4 RIVERS ALL CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2009

Congratulations to the following Union Football Players for receiving All Conference Awards:

1st Team Offense:

Ryan Coons - WR - Soph

Bobby Vondera - WR - Sr

Griffin Daehnke - OL - Jr

Chris Savage - Punter - Soph

2nd Team Offense

Bryan Schaefer - WR - Jr

Chris Savage - QB - Soph

Ryan Baser - RB - Soph

Tyler Gaither - OL - Sr

Cody Post - OL - Soph

Honorable Mention Offense

Cody Nichols - OL - Soph

1st Team Defense

Olon Parker - DL - Jr

Bobby Vondera - DE - Sr

Ryan Baser - LB - Soph

Bryan Schaefer - DB - Jr

2nd Team Defense

Griffin Daehnke - DL - Jr

Tyler Thompson - LB - Jr

ACADEMIC ALL STATE

Mike Yenzer, Trevor King, TJ Johnson, and Zack Pope have been named to the Missouri Football Coaches Association Academic All State Team for 2009. Congratulations!!

2009 Jersey Numbers

Here is the roster from last year. If you are new to the high school program or don't have a number please select one from the list below. Make sure to check the comments to see if the number is already taken. If you are changing numbers you will need to get the approval of any player who has that number. If you want to keep your number, you don't have to respond, but we would love to hear from you.

Jersey Number Player
2 Steven Jones
3
4 Tyler Thompson
5
6 Mike Yenzer
7 Alex Gaebe
8
9
10 Bryan Schaefer
11 Logan Williams
12 Bobby Vondera
13 Chris Savage
14 Jacob Arens
15 Zac Stahlman
16
17
18 Cody Day
19 Olon Parker
21 Ryan Coons
22 Trevor King
24
25 Tyler Johnson
30 Ryan Baser
31
32
33
34
36 Garrett Carroll
40 Narvell Smith
44
45
50 Blake Wright
51
52 John Tappe
53 Logan Lammert
55
56
58 Tony Schmidt
61 Nick Erwin
62 Mitchell Cook
63
64 Tyler Gaither
65 Phillip Lehr
66 Cody Nichols
67 Christian Houston
68 Brandon Ladyman
70
72 Wade Forsythe
73 Cody Post
74 Nathan Erwin
75 Joe Walther
76 Zack Pope
77 Jimmy Lewis
78 Griffin Daehnke
81 Jake Overschmidt
82 Devon Fennessey
84 Kyle Wissmann
88 Ross Groenke
89

Lock-In Tournament Teams

Please post your name and the team you are taking in the tournament. Make sure to check your team to make sure it's open. If you haven't posted before click the title of this post to go the union blog or go to unionfb.blogspot.com. You can mark yourself as anonymous under profile if you don't have a Google account.

NCAA Team Player
1 USC Griffin Daehnke

2 Oklahoma Tyler Johnson
3 Oklahoma St Ryan Baser
4 Florida Ryan Coons
5 Cal Bryan Schaefer
6 Georgia Logan Williams
7 Arkansas Bobby Vondera
8 Ohio St Cody Nichols
9 Missouri Ross Groenke
10 Nebraska Nick Erwin
11 Penn St Alex Gaebe
12 Kansas Zac Stahlman
13 Texas Devon Fennessey
14 Navy Mike Yenzer
15 Alabama Christian Houston
16 Kansas Zac Stahlman
17 Army Trevor King
18 Michigan Joe Walther
19 Boise St Cole Southard
20 Tennessee Olon Parker
21 LSU Garrett Carroll
22 Oregon Tyler Thompson
23 Texas Tech Chris Savage
24 Ole Miss Jimmy Lewis
25 VA Tech Dennis Dodd
26 Florida State Coach Webster
27------- Coach Janssen
28 ------- Coach Montalbano

Union Football Lock In

The wildcats will continue the yearly lock in we have had tremendous success with the last two years. Previous lock ins have had team building activities, food and the key XBOX360 tournament. Help is needed putting this together. If we have any parents willing to help provide food (Pizza, chips, other snacks), Drinks (Gatorade or fruit punch, please no Soda) and loaner XBOX 360 and the NCAA 2010 College football game (please mark your equipment, we have not had problems in the past with broken equipment or anything stolen). Contact Coach Eckley or Rhonda Daehnke (314-808-3256) to help.

Value Cards Sales

Players need to pick up the value cards to sell.  The money is due back on August 11 at practice

Register

Register and comment for free on the Union High School Football Blog!!

Physical Day

Mercy Medical Arts(located behind Dairy Queen) will offer physicals again on Saturday, July 25th from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. Physical forms will be available. All students wanting a physical should be accompanied by their parent. Physicals will cost $10.00 each. Physicals are required to participate in any high school fall sport. If you have questions, contact the Union High School athletic director, Chris Arand.

Football Camp

Our July football camp will run Monday July 13th to Friday July 17th from 3:40-7:00 pm each evening. The camp is open to all incoming freshmen through seniors.

Mom's Clinic

The second annual Union Football Mom's Clinic will be this Friday July 10th at 6:00 pm. Meet in the old gym.

PARENT MEETING

There will be a parent meeting held on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 in the Union High School fine arts center at 6:00 pm. !  We'll cover camps, summer lifting, schedules, and recruiting.  Hope to see you there

Four Union Seniors Sign Letters of Intent

Jordan Webb has committed to the University of Kansas and has already enrolled at the University for spring classes. Jordan was a 3 time all conference, all district, and all state play as a quarterback for the wildcats.

Jarred Cahill signed a national letter of intent to attend Missouri Western State University.  Jarred was a 2 year starter as an offensive lineman for Union. he was a 2 time all conference and all district performer.

John Mitchell signed a national letter of intent to attend Missouri Western State University. John was a 2 years starter as a defensive lineman for Union. John was an all conference and all district performer for the wildcats.

Patrick Gerrein signed a letter of intent with Missouri Valley College.  Patrick was a 2 year starter for Union as an offensive lineman. He was also an all conference pick this past fall.

There are still several players from this class that will be making commitments soon.

Congratulations to these Union Wildcats.

2009 off season

See Coach Eckley for a 2009 off season calendar

Final Rankings

Union Finishes the 2008 Football season Ranked #8 according to the Associated Press.

All State Players

Union Football Players Named to the Missouri Football Coaches Association All State Teams:

Jordan Webb-1st Team Quarterback

Isaac Purnell-1st Team Receiver

Colter Janssen-3rd Team Offensive Lineman

Malcolm Stanley-2nd Team Defensive Back

Academic All State

Seniors Colter Janssen, Steven Pursley and Andrew Bromet were named to the Missouri Football Coaches Association 2008 Academic All State Team.

Booster Club Meeting is Wednesday, February 4th at the Legion Hall @ 7:00 pm.

No zero hour weight training on January 30, 2009.