HOMECOMING 2014
JEFF CARLBERG Varsity Head Coach Jr. Knights, Congratulations on a great year for the program. This was a year that saw great improvement from all of our players and teams. Football is a great game that requires a lot of passion and pride. I have enjoyed watching each and every one of you play and practice this season. I am excited about the future because I had a chance to see what the future holds for Centennial High School in watching you all this year. Keep working hard and stay dedicated to this great game. There is no game on earth that is as fun or as great to play as football. With what I have seen this fall, I know that I have much to look forward to as you Jr. Knights come to high school. Our future together is bright and I look forward to each and every one of you continuing to progress toward high school football.
Coach Carlberg
BOARD MEMBERS & COMMITTEES President:
Dan Wright
Volunteers: Liz Barton
Operations: Stacy Wright
Website:
Daniel McMaster
Treasurer:
Spiritwear:
Jayna Brosmer
Chris Leach
2014 has been a great year for Jr. Knights football. We have seen that loyalty, hard work and dedication are the keys to success. This year many teams improved their records on the field. However, success is not always measured in just wins and losses on the field. In my time with the Jr. Knights program, I have seen many boys become young men of character and that is the thing that we all need to be most proud of.
and that the Jr. Knights program continues to grow and thrive. Lastly, I would like to thank the Board, all of our Coaches, our Team Moms and all of our family members who selflessly volunteered their time and talents this year. The program could not have operated without you! Please remember that the program is only as good as its volunteers, so family participation is vital to its continued success. 2015 will be a new day in Jr. Knights football as many of the longtime board members, including myself and Stacy, will be moving on with their sons to high school. As such, I hope that you feel inspired to step into leadership roles that will be available in the program for the betterment of your families and your communities. Thank you and as always, Go Knights!
This year we continued to do our best to make sure that our players are safe with equipment upgrades and refurbishments and continued our relationship with Gwinnett Medical Center and USA Football to make sure that we follow the “Heads Up� safety protocols. We also had many new coaches, players and parents enter the program who added a new sense of energy and vitality to the program. It is my hope that this continues into the future
Dan Wright and the Board
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8th Grade Football collage
2014
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8th Grade Football
8TH GRADE CENTENNIAL JUNIOR KNIGHTS 2014 Head Coach: Clayton Woods
jersey # First Name Last Name 2 Colston Board 3 Will Bass 4 Ryan Siracusa 5 Major Carlberg 7 Nick Fortune 8 Max Brosmer 11 Cal Dickie 14 Brett Meskill 15 Chase Mason 24 Grant Blevins 25 Stanley Clerveaux
jersey # First Name Last Name 27 Zach Armbruster 36 Jared Huebner 43 Noel Hartfield 44 Preston Powell 50 Luis Hernandez 51 John, “Jack” Barton 53 October Baia 54 Malcolm Beck 55 Dexler Benjamin 60 Luke Van Dresser 61 Hunter Cartwright
jersey # First Name Last Name 63 Luke Alden 64 Marc Flemming 66 Justin Wright 69 Zen McMaster 70 Will Edwards 71 Chanler Kroonemeyer 72 Gideon Horwitz 74 Anthony Sanchez 75 Korey Turner 76 Isiah Thompson
Head Coach Letter
COACHES
It has been my pleasure to coach the Centennial 8th grade this season. The assistant coaches have worked hard to help these young men to become more than just football players. This game teaches them to deal with success, failure and adversity. They learn how to improvise, adapt and overcome adversity. In other words they are leaning how to become young men who deal with what life throws at them. They learn that to be a success in this life, you must be an honorable hard working person and how to deal with people. It’s a great sport and I am proud to be a small part of it. I want to thank the parents for trusting us with their sons and helping to keep them motivated. The team moms worked very hard at getting us headed in the right direction and I thank them very much. A special thanks to Dan and Stacy Wright, our film crew and coach Carlberg. I expect to see all of these kids playing next year and that starts with weight lifting in early 2015. Again, my thanks to everyone for making this a very good season. Clayton Woods
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Clayton Woods, Head Coach John Dickens Jesse Matteson Gary Ward Will Bass Dan Wright Roland Horwitz Bill Barton
TEAM MOMS Jodi Van Dresser Mary K. Burns
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8th Grade Football
2014
02 Colston Board
03 William Bass
04 Ryan Siracusa
05 Major carlberg
07 nick fortune
11 Cal Dickie
12 Max Brosmer
14 Brett Meskill
15 Chase Mason
24 Grant Blevins
25 Stanley Clerveaux
36 Jared Huebner
43 Noel Hartfield
44 Preston Powell
51 Jack Barton
54 Malcolm Beck
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8th Grade Football
55 Dexler Benjamin
60 Luke Van Dresser
61 Hunter Cartwright
Luke Alden
64 Marc Flemming
66 Justin Wright
69 Zen McMaster
70 Will Edwards
71 Chanler Kroonemeyer
72 Gideon Horwitz
75 Korey Turner
Anthony Sanchez
Isiah Thompson
Luis Hernandez
Zach Armbruster
October Baia
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2014
8th Grade Cheer collage
2014
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8th Grade Cheer
Cheerleader Grade Phoebe Turner 8 Sophia Farese 8 Avery Kanemasu 8 Erin Anderson 8 Megan Fudge 8
Cheerleader Grade Kate Larkin 8 Lizzy Buchanan 8 Sarah Buchanan 8 Charlotte Lee 8 Anna Smith 8
Cheerleader Grade Emma Walker 8 Chloe Dobbs 8 Diana Drake 8 Emma Kitzmiller 8 Madison Bryant 8
8th Grade Coaches Rachel Carkuff and Kate Henry. Team Mom Laura Buchanann "Thank you from Sportography"
To the Bass, Beck, Board, Siracusa, and Wright Families, It has been a pleasure to be a Jr Knight
Football Parent with you since 2010. The Barton Family
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8th Grade Cheer
2014
Anna Smith
Avery Kanemasu
Charlotte Lee
Chloe Dobbs
Diana Drake
Emma Kitzmiller
Emma Walker
Erin Anderson
Kate Larkin
Lizzy Buchanan
Madison Bryant
Megan Fudge
Morgan Montano
Phoebe Turner
Sarah Buchanan
Sophia Farese
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JACK BARTON
Jr Knight, 2010-2014 We have enjoyed every minute of Jr Knights Football! Love Dad, Mom, and WT
To our beautiful Morgan, We Can’t be any more proud of you! Good Luck in High School We Love You, Mom, Dad, Taylor
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Justin – You always put your team first, played hard and stuck with it for 5 years as a Jr. Knight. We are very proud of you and look forward to seeing what you can accomplish the next 4 years, and beyond! Love – Mom, Dad and Amelia. “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
Major Carlberg Major, We are proud of you. Love, Dad, Mom & Gunnar
G-money you made big things happen this year and we are so proud to be part of the Money Swat Crew. You are 24/7...every down every play. Love you the biggest! Mom, Dad, Syd B, Nana, Poppy, Lightning, and your Family. 2014
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Football is an honest game. It’s true to life. It’s a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. – Joe Namath
In 2010, the Centennial Jr. Knights football program fielded its first 4th grade team. The program wishes to recognize the special student athletes who were members of that inaugural 4th grade team and who have played every year, through the 8th grade. These student athletes have truly exhibited the loyalty, dedication and perserverence worthy of a “5 Star Knight”. We wish them nothing but the best in high school. Jack Barton, William Bass, Malcolm Beck, Colston Board, Ryan Siracusa and Justin Wright
PRESTON, We are so proud of your efforts, intentions, your courage and resolve this season. You are a great team player and we love you. Mom and Dad.
Emma, Congratulations on a great season! We are so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad and Drew PAGE
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2014
7th Grade Football Collage
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7th Grade Football
# 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Player name Jackson Cordes Marquise Wilson Jaiden Tucker Freddie Fairly Khai Russell Wiley Mack Chase Lee Ethan Thibodeaux Amos Long
# 32 35 38 42 45 50 55 56 57
2014 7TH GRADE CENTENNIAL JR KNIGHTS
Player name Camden Bowers Sam Kaufman DJ Thompson Jordan Mines Camden Thompson Kaleb Thibodeaux Matthew Jacobson Brandon McGinnis Wesley Hall
# 12 14 19 20 21 22 24 25 30
Player name Richard Shaw Parker Sperier Brandon Sewell Esteban Homs Nick Pereboom William Haberstock Izzy Swan Kobie Benson Jack Forsten
Head Coach Letter
# 60 64 65 67 72 74 77 88
Player name Max Able Lim Dixon Patrick Schroeder Jared Helton Cole Salton Viano Apena Joey Quitto Kolton Green
COACHES
To the Jr. Knights 2014 7th Grade Family: Team, I write this with two games left in the season. Winning these last two games will give us a spot in the playoffs. I love the fact that you guys have dug in your heels and refused to quit. Vince Lombardi once said; “The greatest accomplishments is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall”.
Kiley GreenHead Coach
Clee Atkinson Thaba Russell
We have had the toughest, first half of the season, schedule out of any other team. Through this we have battled and lost games and players due to injuries. Most importantly we have learned a lot about ourselves and our team. I’m extremely proud of how we have become stronger through adversity rather than falling apart or becoming divided. I could write something special about each team player because I have seen something exciting come out of each and every one of you. I truly believe that this team will grow and become a more powerful team next year and then move on to help play high school football for the Knights. Thank you for a great season!
Norman Pringle
I would like to thank all of the Coaches, Team moms, and everyone else who played an important role in this season. We could not have pulled it all off without everyone’s help.
Renee Thibodeaux
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Amos Long Kip Mack PJ Haberstock
TEAM MOMS Karen LeMasters 2014
7th Grade Football
2014
01 Jackson Cordes
02 Marquise Wilson
03 Wiley Mack
06 Freddie Fairley
07 Khai Russell
09 Chase Lee
10 Ethan Thibodeaux
11 Amos Long Jr.
14 Parker Sperier
19 Brandon Sewell
20 Esteban Homs
21 Nicholas Pereboom
22 William Haberstock
24 Israel Swan OR IZZY
25 Kobie Benson
32 Camden Bowers
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7th Grade Football
33 Patrick Schroeder
35 Sam Kaufman
38 DJ Thompson
42 Jordan Mines
50 Kaleb Thibodeaux
55 Camden Thompson
56 Brandon McGinnis
57 Wesley Hall
60 Max Able
64 Lim Dixon
65 Jack Fortsen
67 Jared Helton
72 Cole salton
88 Kolton Green
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Richard Shaw
Viano Apena 2014
7th Grade Cheer collage
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7th Grade Cheer team & Coaches
Cheerleader Grade Logan Speckhart 7 Lydon Ross 7 Hannah Middleton 7 Elise Brinkmann 7 Makiyah Simmons 7 Madison Lambert 7 Sara McDonough 7 Gabby Buday 7 Nia Montgomery 7
Cheerleader Grade Maggie Wall 7 Ava Adams 7 Annie Sunderland 7 Anna Townsend 7 Brooke Naish 7 Payton Randle 7 Elizabeth Szymendera 7 Caitlyn FitzGibbon 7
7th Grade Coaches Caroline Brown and Jeanine Lombard. Team mom Dawn Speckhart and Susie Wall PAGE
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7th Grade Cheer
2014
Ava Adams
Elise Brinkmann
Gabby Buday
Caitlyn FitzGibbon
Madison Lambert
Sara McDonough
Hanna Middleton
Nia Montgomery
Brooke Naish
Payton Randle
Lydon Ross
Makiyah Simmons
Logan Speckhart
Ashley Sullivan
Annie Sunderland
Elizabeth Szymendera
Anna Townsend
Maggie Wall
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Competition Cheer Collage
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Competition Coach Carolyn Wright. Team mom Jen Lawson
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6th Grade Football Collage
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6th Grade Football
6TH GRADE JR KNIGHTS 2014 Jersey # First Name 2 Mason 3 Andrew 4 Kani 7 Christian 8 Julian 9 Tariq 10 Kyle 11 Logan 15 Jordan 24 Brashon 25 Drake 44 Nicholas
Last Name Morel Smith Jones Williams Nixon Bey Duncan Turner Barbas Hall Mason Jackson
Jersey # First Name 55 Peyton 56 Aman 62 Hughes 66 Cameron 68 Tyshaun 70 Anthony 73 James Lee 74 Sebastian 78 Mike 79 Evan 88 Josh
Head Coach Letter
Last Name Major Puri Adrien Smith Griffin Sylvester Clearveux Orozco Benjamin Walker Cook
COACHES
What an amazing season by the most amazing team of which I've ever being a part! Your talent, camaraderie and spirit are unmatched by any other group of boys I've coached. I hope that we will all cherish the memory of this season and remember the lessons you learned this year ... that he littlest things can make the biggest difference ... that you get out what you put in and you will perform the same way that you practice ... that it's ok to make because that's how we learn and get better. Most important, remember to always respect yourself, your parents, your teammates, the people in charge. Apply these rules to everything you do and you will almost certainly find success in life. I'll miss you guys! I hope that you'll all come back next year so that we can do it again! Love you guys Coach Ken
Ken DuncanHead Coach Mark Turner
Andre Waddell Eyi Umana Taurus Bey
TEAM MOMS Karen Kasik
Susan Major
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6th Grade Football
2 Mason Morel
3 Andrew Smith
4 Kani Jones
7 Christian Williams
8 Julian Nixon
10 Duncan Kyle
11 Logan Turner
15 Jordan Barbas
24 Brashon Hall
25 Drake Mason
44 Nicholas Jackson
55 Peyton Major
56 Aman Puri
58 James Lee Clearveaux
62 Adrien Hughes
66 CJ Smith
68 Tyshaun Griffin
70 Anthony Sylvester
75 Sebastian Orozco
79 Evan Walker
78 Mike Benjamin
80 Joshua Cook
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THE Three AMIGOS FRIEND FOREVER
Keep making us proud in the classroom and on the field! LOGAN #11 Congratulations on an amazing season! Your hard work and passion for the game make us very proud! Love, Mom, Dad, John and Ben
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6th Grade Cheer Collage
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6th Grade Cheer
Cheerleader Grade Sasha Kappel 6 Peyton Ripley 6 Sydney Moretz 6 Elizabeth Townsend 6 Ellery Simon 6 Emily Lawson 6 Emma Lyons 6 Reilly Coleman 6 Not pictured Kenley Alexander 6 Mia Augusta 6 6th Grade Coaches Allison Haynie, Jessica Tallman. Team mom Kathleen Simon PAGE
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6th Grade Cheer
2014
Kenlyey Alexander
Mia Augusta
Sasha Kappel
Emily Lawson
Emma Lyons
Sydney Moretz
Peyton Ripley
Ellery Simon
Elizabeth Townsend
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"Sportography wishes you a wonderful season for now and the future. "
Gunnar Carlberg Major, We are proud of you. Love, Dad, Mom &Â Major
Connor, Hard work and determination will take you far! We are so proud of you. Love, Mom, Dad and Ryan PAGE
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5th Grade Football Collage
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5th Grade Football
Jersey # 3 5 6 7 9 10 11
2014 CENTENNIAL JR. KNIGHTS FOOTBALL 5TH GRADE TEAM
Name Ryan Saturday Andrey Clerveaux Nick Giles Rowan Holcombe Tariq Bey Gunnar Carlberg Victor Hernandez
Jersey # 20 23 24 28 33 50 55
Name Clayton Forsten John Stone Daniel Calhoun Jackson Evenson Douglas Tooley Parker Saturday Reed Sweigert
Jersey # 70 71 72 74 75 77 79
Head Coach Letter
Name Anthony Thompson Josh Woolfolk Tommy Montgomery Kobe Labat Connor Leach Jarren Holmes Abdoulaye Diallo
COACHES
I am a Knight’s Football Fan… I love everything about it. I could go on for a while with examples of why but, I want to make sure I cover thee important reasons. Passion, I am very passionate about football and teaching the game to young men. I find that we are often dispassionate these days… to absorbed in the details of day to day life. I hope that the coaches and I have infected you with a passion for football. Honor, it’s important that you hold this game and more importantly yourself in high regard. Never let a score or defeat come between you and the feeling of pride you feel in doing your part for your team and yourself. And lastly, Commitment… very hard to define at times and even harder to achieve in the face of adversity. But to do what’s right and to do it to your best ability is my definition. I am proud of each of you for often displaying a Passion for this game, honoring your parents/coaches/ and yourselves, and for stay true in your commitment to be the best you could be. The coaches and I want to thank each family represented on this team for allowing us the privilege of spending some quality time with your young men. We wish each of you the very best both on and off the football field. And never forget that when things are tough you have a team to lean in too!
Mike Rabern Head Coach
Joe Macharella Tank Newton Vincent Calhoun Erik Leach Taurus Bey
TEAM MOM Chris Leach
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5th Grade Football
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03 Ryan Saturday
06 Nicholas Giles
07 Rowan Holcombe
09 Tariq Bey
10 Gunnar Carlberg
11 Victor Hernandez
20 Clayton Forsten
23 John Stone
24 Daniel Calhoun
28 Jackson Evenson
50 Parker Saturday
Reed Sweigert
70 Anthony Thoompson
71 Joshua Woolfolk
74 Kobe Labat
75 Connor Leach
77 Jarren Holmes
79 Abdoulaye Diallo
Andrey Clerveaux
Douglas Tooley
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3rd/4th Grade Football collage
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3rd/4th Grade Football
3RD/4TH GRADE JR KNIGHTS FOOTBALL 2014 1 Justin 2 Elijah 4 Sean 5 Brayden 7 Ian
Mitchell Wheeler Siracusa Cifreo Drudge
11 Eyasu 12 James 14 Carson 15 Owen 19 Sawyer
Smieja Laskaris Aznabay Morel Williams
20 Ilan Cheskes 22 Christopher Robinson 25 Alexander Winokur 27 Facundo Poblete 32 Konye Caines
Head Coach Letter
COACHES
It has been an honor to coach this great group of boys. I have enjoyed teaching the boys the game of football along with the importance of discipline, teamwork, hard work, character and focus. Watching everyone grow from the time we began the season is something you should be very proud of. Thank you for all the hard work this team has put into this season. Remember to never quit. Always give 100% on everything you do in life and you will succeed. Thank you to all the coaches for all their hard work. Thank you coach Howard, Coach Rob, Coach Frank, and coach Jason. Together we did a great job and I thank you. Thank you very much to all the hard work from our team mom Stephanie Smieja. You did such an awesome job!! Thank you to all the parents for being committed and for always helping with everything. I hope to see everyone continue playing this great game and I hope to coach you again next year. Thank You,
James Laskaris Head Coach Howard Daniel Coach Rob Coach Frank Coach Jason
TEAM MOM
Stephanie Smieja
Coach Laskaris
2014
50 Maxwell Evenson 55 Lorenzo Weaver
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3rd/4th Grade Football
Mitchell Justin
Wheeler Elijah
Sean Siracusa
Brayden Cifreo
Ian Drudge
Eyasu Smieja
Tyler Laskaris
Carson Aznabay
Ilan Cheskes
Sawyer Williams
Alexander Winokur
Christopher Robinson
Facundo Poblete
Konye Caines
Lorenzo Weaver
Owen Morel
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Maxwell Evenson
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