WELCOME TO HICKORY CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS FOOTBALL CLUB

IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND ENTHUSIASM THAT I WELCOME YOU TO THE SECOND SEASON OF THE HICKORY CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS FOOTBALL CLUB. IT IS OUR GOAL TO BE IMPRESSIVE ON THE FIELD AND EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE OFF THE FIELD. WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT FOOTBALL TEAM THAT HAS PARTNERED WITH THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES IN HICKORY IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE AN UNAPOLOGETICALLY CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION. THE GOAL FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO CREATE A CHRISTIAN ATMOSPHERE THAT HELPS YOUNG MEN GROW FROM BOYHOOD TO BIBLICAL MANHOOD. WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM TO THE UNIFOUR AREA.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK THE FCA FOR PARTNERING WITH US. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE PLAYERS, PARENTS, AND BOARD AND THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PRODUCING A TOP-NOTCH FOOTBALL PROGRAM. THIS COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED A CONCEPT OF TRADITION AND DESTINY THAT FUELS A FOOTBALL TEAM BASED ON CHRISTIAN VALUES, CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, AND HARD WORK. THE PLAYERS HAVE ALREADY MADE GREAT STRIDES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER. THESE EFFORTS HAVE CULMINATED INTO GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR SECOND SEASON. OF COURSE, ALONG WITH EXPECTATIONS COMES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMITMENT.

COMMITMENT HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR OFF-SEASON WORK. THE PLAYERS, COACHES, AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM HAVE A RENEWED ENERGY THAT COMES FROM THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK THAT MAKES THIS TEAM SPECIAL. AS YOU WATCH THE GAME TODAY, PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THE PLAYERS, COACHES, AND BOARD WORK DAILY TO MAKE THIS TEAM THE BEST IT CAN BE. OUT OF THIS COMES THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TEAM.

“EVERY DAY, EVERY PLAY, WHISTLE TO WHISTLE”

HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT ARE THE CHARACTER TRAITS WE TRY TO INSTILL IN OUR PLAYERS. IN THIS, WE FIND THE ESSENCE OF EXPECTATION FOR THIS FOOTBALL PROGRAM. WE ARE CHARGED WITH DEVELOPING BIBLICAL MEN OF CHARACTER WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SURROUNDING AREA FOR YEARS TO COME. INVESTMENT IN THESE YOUNG MEN IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

SINCERELY,

COACH RU