Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Another Successful Holiday Kicking Camp

Coach Nick Fleming with All American Kicking's College Guys during the holiday kicking camp.

Thanks to everyone who attended our Annual Holiday Kicking Camp with our College Guys! We had a great turnout with lots of students in attendance to learn from All American Kicking's college punters, kickers and snappers who helped instruct on Saturday.

Our college guys early on Saturday morning getting ready to teach!

Coach Nick Fleming taking students through some warm up's before kicking.

University of Florida's Johnny Townsend showing the students how it's done.

University of South Alabama's Aleem Sunanon working with younger students.

Temple's Austin Jones sharing some insights from his successful season.

Lenoir Rhyne's Hunter Haire getting one of our students lined up just right.

Tusculum's Ian O'Grady working with a fellow snapper.

Colorado State's Ricky Buckner sharing a few tips during the kicking camp. 
Coach Nick Fleming showing the college guys he's still got it!

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Florida High School State Championship Results and Upcoming Bowl Game Schedule!



December 13:

Class 8A State Championship

Apopka 30, Miami Christopher Columbus 23

  • Congratulations to Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux on the team's second state title in three years! Tyler added two extra points for the team in Saturday's victory.

Class 6A State Championship

Armwood 10, 24 Miami Central

  • Sterling Hofrichter of Armwood with a 40 yard field goal and extra point in his last high school game. Sterling has committed to Syracuse University for next year.


Watch Boone's Tommy Townsend compete in this year's Army All American Bowl
January 3, 2015 at 1p.m. on NBC.



December 20:

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl

Colorado State's Ricky Buckner vs. Utah
3:30pm on ABC

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl

South Alabama's Aleem Sunanon vs. Bowling Green
9:15pm on ESPN

December 26:

Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl


UCF's Shawn Moffitt vs. NC State
8:00pm on ESPN

December 27:

Hyundai Sun Bowl

Duke's Danny Stirt vs. Arizona State
2:00pm on CBS

January 3:

Birmingham Bowl

Florida's Frankie Velez and Johnny Townsend vs. East Carolina
12:00pm on ESPN







Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Five Questions with Olympic Gold Medalist and AAK Strength Coach Dwight Thomas

Strength Coach Dwight Thomas working with students at All American Kicking Session.
Photo Courtesy: Dwight Thomas

Dwight Thomas is an Olymic gold medalist in track and is now All American Kicking's strength coach. A natural born athlete and instructor, Dwight shares not only how he found his way into teaching students but also what he considers the most important advice he shares with athletes.


How did you get into track and what do you enjoy most about it?

I got into athletics at an early age. I started organized sports at age 8 when I was in the third grade. I remember my first competition against a really good friend of mine. We were teammates and he won the race we were both in. I could tell how happy he was and the joy that was on his face. That day motivated me to practice harder and continue my pursue to become the best. Over the next few years I was the fastest student in my middle school and high school. What I love most about track is the adrenaline and the rush from competing knowing its an individual sport and you have only yourself to depend on.
Coach Dwight Thomas instructing students. Photo Courtesy: Dwight Thomas

Why did you want to start coaching and working with students on strength training?

After being a professional athlete for 10 years I started assisting and coaching my high school track team in Burtonsville, Maryland and discovered, hey this coaching thing is fun after all. I could talk all day about the joy of coaching youth sports and working with kids. The most important element is teaching and imparting athletic wisdom upon the next generation of college athletes and professional athletes. With my experience with strength training over the pass years competing in Olympic sport, I know how hard and how important it is to become faster and stronger, not only by talent but with wisdom and work ethic. I have been coaching about two and a half year at this point. I first started with my high school then my personal coach told me to pursue it further. He knew I had the personality and the patience that a lot of individuals lack at coaching kids.

What do you enjoy about working with the students?

Being an Olympic athlete I enjoy teaching and sharing my knowledge that will stick with these kids and help them with the pursuit of their goals. Coaches like myself enjoy seeing the end results of the hard work they have put into every session and finally the results show.

What are your key areas of advice or tips that you give to students?

This might sound so cliche, but I always emphasize how important school is and the correlation it has with sports. Without the grades, you won't get into college and you won’t be eligible to participate in college sports. Therefore, at some point, each athlete will figure out that sports and education are best friends.

How did you get involved with All American Kicking?

I got introduced to Nick through a mutual friend of mine that went to University of Florida that ran track. Nick and I went to Florida around the same time but we never met. But it is a blessing working together today. I have learned so much from Nick, seeing how he interacts with his students and how well he teaches them. I'm very happy to be working with All American Kicking.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

AAK High School State Finals and College Bowl Game Schedules



December 5:


Bishop Moore 17, Plantation American Heritage 20
  • Jake McIntyre of Bishop Moore with 2 extra points and a 39 yard field goal in Friday's game.
Apopka 45, Manatee 14
  • Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux with 6 extra points and 21 yard field goal in Friday's victory.
Armwood 19, Choctawhatchee 15
  • Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter with 2 extra points and a 45 yard field goal.

High School State Finals - December 18, 2014

Good luck to Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux headed to the 8A State Final at the Orlando Citrus Bowl! Apopka will face Miami Christopher Columbus at 7:07pm Saturday Evening.

Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter will face Miami Central at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in the 6A Final. The two will square off at 1pm.




December 4:

UCF 32, East Carolina 30

  • Shawn Moffitt of UCF with four field goals for 42, 38, 30, and 31 as well as 2 extra points in Thursday's win.
December 6:

Temple 10, Tulane 3
  • Temple's Austin Jones with a 37 yard field goal.

All American Kicking Bowl Bound:

December 20:

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl


Colorado State's Ricky Buckner vs. Utah
3:30pm on ABC

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl


South Alabama's Aleem Sunanon vs. Bowling Green
9:15pm on ESPN

December 26:

Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl


UCF's Shawn Moffitt vs. NC State
8:00pm on ESPN

December 27:

Hyundai Sun Bowl


Duke's Danny Stirt vs. Arizona State
2:00pm on CBS

January 3:

Birmingham Bowl


Florida's Frankie Velez and Johnny Townsend vs. East Carolina
12:00pm on ESPN

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Register Now for All American Kicking's Holiday Camp!



The holidays are about spending time with family and friends and appreciating what we have...and we want to make sure the AAK family gets together this holiday season as well. Join us for a clinic with your AAK family. A good portion of the AAK college guys will be back to instruct and sip eggnog, as they tell stories of lessons learned about kicking, recruiting, and just being a college athlete. (Hopefully, there will be no eggnog...nor Christmas sweaters).  
Half the day will be kicking instruction from some of the most respected kicking coaches in the country and some of the most recognizable current specialist in the game.
So, whether you're a part of the family, want to see what our family is all about, or just want some free instruction...come on out!
Schedule:
December 27, 2014 - 8:00am-11:30am - Kicking/Punting/Snapping Instruction
Additional Info:
- On field film review when needed
- Please bring (2) footballs, tees and holders that you plan to use
**Due to NCAA regulations, names of college players attending can not be promoted, so you will just have to show up to see who will be there...If you've been around our system for a while, you can probably figure it out!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

AAK's Tommy Townsend Named Defensive Player of the Week

Photo Courtesy: Boone Athletics
Congratulations to All American Kicking punter Tommy Townsend for being named Defensive Player of the Week by the Orlando Touchdown Club. For more information on his award, click here.

AAK's Shawn Moffitt Becomes All Time Leading Scorer at UCF

Friday, November 28, 2014

AAK High School and College Schedule - November 28 - 29, 2014


Third Round of Playoffs
November 28:

Dr. Phillips vs. Bradenton Manatee
Bishop Moore vs. Tampa Jesuit
Apopka vs. Jacksonville First Coast
Armwood vs. Gainesville


November 28: 

UCF vs. South Florida
South Alabama vs. Navy
Colorado State vs. Air Force

November 29:

Duke vs. Wake Forest
Florida vs. Florida State
FAU vs. Old Dominion
Temple vs. Cincinnati

AAK Scores, Stats and Social Media - November 21 - 22, 2014



Second Round of Playoffs 
Class 8A, Region 1
Lake Mary 36, Jacksonville First Coast 56
Apopka 42, West Orange 0
  • Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux with 5 extra points in Friday's shutout victory.
Class 8A, Region 2
Tampa Plant 10,  Dr. Phillips 24
  • Dr. Phillips' Ethan Shafer with 3 extra points and a 32 yard field goal in Friday's win.
Class 5A, Region 3
Bishop Moore 10, Merritt Island 0
  • Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre with an extra point and 22 yard field goal in Friday's victory.
Class 6A, Region 2

Armwood 42, Venice 14
  • Sterling Hofrichter with six extra points for Armwood.


November 20: 

Duke 20, North Carolina 45

November 22:

Colgate 21, Bucknell 6
Wagner 23, Bryant 20
FAU 34, Middle Tennesee 35
Florida 52, Eastern Kentucky 3
  • Frankie Velez with 2 extra points for the Gators in Saturday's win.
Colorado State 58, New Mexico 20
UCF 53, SMU 7
  • Shawn Moffitt with 3 field goals for UCF of 34, 38 and 20 yards.
E. Illinois 16, UT Martin 37
University of South Alabama 12, South Carolina 37
  • South Alabama's Aleem Sunanon had four field goals of 20, 29, 20 and 31 yards.
Brown 41,Columbia 7
  • Grant Senne with 5 extra points and field goals of 35 and 29 yards for Brown.





Friday, November 21, 2014

AAK High School Playoff and College Schedule - Week of November 20 - 22, 2014


Second Round of Playoffs

Class 8A, Region 1

Lake Mary (11-0) at Jacksonville First Coast (11-0)

Apopka (7-4) at West Orange (11-0) 

Class 8A, Region 2

Tampa Plant (10-1) at Dr. Phillips (11-0)

Class 5A, Region 3

Bishop Moore (11-0) at at Merritt Island (9-2)

Class 6A, Region 2

Armwood vs. Venice



November 20: 
Duke vs. North Carolina

November 22:
Colgate vs. Bucknell
Wagner vs. Bryant
FAU vs. Middle Tennesee
Florida vs. Eastern Kentucky
Colorado State vs. New Mexico
UCF vs. SMU
E. Illinois vs. UT Martin
University of South Alabama vs. South Carolina
Brown vs. Columbia

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

AAK Scores, Stats and Social Media - November 14 - 15, 2014


First Round of Playoffs 

Class 8A, Region 1

Flagler Palm Coast 30, Lake Mary 43

Apopka 41,Oviedo 34

  • Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux with five extra points in Friday's win.
  • Oviedo's Connor O'Toole adds four extra points for his team.
Timber Creek 21, West Orange 42
  • Timber Creek's Christian Morris with three extra points in Friday's game.
Class 8A, Region 2

Valrico Bloomingdale 21, Dr. Phillips 24

  • Ethan Shafer of Dr. Phillips adds three extra points and a 28 yard field goal in Friday's win.
Boone 7, Tampa Plant 29

Class 7A Region 1

Wekiva 14, Orange Park Oakleaf 17

Class 5A, Region 3

Titusville 7, Bishop Moore 24

  • Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre with 3 extra points and a 25 yard field goal in Friday's victory.
Class 6A, Region 2

Armwood 38, Largo 0

  • Sterling Hofrichter of Armwood with 5 extra points and a 28 yard field goal in Friday's shutout.
Class 5A

Mosley 30, Godby 35

  • Ben Raybon was 3 for 3 on extra points and completed a 23 yard field goal in Friday's game.


November 14:

UCF 31, Tulsa 7

November 15:

Augustana 47, Southwest Minnesota State 3
  • Augustana's Lucas Wainman added 5 extra points in Saturday's victory.
St. Francis 14, Taylor University 20
  • Ryan Giachetti of St. Francis was 2 for 2 on extra points, had 4 punts for an average of 36.3 yards and 3 kickoffs.
N.C. Wesleyan 20, Huntingdon College 37
  • Codan Breckenridge with 2 extra points for N.C. Wesleyan.
Colgate 27, Lehigh 30
Wagner 23, Duquesne 13


Duke 16, Virginia Tech 17
Florida 20, South Carolina 23
  • Florida's Frankie Velez with 2 extra pointsand a field goal for 34 yards.
Temple 13, Penn State 30
  • Temple's Austin Jones adds field goals of 25 and 31 yards and an extra point in Saturday's  game.
Geneva 3, Westminster 38
Tusculum 38, Mars Hill 35
E. Illinois 20,  Jacksonville State 27
Benedictine 29, Culver-Stockton Coll. 19
Lenoir Rhyne 27, Catawba 21
  • Hunter Haire with 6 kickoffs for Lenoir Rhyne at an average of 51.3 yards.
Greensboro 36, Averett 28
University of South Alabama 24, Texas State 20
  • Aleem Sunanon with 3 extra points and a 46 yard field goal for South Alabama in Saturday's win.
Brown 21, Dartmouth 44
  • Brown's Grant Senne had 3 extra points as well as 5 punts for an average of 33.8 yards.





Thursday, November 13, 2014

AAK High School Playoffs and College Football Schedule - November 14-16, 2014


Class 8A, Region 1
Flagler Palm Coast (8-2) at Lake Mary (10-0)
Apopka (6-4) at Oviedo (7-3)
Timber Creek (7-3) at West Orange (10-0)

Class 8A, Region 2
Valrico Bloomingdale (9-1) at Dr. Phillips (10-0)
Boone (6-4) at Tampa Plant (9-1)

Class 7A Region 1
Wekiva (8-2) at Orange Park Oakleaf (10-0)

Class 5A, Region 3
Titusville (6-3) at Bishop Moore (10-0)

Class 5A
Mosley (8-2) vs. Godby (8-2)

Class 6A, Region 2
Armwood (10-0) vs. Largo




November 14:
UCF vs. Tulsa

November 15:
Augustana vs. Southwest
Minnesota State
St. Francis vs. Taylor University
N.C. Wesleyan vs. Huntingdon College
Colgate vs. Lehigh
Wagner vs. Duquesne
College of DuPage vs. Atlanta
Sports Academy
Duke vs. Virginia Tech
Florida vs. South Carolina
Temple vs. Penn State
Geneva vs. Westminster
Tusculum vs. Mars Hill
E. Illinois vs. Jacksonville State
Benedictine vs. Culver-Stockton Coll.
Lenoir Rhyne vs. Catawba
Greensboro vs. Averett
University of South Alabama vs. Texas State
Brown vs. Dartmouth

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Week 13: AAK Student Scores, Stats and Social Media, November 6 - 8, 2014



November 7:
Colonial 26, Bishop Moore 55

  • Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre with 5 extra points to help his team remain undfeated on the season!
Orangewood Christian 16, Deltona Trinity Christian 6
Oviedo 20, Lake Mary 30

  • Congratulations to Lake Mary snapper Jacob Rubenstein on an undefeated season!
  • Oviedo's Connor O'Toole with 2 extra points in Friday's game.
Jones 51, Olympia 7
  • Olympia's Phillip Shure with the extra point.
Freedom 13, Timber Creek 42
  • Christian Morris of Timber Creek with 6 extra points.
Boone 24, Edgewater 14
  • Boone's Tommy Townsend wih 2 picks and 2 punts of 48 and 46 yards.
West Orange 50, Ocoee 18
  • Congratulations to West Orange's Andrew Brickweg on an undefeated regular season!
Wekiva 38, University 20
  • Congratulations to Wekiva snapper Brandon Fields on Friday's win!
Dr. Phillips 37, Winter Park 24
  • Ethan Shafer of Dr. Phillips with 4 extra points and a field goal for 24 yards in Friday's win.
  • Dr. Phillips goes undefeated in the regular season for the third straight year.
Armwood 42, Strawberry Crest 0 (Tampa)
  • Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter with 5 extra points and a 30 yard field goal to help his team go unbeaten in the regular season.
A. Crawford Mosley 26, Walton 13 (Panhandle)
  • Mosley's Ben Raybon was 3 for 3 on extra points and had 38 yard field goal to help his team to victory Friday.
Terre Haute North 24, TBD - Sectional Playoffs 34 (Indiana)
  • Zach Potter of THN with 3 extra points and a field goal for 29 yards in Friday's game


November 6:

Tusculum 49, Brevard 10

November 7: 

Temple 13, Memphis 16
  • Austin Jones of Temple with one extra point and two field goals for 43 and 46 yards.
November 8:

Geneva 34, St. Vincent 30
Colgate 16, Lafayette 19
Wagner 20, Robert Morris 0
FAU 10, North Texas 31
Duke 27, Syracuse 10

Florida 34, Vanderbilt 10
  • Florida's Frankie Velez with 4 extra points and field goals for 25 and 40 yards.
Colorado State 49, Hawaii 22
E. Illinois 48, Murray State 26

Benedictine 17,MidAmerica Nazarene University 23
Lenoir Rhyne 42, Alderson Broaddus 7
  • Hunter Haire with 7 kickoffs for Lenoir Rhyne on Saturday.
Greensboro 6, N.C. Wesleyan 31
  • N.C. Wesleyan's Codan Breckenridge adds 4 extra points and a 21 yard field goal in Saturday's win.
University of South Alabama 10, Arkansas State 45
  • Aleem Sunanon of South Alabama with one extra point and a field goal for 41 yards.
Brown 42, Yale 45
  • Brown's Grant Senne with 3 extra points and 3 field goals for 33 and 38 yards.
Augustana 7, Concordia St. Paul 17
  • Augustana's Lucas Wainman with the extra point.
St. Francis 7, St. Ambrose 10
  • Ryan Giachetti of St. Francis with 9 punts for an average of 34.3 yards.







Thursday, November 6, 2014

AAK High School and College Schedule Week 12: November 6 - 9, 2014


November 7:
Lake Highland vs. Melbourne Central Catholic
Colonial vs. Bishop Moore
Orangewood Christian vs. Deltona Trinity Christian
Oviedo vs. Lake Mary
Jones vs. Olympia
Freedom vs. Timber Creek
Boone vs. Edgewater
West Orange vs. Ocoee
Wekiva vs. University
Dr. Phillips vs. Winter Park
Armwood vs. Strawberry Crest (Tampa)
A. Crawford Mosley vs. Walton (Panhandle)
Terre Haute North vs. Terre Haute South - Sectional Playoffs (Indiana)


November 6:
Tusculum vs. Brevard

November 7: 
Temple vs. Memphis

November 8:
Geneva vs. St. Vincent
Colgate vs. Lafayette
Wagner vs. Robert Morris
FAU vs. North Texas
Duke vs. Syracuse
Florida vs. Vanderbilt
Colorado State vs. Hawaii
E. Illinois vs. Murray State
Benedictine vs. MidAmerica Nazarene University
Lenoir Rhyne vs. Alderson Broaddus
Greensboro vs. N.C. Wesleyan
University of South Alabama vs. Arkansas State
Brown vs. Yale
Augustana vs. Concordia St. Paul
St. Francis vs. St. Ambrose

November 9:
College of DuPage vs. Lindenwood Belleville