pieper

Click the link above! Players will be unable to participate until their registration is completed in full. Players will be unable to register until they have an up to date physical on file.

Please understand that this schedule is fluid and will change.

Please understand that this schedule is fluid and will change.

Players will need a combination lock for their locker, knee pads, cleats, a girdle, and a mouthguard. All other equipment is provided by the program.

On Monday, all players will be issued a stack of cards to sell. These Tiger Cards pay for a great deal of things for the program... most notably, the assistant coaches' stipends. There will be individual and squad incentives for selling cards. Individual sales can be done anytime between August 12 and August 22(blitz night). On blitz night, players will be divvied up into "squads" to go out and sell as a group. (All players 9-12 will participate in blitz night)

Players will bring home a hard copy of the picture form for ordering individual/team pictures.

Please click on the link above to find the high school football website.

Click above to access! On the first day of fall practice, 9-12 graders will be going over the handbook in full. Most notably, the attendance policy.

As the 2024–2025 school year begins, it’s time for the Athletic Training Staff to prepare for a safe and successful season. As the school’s Licensed Athletic Trainer, it is important for me to communicate with all coaches, student-athletes, parents, and guardians in order to in order to provide quality services through Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO). I hope this letter will provide you with ample information on how I strive to provide a positive experience for your student-athlete.

This informational letter will walk you through the services available to you and your athlete. Please contact me directly with any questions.

Schoology will be the primary form of communication with our players during the season. Players and coaches will use schoology for playbooks, assignments, plus various other resources. We would like for the player to learn how to communicate with their coaches using that platform. There will be a 9th grade schoology page and a 10-12 schoology page. These pages are set up already, and I've largely placed all participants in the right spot.

Hudl is the way in which we review practice and game film. It is an integral part of the learning process. Much like schoology, there is a 9th grade hudl group, and a 10-12 hudl group. Your son will get into hudl the first days of practice, if they have not already.

Both Freshmen and Sophomores (not playing varsity) will be traveling to Eastview High School on Saturday the 24th.

The booster club is hosting an opportunity to kick off the season! The back room at Celts Farmington will be reserved from 4-8pm.

$10 a cup for keg beer from 4-8pm. Cash bar for other drinks and food. Please contact Paul Wilcek with any questions. Email: wilcekpaulm@johndeere.com

New this year! Farmington High School Football has hired "Story of the Season" to make and compile our new weekly online media guide. This will include pictures, game stories, highlights, interviews and players of the game, representing every level of Farmington Football. If you are interested in advertising your company in the new media guide, please contact Randy Fulsaas at: rFulsaas@millerhartwig.com

Also, if you are interested in doing a "senior message" to your son commemorating his time playing football, those will be available for $50. Contact Coach Pieper directly about this.

https://www.storyoftheseason.com/

Coach Nate Freier is a veteran high school football coach with experience in four high school programs, in three states, over twenty-five seasons, including serving as a head coach in two programs over ten seasons. As a position specialist, Coach Freier’s pedigree starts with the offensive line, but he has also coached quarterbacks, defensive linemen, tight ends, outside linebackers, and defensive backs. In 2019, Coach Freier was a Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Coaching Award winner in Minnesota for promoting the values of honor, commitment, and courage in student athletes. Outside of football, Coach Freier served on active duty as an Army officer for 20 years, he is a veteran of the Persian Gulf and Iraq Wars, and he works in national security professionally.

My name is Kobe Schroeder, this is my first year at Farmington HS Football. I am Deaf with a cochlear implant. I graduated with a bachelors in physical education and a minor in biology at Gallaudet University. I played college football there. Looking forward to the season!

Hello Tiger Parents! My name is Brandon Sjostrand, and I’ll be working with the 9th grade football team. I graduated Augsburg University last fall, and I’m a new 7th grade Math Teacher at Dodge Middle School. At Augsburg, I was a linebacker and captain on the football team where I played in 46 career games. I’m very excited to start my coaching career and share my football experiences with players!

On Saturday we took Alice to her first ever Vikings game! (She made it to halftime!) This "fall" weather is making everything feel like football season! Alice approved of the popcorn and hotdogs. She was not a fan of the new NFL kickoff rules.

Let's make this a tremendous season!

As always, please don't be afraid to call me with any questions!

Best Regards,

Jon Pieper

651-303-2147

jpieper@farmington.k12.mn.us