Lyncher's Life

Blackhawk Brigade heads to State Finals

2008-10-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

The Blackhawk Brigade earned a trip to their 3rd straight state finals appearence. Getting a top 10 score at semi state yesterday. We try to put end our season with a great performance against the best of the state in Class D. Lewis Cass, North Posey, Forest Park, Tri West, Paoli will acompany the Brigade Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The band hopes to use their experience at Lucas Oil this season to help this gain the edge against everyone else.

Brigade will go on at 4:10 with the first slot of Class D. hope to get a huge fan base to follow us up there Saturday.

Valley Football Ends Season

2008-10-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

Springs Valley football ends their rough season in the first round of sectional at North Daviess. They end their year at 0 - 10. Many people ask what exactly happened to this team. It was a mixture of things.

1. INJURY

this was the biggest reason we struggled all season. Having only 5 seniors at the start of the season, and losing 3 of them to injuries including 2 for the whole season and the third got to play a few minutes during sectional. Our offensive line went from 3 seniors and 2 sophomores to 1 senior, 1 junior, 2 sophmores, and a freshman. and during sectional, 1 of our 2 seniors flunks off the team. so our sectional O-line consisted of 1 Junior, 2 Sophomore, and 2 Freshman. You try having a winning team with that.

2. Youth

This one falls back on all our injuries this season. But our starting 11 on offence, 1 senior, 3 Juniors, 4 Sophomores, and 3 Freshman. Give me any winning football program in the state and see if they can win with that experience.

our injury reports ends up lookings something like this

Senior lineman/linebacker - out for year
senior lineman on both sides - out for year
Senior lineman on both sides - out most of year, got minutes during sectional
Junior running back/safety - out for year
Junior running back/safety - out for year
Sophomore fullback - out for year
sophomore starting QB - out for year

Blackhawk Brigade update

2008-10-15T16:08:00.000-07:00

Blackhawk Brigade received the nod to continue their ISSMA run this season by scoring gold at District in Jasper. They also won best music of Class D. only the 7th time in band history that has ever happened. They also went down to South Spencer just last Saturday and left no doubt that they are the best of the class this season. Beating out bands such as North Posey who was ranked 1st going in to the contest and Forest Park ranked 3rd. IM.COM agrees that the Brigade is the band to beat and has them ranked #1. This is the first time in band history they have been ranked #1. Director Luke Aylsworth isn't letting it go to the kids head though, preaching to take nothing for granted that nothing is guarenteed. you can read about the ranking at Indianamarching.com

Valley Football Update

2008-10-15T16:05:00.001-07:00

Blackhawks falls to 0 - 7 on the year after another tough night at Perry Central. Final score 68 - 0. I did get another sack which brings my total up to 6 I believe. Perry had Robbie Piper who is listed as 405 pounds. Guess who had him while the Blackhawks were on offense. yea it wasnt easy. Blackhawks drew North Daviess for sectional this year. They play North Daviess in the final home game of the year at Death Valley. Back to back weeks going up against them.

Weekend Recap 8/26

2008-09-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

Recapping the events of the weekend.

Valley Football loses 46-14 to West Washington

Valley Football has another slow start against the Senators. But the 2nd half shows a young Valley squad that puts 2 TD's on the board. Valley showing many signs of Improvement on both sides of the ball.

Blackhawk Brigade tries out new stadium in Indianapolis

Blackhawk Brigade had their double day Saturday, stopping at Greenwood then heading to the new Lucas Oil Stadium for the Bands Of America Sound Check. Brigade finishes 2nd at Greenwood, falling to Clay City. Brigade then finishes 11th out of 15 bands at the Sound Check. Here are the results from both events.

Greenwood Invitational
Class D
1) 67.00 - Clay City
2) 63.30 - Springs Valley
3) 61.30 - Triton Central
4) 60.80 - Eastern (G'twn)
5) 59.75 - Morristown
6) 51.95 - Monrovia
7) 47.80 - Blue River Valley
8) 46.90 - North Decatur

Music - Clay City
Visual - Springs Valley
GE - Springs Valley
Aux - Springs Valley
Perc - Clay City

BOA Sound Check

1) 78.95 - Lawrence Central
2) 78.85 - Avon
3) 78.30 - Carmel
4) 76.20 - Centerville (OH)
5) 75.85 - Center Grove
6) 72.25 - Lake Central
7) 71.60 - Ben Davis
8) 68.65 - Western
9) 66.65 - Northrop
10) 66.35 - Decatur Central
11) 64.75 - Springs Valley
12) 63.70 - New Palestine
13) 58.35 - Concord
14) 58.35 - LaRue County (KY)
15) 56.25 - Whiteland

Music - Centerville (OH)
Visual - Carmel
GE - Avon

The Brigade was the only class D at Lucas Oil.

A Valley Football Player

2008-09-22T19:15:00.001-07:00

A Valley Football Player can come in any size, shape, or color. There is no common denominator except a love for the game and a desire to get the most out of his abilities. He is not only proud of his strengths but understands his weaknesses. He is first of all concerned with the good of his team and knows that individual recognition will come through team excellence.

A Valley Football Player has the enthusiasm of an evangelist; the discipline of a monk;the heart of a warrior; and he never loses the honesty and character of a small boy. He appreciates the support of hundreds of fans, but he is much more aware of the example he is setting for some small boy watching from the sideline. He is happy when he scores a touchdown, sacks the quarterback, or recovers a fumble, but he never forgets his teammates who did their job to make it possible. While he never lets up on a single play, the other team is not his real opponent; it is the full extent of his own potential that he is always playing against. He let's the referees, with occasional assistance from his coaches, do the officiating.

A Valley Football Player is made and not born. He is constantly striving to reach his potential knowing that he will bypass other players that cannot withstand the strain of this quest for excellence. He realizes that the challenges and competition of today's game will better prepare his for tomorrow's world. He knows that the true measure of his performance is not recorded in wins and losses but in how much of himself he has given to the game.

A Valley Football Player never realizes when the odds are stacked against him. He can only be defeated by a clock that happens to run out of time. He is what a small boy wants to become and what an old man can remember, with great pride, that he once was.

The author of this poem is unknown to this day. But is reminded to every player that steps foot on the field of battle in Death Valley. I read this poem every Friday eather during school or before i get to the gym, to remind me what this game is all about.

Mario and Luigi in Vice City

2008-09-21T19:38:00.001-07:00

watch for Yoshi's Cameo at the end.

Slipknot - Psychosocial

2008-09-21T19:30:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite Songs. Great Band.

Brigade dominates Paoli Invitational

2008-09-20T22:29:00.000-07:00

Band takes first place in Class AAA Beating Scottsburg, Corydon Central, and Heritage Hills. here were the results

Class AAA
1) 69.05 - Springs Valley
2) 66.50 - Scottsburg
3) 64.05 - Corydon Central
4) 63.25 - Heritage Hills

Music - Springs Valley
Visual - Springs Valley
GE - Springs Valley
Aux - Springs Valley
Perc - Springs Valley
DM - Scottsburg

we ended up getting second overall for the entire contest behind Floyd Central. all bands we went up against were class C bands. We are still a Class D band. Not that means anything to me but its nice to know we could compete with the upper bands. Next week is going to be our fun week for we get to be the first Class D band to perform on the new Lucas Oil Stadium. After we go on at Greenwood we will travel a few minutes up the road to play with big boys at the new place in town. Hope we can get a big turnout up there for us.

Valley Football shows true stength again

2008-09-20T09:21:00.001-07:00

Valley Football team loses 67 - 0 at Linton last night. Team falls to 0 - 5 on the season. I finally got my sack in the first quarter last night. 3 sacks on the year for me. West Washington comes to town this friday.

Blackhawk Brigade head to the Pride Of Paoli Invitational

2008-09-20T09:08:00.000-07:00

Brigade is going to Paoli tonight for our second contest of the year. Coming our of clean sweep at Warren Central last saturday. Band is looking to put a better show together tonight after Aylsworth wasn't happy with the Warren Show. The Brigade will go on the field at 9:08 PM. We will have some competition tonight with a line up that looks like this

North Harrison (Class C)
Heritage Hills (Class C State Finalist)
Scottsburg (Class C State Finalist)
Corydon (Class C)
Springs Valley (Class D State Runner-Up)

College Rep - Indiana Tech

2008-09-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

Ok, this Rep really got my attention front the start. Probably helped that she looked to be close to my age and really attractive, probably did that on purpose. But finding out that they offer alot of what I am interested in with the computer science and engineering. Very Interested in this school right now.

www.indianatech.edu
School - Indiana Tech
Location - Fort Wayne
Distance From Home - Approx. 4 hours 7 minutes Approx. 237.53 miles
2 year; 4-year School
Tuition - $9,740 a semester
Room and Board - $3,825 a semester
Estimate Total - <$27,000 ( All figures are rough estimates right now)
Activites Offered - Intercollegiate Sports & Rec. Sports

Springs Valley Blackhawks vs. Linton Miners

2008-09-18T20:28:00.000-07:00

Valley takes their 0 - 4 record to Linton Friday night to face the #4 ranked Linton Miners. Valley who is still recovering from a few key injuries hope to get their season turned around at Linton. It's not going to be an easy task for the young Blackhawk squad led by Sophomore Quarterback Lance Webster. Alex Pierce, Pedro Mcnelly, and Dustin Ingle are all returning from injuries to help this blackhawk squad. Junior nose guard Tommy Lynch hopes to end a 2 game drought without a sack after recording 3 sacks in the first 2 games. Hope to see all the blackhawk fans make the 2 hour trip up north to fight off the rule and crued Miner fans who think they run the show. Little do they know that this blackhawk squad never goes down without a fight. GO HAWKS!!

College Rep - Purdue University

2008-09-17T18:37:00.001-07:00

I haven't listened to many reps about college yet, but this lady really put me to sleep quick. And the saddest part is this is where I really wanna go to after high school. Anywhere here is what I gathered from this lady.
www.purdue.edu
School - Purdue University
Location - West Lafayette
Distance From Home - Approx. 3 hours 36 minutes Approx. 148 miles
4-year School
Tuition - $8,060
Room and Board - $8,330
Estimate Total - <$19,670
Activites Offered - Rec. Sports (Basketball, Flag Football, Indoor Soccer)

Line Rider Super Mario

2008-09-16T20:18:00.001-07:00

I Love Super Mario and he will be a popular guy on this blog.

Weekends are rough

2008-09-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

School drags on enough as it is. But most kids head home afterwards and sit in front of their xbox or computer all afternoon. Or spend their weekends at the house or maybe with a girlfriend. Not me. On a slow day i spend 9 hours at the school straight. On my busy days, i spend over 12 hours at the school with practices and school combined. Being in Football and Marching Band both really takes it out of ya once the weekend rolls around. 2 hour bus ride to play on every play in the football game getting beat around in the trenches. then riding that bus home icing everything possible on me, i have to go straight to bed because I'm getting back up in 6 hours to go back to the field and practice for 4 hours. I might as well just put salt in my wounds. Taking my second 2 hour bus ride in 24 hours to a band contest. Warming up to throw down our 8 minute show. After we do that I go straight back to the bus and lay down. They say " you know who your true friends are" I found out my 2 closest friends are the jar of biofreeze in my bathroom and my bed on a Saturday night. So far the earliest I've got up on Sunday has been 1:25 in the afternoon. Luckily the Colts didn't play till that night.

I Step Testing

2008-09-16T19:00:00.001-07:00

OK this week of school is gonna be an official waste of time for the juniors and seniors. This is the week the sophomores get to take their Graduation Qualifying Exam or I Step. While they are taking all morning and most of the afternoon taking their test, us juniors are stuck napping in Math class or in the Science Lab. Last year when I had to take the test I always looked forward to this time of the year because the upperclassman got to go out and do community service which meant escaping the jail cell I've spent the last 12 years of my life living at. But no suddenly our brilliant school administration decides we should do class as normal even though most of them can do squat because we are missing students who are testing. Which leaves us in class watching movies that I seen 20 times already or getting a sore ass from sitting in a desk for 2 - 3 straight hours doing absolutely nothing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy having the time off, but we don't get to do anything with it. Who wants to go on in their history book and read ahead, who does that?? Another genius move by the Springs Valley Cooperation.

Let's see how this goes.

2008-09-15T18:39:00.000-07:00

Here I go for my first attempt to start a blog site of my own. Myspace has become to immature and dangerous with spammers, facebook is more complcated than my Algebra II homework, plus I've always wanted to see how I could do with one of these sites. Becoming very jealous of my brothers site next door I desided I'm gonna try it out. Couldn't say anything that is gonna come up on this site. Could be more random than the lotto (which I one day will win)