9/27/09

Millburn vs Nutley Game Pics & Press

Wow - quite a game RIGHT up until we hit the wall in the 4th.  Lets LEARN from this and go out with more wins.  

Peter Koppenaaal's latest photos are FANTASTIC - take a look at:
http://www.pkphoto.net/Sports/Football-Fall-2009/Millers-vs-Nutl/9767482_dpH7H#661992835_MEdiT


Our latest Alternatepress article is at:
http://thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=6526&Nutley-Outslugs-Millburn-38-6-in-Varsity-Football-


Millburn Game Excitement

Star Ledger's article is HERE:

The video is a Nutley Highlight show - not the most comforting video to watch.

9/25/09

Millburn v Nutley - pre-game press

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/4860928715032079008/lead-essex-football-picks-for-friday-sept-25-high-school-football-news/

Take a look at the link above for the Star Ledger's FEATURE GAME write-up of the Millburn v Nutley match tomorrow.

Can't wait till Blum & the gang meet the Nutley boys! 


1pm Saturday -  
"The Park Oval" at Nutley High School
300 Franklin Ave
Nutley, NJ


Back to School Night Success!

A “Special Thanks” to all the Seniors who helped sell Football merchandise at Back to School Night.


Take a Bow! Those charming smiles and winning attitudes proved irresistible and helped make the total night sales a whopping $1300!
Maureen Bednarski



9/23/09

Millburn Football Players Perform Community Service

Dear Dr. Miron,
Let me introduce myself.  My name is Jennifer Langan and I am the Executive Director at the Neighborhood Nursery School in Millburn.  On Sunday, August 23rd more than 15 Millburn High School Football players once again participated in a community service project at the Neighborhood House Nursery School in Millburn.  Whether it was painting the inside of a classroom, weeding in the community garden, or washing the large play equipment and school chairs, the boys were conscientious and polite.  The community service initiative was a huge success.  This project was arranged by Heidi Swanson,from the Football Booster Club and Rose Twombly, Executive Director of the United Way of Millburn-Short Hills.  It was a pleasure working with such fine young men.  Please see the list below for the specific students that participated.
Millburn Football Players
Ryan Bednarski, Michael Brown, Luke DeCastro, Robert DeCastro, Pat Colicchio, Vinnie Falcone
Tommy Falcon, Jake Grzeszczak, Steven Montuoro, Mac Nouich, Neal Patel, Alex Schoen, AJ Simon
Ricky Simon, Stephen Stimmler, Tim Swanson, Ben Vaccaro

AND DR MIRON'S RESPONSE BELOW:

Jennifer
Thanks for sharing this with me.  I literally can't keep track of all the many great things our students are doing outside the classroom.  We measure success in so many ways; however the character these and other students show are what I feel most proud.  We can't teach how to be a responsible citizens; fortunately, our entire community helps foster such actions.  These football players certainly went above and beyond the normal hopes for community service.  Thanks for taking the time to share this with me.  
--Dr. Miron


Three Spots left - High Hopes for Lopes


Another update on the Fund Raiser. We have 3 spots remaining at the tables that have been pre-purchased. Let us know if you are able to attend.

The folks attending so far are: The O'Leary's
                                                            Bednarski's
                                                            DeCastro's
                                                            Fallcone's
                                                            Simon's
                                                            Ben Vaccaro
                                                            Chris Swanson
                                                            Horgan's
Thanks

Ed  Bednarski

9/18/09

Helping Athletes Beat the Heat

Big thanks out to Frosh parent Montuoro for the attached link regarding heat & exercise for kids.  Keep this in mind for next year - not such a hot summer this year as in the past.


Today Show:Helping young athletes beat the heat

9/16/09

DVDs for the Snyder Game

Gang - the full telecast of the TV-36 game Millburn vs Snyder can be purchased for $15. 
Please email heidi at heidi.swanson@us.ngrid.com with your quantities.

Once we get a full order Heidi will place an order.

Email ASAP

ALSO - High Hopes for Lopes - only 5 spots left on the O'Leary Table.  Get your reservations in ASAP.  Lots of the players are going which is fantastic!

9/15/09

Tuesday Night Game Films

A small crowd of us parents were treated tonight to a replay of Friday night's game, compliments of Coach Guarino & Coach Silvani. Wish we had more parents as the films were fun and Coach was able to give us a lot of pointers on the good plays they had.

Game time its tough to see what is going on on the line, but watching the films you get to really see the significant impact players such as Lex Blum, Jake Riesenberg and James Collingwood had on the game. All three had HUGE blocks on all the big offensive plays - on one play we really saw Jake pancake/flatten a defender.


As we said earlier, this team is truly a collection of young men interested in team success rather than individual success. Look at the fact that all five touchdowns were scored by five different players. The constant in all five TD plays - the big 5 lineman - Bailey, Blum, Blum, Bavosa & Riesenberg. We keep them healthy this team should go a LONG way!

9/11/09

Peter Koppenaal Photographs of Snyder Game

Team & Parents -  Peter Koppenaal braved last night's foul weather to take a TON of pictures which he generously placed on a website for your perusal.  Take a look by following the instructions below:




Here is a link to the photo gallery from last night: http://www.pkphoto.net/Sports/Football-Fall-2009/Millers-vs-Snyder/9601530_BrAHy

The password is "millers".  You can download or print any of these photos by following the instructions below. 


Instructions for viewing, printing, and downloading photos from my web site:



1) If you don't have the above link handy, the gallery is easy to navigate to:

  • Enter pkphoto.net in any web browser, then click on Sports, and then Football - Fall 2009, and then Millers vs Snyder, or another gallery.
2) To view pictures:

  • click on any thumbnail to open the picture.
  • Use the Style button (near the top) to display the thumbnails in different page formats.
  • If you're viewing Style, click on the picture displayed on the right side of the screen to open it full view.
  • Use the Slideshow button to see a slideshow
3)To print a picture, you can purchase directly from my website, or download it for free, and print on your own:

  • click on the the Buy button. The prices you'll see are my cost. There is a $4.95 shipping fee for each order, so order all the photos you want at one time.
  • You can save photos to your computer (see below) and print on your own, or forward to family/friends.
4) To save any picture on your computer,  
  • open it by clicking on its thumbnail, click on the picture displayed on the right side of the screen to open it full screen  
  • choose a larger size If you want to download higher resolution pictures for printing (L, XL, XXL, XXXL, or "O" for original which is about 5-8 mb)  
  • right click with your mouse to download it (choose "save image as"). You will be able to save the image at whatever size you were viewing it at when you right-clicked. 
This information is coutesy of Peter Koppenaal.  THANKS!!!

Pre-season Millburn football coverage

Check out the links below to see pre-season coverage from:

The Alternative Press.com
http://thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=6044


Millburn Patch.com
http://millburn.patch.com/articles/a-new-beginning-for-miller-football#photo-65362


The Independent Press -
Warning to Millburn Fans - This article is not too flattering for MB football...


http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2009/09/it_can_only_get_better_for_mil.html