Gentlemen and Parents,
Welcome to another exciting year of LHS Men’s High School Soccer! I am very excited about our upcoming season! This year we are returning some very experienced players who are motivated and ready to lead our program! I also have the pleasure of announcing the return of our entire coaching staff from last season. Coach William Labar, Josh Vidrine, Jalel Ben-Hmida (Coach Ben), and Timothy Sharlow will all return as coaches this season. Also Chris Lemoine our athletic trainer will return as well. Our combination of an experienced staff and motivated players will yield a successful season.
Tryouts will be held at 5:30 PM at Moore Park on October 27th, October 28th, and October 29th. Players must attend all 3 tryout sessions. If you cannot attend all 3 sessions you must contact me via email at jeremy.lysa@gmail.com. Before being eligible for tryouts you must have completed your eligibility packet and returned it to Madame Cheramie by the deadline October 16th! Players who have not properly completed their eligibility paperwork will not be allowed to tryout! All players must be properly equipped at tryouts. This year, if our numbers permit, we are going to have 3 teams like last season. We will have a Freshmen, a Junior Varsity, and a Varsity team.
This year’s tryout will be very difficult. The level of talent in our program is very high and team selections will be very difficult. Every year we are forced to make cuts in order to keep our rosters manageable and every year we cut players who would start at other schools in the Acadiana area. Therefore it is very important to be physically and mentally prepared for tryouts. I fully expect every player who attends tryouts to be capable of running a 12 minute 2 mile. If you do not arrive at tryouts in shape, your opportunity make the team will be severely diminished regardless of your class or past position on the team!! To help the players accomplish this task and to help our teams get a head start on the competition, our athletic trainer, Chris Lemoine, has created a workout schedule for the weeks leading up to tryouts. In accordance with LHSAA rules these workouts are not mandatory and not considered part of our soccer program. However I do encourage all of our athletes to attend his workout sessions to maximize your chances of future success.
I look forward to the opportunity to work with each and every one of you for the upcoming season. If you have any questions or comments please email me at jeremy.lysa@gmail.com. Please stay tuned to our Blog site: lhsmenssoccer@blogspot.com for future updates.
2008-2009 LHS MEN’S SOCCER TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
10/27-29 Tryouts
10/30 First day of practice
11/5 Parents Night
11/11 @ Comeaux (Scrimmage)
11/15 Jamboree TBA
11/18 @ STM
11/21-22 Houston Tournament
11/25 Central Lafourche
11/29 Open
12/2 Acadiana
12/5 Open
12/6 LHS JV Tournament
12/9 @ NISH
12/13 Vandebilt Catholic
12/16 Pineville*
12/19-20 St. Louis
12/26-28 St. Pauls Tournament
12/30 STM
1/3 @ Acadiana
1/5 West Gate (SR. Night)
1/9 @ Carencro
1/12 NISH
1/17 @ Newman
1/20 @ Pineville
1/23 @ Westgate
1/27 Carencro
1/31 Open
2/2 Teurlings
2/7 Bi-District
2/12 Regionals
2/17 Quarters
2/21 Semi-Finals
2/28 Finals (Shreveport)
Go Lions!!
Coach Jeremy B. Cart
LHS Men’s Soccer
