The Grant Football Family has been so proud of our Seniors in their accomplishment of Graduating this week. They will be greatly missed and we have great hopes they will come back often to visit and volunteer!

Make sure to check out the summer opportunities at the end.

Congratulations to the following players:

Logan Going = Valedictorian.
Logan Going and Timon Davis = Oregon Football Scholars by the National Football Foundation.
Brennick Beck = Presidents and Directors Scholarship from the Oregon Coaches and Athletics Association.

Dear Players - I hope you are doing well and doing something EVERYday to get better for the upcoming season. WE made huge strides in our program during COVID because of your resilience and toughness and dedication...and leadership of the departed senior class. Now it is your turn to lead us to the next level. Being consistent in attending workouts and activities will be the key to us achieving our individual and team goals.

See below for important information:

Where to Find Football Information:
1. www.friendsofgrantfootball.com (Best up to date source!!!)
2. Grant Football on Twitter

New Coaches to our staff:
1. New Offensive Coordinator and QB Coach - David Kilpatirck-White (originally from the state of Washington high school football power - Bothel. Head coaching experience in numerous programs. Philosophy "Get the ball to the dudes in multiple and effective ways".
2. New Defensive Line Coach - Antonio Hayes. Coach Hayes is a Grant Alumni who played Defensive line at Foothills JC in California and Sacramento State University. Antonio is someone who will bring out the best in each lineman with technique and tenacity.

Coaches moving to different position groups:
1. John Taylor - Coach Taylor will move to primarily working with TE's...but, will also assist with the Defensive line.
2. Russell Millage - Coach Millage will move to Running Backs and also will be a lot more involved with game-planning - game calls.

Last Year's Seniors:
The following Seniors were chosen to play in this year's Les Schwab Bowl All-Star game on July 3rd:
1. Luke Borchardt (WR)
2. Brennick Beck (ILB)
3. Jamison Price (OLB)
4. Ajani Jones (OL)

The following Seniors are going to these colleges to continue to play football:
1. Timon Davis - University of Oregon
2. Luke Borchadt - University of Idaho
3. Brennick Beck - Western Oregon University
4. Ajani Jones - Highland Junior College (Kansas)
5. Jamison Price - Highland Junior College (Kansas)
6. Kaden Segel - Linn Benton CC (Baseball)

Summer Schedule of Activities (more will be added to the friends of grant football website):
Workouts "should" be attended!!!

Summer Workouts for all high school grade levels (meet outside by the wt. room): Mondays through Thursdays 8-10:30 a.m starting July 5th - 8th / July 12th - 15th / July 19th - 22nd / August 2nd - 5th / August 9th - 13th (wt room only).

Bonding Day Retreat (pending COVID approval)

Moratorium Week (no workouts): July 26th-30th

Grant Youth Football Camp: August 2nd - 3rd - 5th (5:15-7:00 p.m.) 2nd thru 8th grade (Cost is $35)

Grant Youth Coaches Clinic: August 6th (TBA)

High School Training Camp: August 9th - 13th (4-6:30 p.m.)

Official OSAA Season Start: August 16th - 21st (4-6:15 p.m.)

Team and Individual Pictures - Scrimmage - BBQ: August 21st (TBD)

Varsity Jamboree: August 27th (TBD)

Varsity 7v7 Summer League:

Passing League: Thursday July 8th: @ Milwaukie HS 7-7 (5:45 - 7:15)

Monday July 12th: @ Lakeridge HS 7-7 (5:45-7:15)

Wednesday July 14th: @ Grant Bowl 7-7 (5:45-7:15)

Saturday July 17th: @ Heritage HS (Wa) 7-7 All Day Tournament (8 a.m. check-in)

Tuesday July 20th: @ Southridge HS 7-7 (5:45-7:15)

More 7-7 to be scheduled!

SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY Satellite Camp @ Grant HS: Saturday July 24th (9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Cost: $50

Varsity Football Schedule:
September 3rd: @ Silverton (5A)
September 10th: @ Sheldon (6A)
September 17th: vs. McLain (PIL)
September 24th: vs. Franklin (PIL)
October 1st: @ Lincoln (PIL)
October 8th: vs Ida B. Wells (PIL)
October 15th: @ Roosevelt (PIL)
October 22nd: @ Cleveland (PIL)
October 29th: vs. Jefferson (PIL)
November 5th: 1st Round of 6A Playoffs

"ALL-IN"
Any questions - please contact me - Lets win a Title!

Youth Registration is open. Please help us spread the word by emailing this to any Friends and Family, social media, neighborhood or cluster school organizations you belong to.

https://www.grantyouthfootball.com/

We really need help staffing the Youth Program. You may have more fun than you think, coaching little kids! Or coaching adults to coach little kids, or being in charge of it all!

We need help to keep Grant Youth Football going!!
Did you play Football and always dream of coaching or running the program from up top? Well now is a great time to give back to the community and get your foot in the door to the highly successful Grant Football Program by starting with our youth. Let’s get these kids back out on the fields like they deserve after this hard year. We need help to keep Football alive in our area. It can’t happen without help! This is a PPS Job.

Grant Youth Football is looking for a President to be the face of the program, a Coach of Coaches and 5/6th grade coaching staff for this Football Season.

August 9- Nov 1st. (First Game 9/11)

Job openings

-Youth President and High School Friends of Grant Football Board member, $2000 stipend. Runs the program and is more of an administrative job, needs to have good football knowledge, but more importantly, strong people skills. The face of Youth Football for the Grant Area.

-A Coach of Coaches- $2000 stipend. Organizational job to keep coaches on top of certifications, advice on running team practices, setting up for game day and working with Parents and club President. Can be a sub for coaches during games.

5/6th grade Coaching Team.

-Head coach-$2,000 stipend
-Assistant coach-$1500 stipend
-2 Volunteer coaches-priceless!

Time requirements and qualifications would be:
-Able to pass a background check
-Have a strong knowledge of Football and like teaching it
-Like working with young athletes and can keep emotions in check.
-Coaches need to be able to run 2-3, hour and a half practices a week and attend games on Saturdays, 2-3 hours (and help set up home games on games day)
-Be able to certify in (non paid) classes, all online and easy to accomplish just time needed to comply with PPS and PIL Athletics. It’s about 12 hours worth of certification, first aid, CPR, USA Football heads up training, (National Federation of High Schools certification is not required for this year) and PIL employee paperwork. (Coach of a Coaches has a little more certifying) all certifications are same for the high school and transfer over.
-Priority will be given to Grant Alumni Athletes and Parents of Players. But also looking for community members.

https://www.grantyouthfootball.com/

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Summer showcase for players interested in college looks

https://twitter.com/THENWSHOWCASE/status/1402064595162959874/photo/1