Upcoming Events For Lancer Football

Mark your calendars for exciting activities at our last home game on Friday, November 13th. This is our senior recognition game where we recognize our senior players and their parents! We will be having pregame food and fellowship starting at 3:30 p.m. Senior players and parents will be recognized before the game so please arrive at the field by 6:30 p.m. After the game we will be having another Lancer Bonfire with smores and hot chocolate! Go Fighting Lancers!

Mother's Football Tea

Last Saturday, football moms enjoyed a very special treat! Hostess Kadie Kirkpatrick and the coaches' wives turned WC's quad area into a beautifully decorated Mother's tea. Football moms enjoyed a wonderful time of fun and fellowship with the coaches' wives, their sons, and each other. From the decor of beautiful fall colors and pumpkin flower arrangements, to the football trivia game, to the delicious food, to the wonderful company and many personal touches, including players serving their moms and a personal thank you note from each player to their mom, the football moms were truly blessed! Thank you!!!

WC Fighting Lancers Play Hard and Finish Strong!

After a tough game against the OC Knights last Friday, the scoreboard failed to tell the whole story. The scoreboard merely read, "Home 18, Visitor 42." While victory for the WC Lancers would not be on the scoreboard Friday night, victory was clearly visible in the character, perseverance, determination, and strength of some of the toughest Lancer football players ever to play for the Fighting Lancers! With the help of the Lancer offensive line, Nick Virgen plowed through OC's defense to carry the football over the goal line for one of the Fighting Lancer's touchdowns. WC's defense wanted in on the action and would not be denied as Masis Torosyan rocked OC's offense with not one but two interceptions! The Fighting Lancers determination resulted in some tough injuries. Battered but never broken, the victory cries of "Play Hard!" and "Finish Strong!" echoed on the Lancer sideline, in the huddle, and on the field! Despite OC's strategy to doubleteam and blocks to the back, and in spite of the numbers and injuries, EVERY Fighting Lancer fought hard to the very end! A tough loss? Yes! An amazing victory of determination and perseverance? Absolutely Yes!

The Fighting Lancers are gearing up for this Friday's battle against Verdugo Hills. Game time starts at 7 p.m. at Verdugo Hills High School. Directions to the game from the Upland campus are: Exit the parking lot and head west to Mountain Ave., go North on Mountain to the 210 Freeway. Enter the 210 Freeway and head west. Exit on Lowell Ave/Tujunga, merge onto Honolulu Ave, turn right at Lowell Ave, turn left at Foothill Blvd., turn right at Plainview Ave. Verdugo Hills High School is located at 10625 Plainview Ave., Tujunga, CA 91042-1798. (Approx 45 minutes without traffic).

Season update

Lancer Football Family
I know that there is some frustration about our record thusfar, belive me we feel it too. We just hold on to our #1 goal which is to glorify God. I hope that everyone understands that we are a very young team somewhat decimated by injury and lack of numbers. We have gotten better every week, holding St. Margrets to 21 in the first half is something no one besides Horizon had done in the last two years! I am very excited for the future of this football program. We are still in the playoff hunt if we win tonight vs. O.C. They are pretty good offensively with a very good Quarterback in #1 Andrew Lachelt and Wide Reciever in #4 Rob Coachman. I feel pretty confident that we will give them a run for their money! I hope to see all of you out there tomorrow night with large signs that read BEAT O.C.! and WE ARE W.C. Next year I am hoping to set up a "Battle for the Lance", similar to the "milk can game" between Chino and Don Lugo, or the Battle for the Jeweled Shaleileigh" between USC and Notre Dame, I just need to find a lance :), if you know where I could find one please let me know. I look forward to seeing you all at the food and fellowship before the game tomorrow!

Coach K