Fredricksburg Heritage- What makes them tick???

Freddy has been blessed with an abundance of talent over the years, but so has alot of teams. They also have a great coaching staff. I believe what makes Freddy so great is the kids really buy into the coaches system. Their community supports them and gets behind them. When you put all these things together you have multiple championships.
 
TheCommissioner":3aovx3s3 said:
I know in recent years Robert Ramsey has taken this team on his shoulders. But what is it this year that makes this team so spectacular? :?:
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Besides Robert Ramsey, they have talent and work hard.

For all my joshin' of Tim Shipman's game plans the last four years (run Ramsey right, run Ramsey left, run Ramsey down the middle), the reason it worked was that he had players like Ham, Hierholtzer, Beall, Ledderer (all juniors and seniors this year) ready to step up this year.

If you're a one-trick pony (a team with one star and nothing else), it's easy to set up a game plan to stop the star and make the rest of the ball club beat you. But if you have quality folks at other positions, then they'll kill you.

This is a team that succeeds without fancy facilities (they practice in Dr. Ramsey's backyard, although I understand there will be a practice field at their new campus opening this spring); they have numbers (I understand they played 13 freshmen on a JV team this year with a five game schedule); and they have a work ethic and coaching leadership that most of us jsut aren't willing to do. As my brother Robert Davis just said, the team, fans and school have bought into Coach Shipman's system and it's made them champions three of the last four years. And my bet it will be four of the last five after December 6th.

And winning creates winners. This is a team that when they take the field, they know they can win every game.

And the worst thing about this ball club and school is that they are really nice folks, friends and brothers. They win with class, true humility, and the good things you expect from Christian and private schools. That way, you don't feel bad when they smoke you 58-0. (My Fredericksburg friends knew I couldn't get all through this post with at least one sarcastic remark, right?)
 
Fredericksburg raises big german boys. Fredericksburg kids who are not playing for Heritage are powering the Kerrville OLH Hawks to the top of the charts.
 
as i said in a post 2 weeks ago i was blown away by the wat these guys dun plaied me an my family sat in front of hierholtzers mom an dad that kid was smokin the fieild!!!!!!! he made 5 tds that game and the guy i work with told he the kid made 5 tds at last nights game an1 was an itercepcion an the the kid comes off the line like a bull knocking donw the the poor blowck with the ball...hehehehehehe i say he has a lot 2 do with why that team is winnning a bunch of there games this year dont know who the ramsey guy was must of been good2 i hope 2 get 2 see the harper game comin up cuz i wanna see this hierholtzerkid kick sum u know what :lol: see ya at the game :D
 
Dear New,

I have a very long response to your post, but this is the short version. :lol:

I am glad you and your family enjoyed watching Heritage play and learning a bit about Texas Six-man Football. But remember - you were watching a TEAM. Yes, I am very proud of Thomas but I am no more responsible for his ability to play well on the field than he is for his team winning as many games as they have. Okay, there is that little deal we call BIRTH, but hey, I am not saying a word about that---uh uhu -- no, not me! :roll:

I do believe the opening comment (concerning shoulders) on this thread lit a fire in the team's belly. That was a hard comment for some of them to swallow.

I dearly love the Ramsays! Actually, my dear youngest son's full name is Thomas Ramsay Hierholzer. I named him after Tom Selleck and Dr. John Ramsay! :lol: So, he is a Ramsay, too...lol :shock: Well, in name, that is :wink:

Yes, Thomas has accomplished a good little bit the last half of this season. ( I was very ill the first half and unable to attend any of those games.) When I think back to one of his touchdown runs -- a kick off run back for a TD -- Thomas had an open field to run down because his teammates had tackled the players they were suppose to and all but one of the opposing team had a :mrgreen: Heritage Eagle :mrgreen: lying on top of them. LOLOLOL

It would take hours to express to you what Coach Shipman means to the boys who play for him. Coach's intense and strict discipline at practice and on the field, his walk with Christ - which he shares openly, daily - including when he has to humble himself and apologize, his leadership, and his amazing humility make the boys and all of us parents strive to be more Christ-like.

Our boys are very close friends on and off the field. They go to school together. They go to church together. Some go to Young Life together. They go to Bible Study together. They stay at each other’s homes on the weekends and even during the week if they have a big project due for school they are working on together. They are more like siblings than friends.

Their parents go to church together. They pray together. They have Bible Study together. They have weekly dinner nights in each other’s homes. They vacation together. The list goes on and on and on and on ...

Our boys are very close to each other and our families are very close. If you ever watch the Heritage fans after any game, we linger for at least 45 minutes. Most of the time, we have made plans to eat together after the game. We just really, really like each other. LOL

Simply put, we love Him, because He first loved us. I John 4:19

All of this to say - these boys are and will always be a team. There will different roles to be played: some will be stronger, some weaker; some slower, some faster; some will be wise, some will be foolish; some will teach with their words, others will teach with their hearts; some will lead boldly and strong, some will lead quietly and firm.

Like our body, we cannot all be the head! Yet, that little toe down there sure means a bunch ~ especially if you stump it but good. As long as we all work together, do the job we have been assigned (with a smile), never give up (something about running a race ~~ ring any bells?) , and above all -- HONOR OUR LORD, JESUS, then Godspeed.

I pray for both teams as they and their coaches prepare for Saturday. May each team play to the best of their ability. And as always, we pray for the safety of all the players on the field and everyone who travels to the game that all may be blessed with safety.

Under His Construction,
Eagle_#7_Mom
GO! EAGLES! GO!
 
BigPapi":3tr9l0gy said:
What's Freddy's Playoff record over the past 6 years or so?
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They've played football for 7 years.

1-6 the first year and I forget their second year record (one loss); they were not in a TAPPS district either year.

Since then, they have won three state titles in four years, their only playoff loss was 18-8 to Dallas Covenant in 2006 semifinals.
 
just gittin 2 replys sorry lady wasint trin to offen just thout ur kid played good waz all but i get ur point k? congrads that they won and he got mvp just kinda proved my piont i think but whatever thanks fur bein nice 2 me an my family we want 2 come 2 more games next year if they will let us hehehehe ill be nice :lol: but i am gonna rut fur ur kid :oops: hope u saved all the news papers each week good luck next year oh iz this hiz last year?
 
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