Soda Springs Football

The Cardinal football team has seen a small drop-off of production in recent years but new co-head coaches Scott Gambles and Rod Worthington are looking to turn things around for Soda.   The coaching staff in addition to the co-head coaches includes Jared Hunsaker, Josh Mazza, and Spencer Siepert.  The coaches as a whole have been very pleased with the effort being put forth by the players commenting that several kids have been stepping up and showing more aggression during drills.  The team will have plenty of youth as the freshmen and sophomore classes outnumber the juniors and seniors.  Even though they feature only four seniors most of the upperclassmen do have varsity experience from last season which will help the Cardinals with leadership moving into this season.  As we talked inside the empty locker room you could feel the passion that each coach has for the game and the youth they
are coaching. 

 Coach Siepert stated, “I just want the kids to enjoy it, play hard and learn something.” To which Coach Hunsaker added, “The kids have a great attitude right now.  They're doing everything we ask them to do.”  Speaking of the coachiang staff, Coach Gambles made the comment, “We got the right guys for sure.”  The staff also wanted to once again state how grateful they have been for the support from the Athletic Director Jeff Horsley and Principal Jess McMurray.  Like most coaches early in the season this staff was reluctant to name any standout players or talk about any upcoming opponents.  “What we are trying to do is develop the system.  And the beautiful thing is that in four days we have seen the system being developed to the point where now I feel like offensively they are grasping the concept.” commented Coach Worthington.  He went on to say, “We are all looking at these players saying we love each of them.  Now we just need to put them in the right spot to make the magic happen.”  The Cardinals will look to start making that magic happen on Friday night when they face off against American Falls at home in the season opener.