AAK Student Stats, Scores and Social Media - Week of October 8 - 11, 2014

October 8:
Lake Mary Freshman 21, Hagerty 14

• Congrats to Lake Mary's Dalton DeChristopher on the win over Hagerty!

October 9: 
Oviedo 7, Mainland 41

• Oviedo's Connor O'Toole with the extra point for his team.

Olympia 33, Lake Mary 55

• Congratulations to Lake Mary snapper Jacob Rubenstein on the big win!
• Olympia's Phillip Shure added three extra points in Thursday's game

October 10:
Orangewood Christian 6, Melbourne Holy Trinity 47
South Lake 56, St. Cloud 24

• St. Cloud's Andrew Bogaenko with a 27 yard field goal and an extra point Friday.

Jones 26, Freedom 40
Bishop Moore 23, Hagerty 20

• Jake McIntyre of Bishop Moore with 42 and 31 yard field goals in the second half before making the game winning 31 yard field goal at the end of the fourth to clinch the win Friday! McIntyre also had two extra points.

Cypress Creek 63, West Orange 6
Oak Ridge 22, Ocoee 10
Edgewater 21, Timber Creek 17

• Christian Morris of Timber Creek added an extra point in the third quarter.

Apopka 43, Evans 0

• Tyler L'Heureux of Apopka with three extra points in Friday's huge win over Evans.

East River 19, Wekiva 20

• Congrats to Wekiva snapper Brandon Fields on the win over East River!

Armwood 62, Leto 3 (Tampa)

• Sterling Hofrichter of Armwood was 8 for 9 in extra points in Friday's huge win over Leto.

A. Crawford Mosley 35, Gulf Breeze 28 (Pensacola)

• Mosley's Ben Raybon was 5 for 5 on extra points in this huge comeback win over Gulf Breeze. Here's a look at the crazy last 30 seconds of the game where Mosley scored 2 touchdows in 12.5 seconds!

Terre Haute North 47, Perry Meridian 26 (Indiana)

• THN's Zach Potter with four extra points in Friday's win

October 9:
UCF 31, BYU 24 OT

• UCF's Shawn Moffitt with a 42 yard field goal and four extra points in the Knight's overtime win

October 11:
Duke 31, Georgia Tech 25
Florida 27, LSU 30

• Florida's Frankie Velez with34 and 18 yard field goals as well as 3 extra points for the Gators.

Temple 35, Tulsa 24

• Temple's Austin Jones with 5 extra points in Saturday's win.

Colorado State 31, Nevada 24
Geneva 3, Thomas More 42
N.C. Wesleyan 48, LaGrange College 21

• N.C. Wesleyan's Codan Breckenridge with six extra points in Saturday's win.

Tusculum 16, Newberry 14
Eastern Illinois 33, Eastern Kentucky 36

• Cody Edwards of Eastern Illinois with 2 punts averaging 32 1/2 yards.

Benedictine 21, Baker University 27
Wagner 46, St. Francis University 39
Lenoir Rhyne 32, North Greenville 21
Greensboro 35, Methodist 63
Brown 27, Holy Cross 24

• Brown's Grant Senne makes the game winning field goal from 23 yards for the win in double overtime! Senne also had a 40 yard field goal in the fourth, as well as 3 extra points.

Colgate 31, Princeton 30
Augustana 12, University of Sioux Falls 23

• Lucas Wainman of Augustana with a 36 yard field goal and an extra point during the third quarter Saturday.

St. Francis 7,  Robert Morris University 12

All American Kicking's Jake McIntyre Named Athlete of the Week

AAK Week 7 High School and College Schedule - October 8 - 11, 2014

October 8:

Lake Mary Freshman vs. Hagerty

October 9: 

Oviedo at Mainland

Olympia at Lake Mary

October 10:

Orangewood Christian at Melbourne Holy Trinity

South Lake at St. Cloud

Jones at Freedom

Bishop Moore at Hagerty

Cypress Creek at West Orange

Oak Ridge at Ocoee

Edgewater at Timber Creek

Apopka at Evans

East River at Wekiva

Armwood vs. Leto (Tampa)

A. Crawford Mosley vs. Gulf Breeze (Pensacola)

Terre Haute North vs. Perry Meridian (Indiana)

October 9 on ESPN

UCF vs. BYU

October 11

Duke vs. Georgia Tech

Florida vs. LSU

Temple vs. Tulsa

Colorado State vs. Nevada

Geneva vs. Thomas More

Atlanta Sports Academy vs. Gattaca JC

Webber vs. Edward Waters

Tusculum vs. Newberry

Eastern Illinois vs. Eastern Kentucky

Benedictine vs. Baker University

Wagner vs. St. Francis University

Lenoir Rhyne vs. North Greenville

Greensboro vs. Methodist

Brown vs. Holy Cross

Colgate vs. Princeton

Augustana vs. University of Sioux Falls

St. Francis vs. Robert Morris University

AAK Student Scores, Stats and Social Media - Week of October 1-4, 2014

Lake Mary Freshman 31, Oviedo 6

Lake Mary 45,  Lake Brantley 41

• Congrats to Lake Mary's Jacob Rubenstein on the comeback win over Lake Brantley!

Mt. Dora 41, Lake Highland 0

St. Cloud 2, Harmony 14

Tavares 6, Bishop Moore 40

• Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre with one punt for 48 yards, 3 touchbacks and 4/4 PAT in Friday's win over Tavares

Oviedo 42, University 49

• Oviedo's Zac Bastien turned 5 of 7 kickoffs into touchbacks, with one going through the uprights in Friday's game.

• Oviedo's Connor O'Toole with 6 extra points for Oviedo

Evans 14, Olympia 27

• Olympia's Phillip Shure with three extra points and a field goal in Friday's win over Evans

Apopka 31, West Orange 45

• West Orange's Andrew Brickweg with a touchback for West Orange.Watch here!

• Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux added an extra point for his team Friday

Boone 21, Dr. Phillips 34

• Ethan Schafer of Dr. Phillips adds four extra points in Friday's win

Timber Creek 28, Winter Park 21

• Timber Creek's Christian Morris added four extra points in his team's win over Winter Park

Terre Haute North 15, Bloomington South 35  (Indiana)

• Zach Potter of THN had four kickoffs, four punts and a 22 yard field goal on Friday

A. Crawford Mosley 44, Pensacola Catholic 33 (Panhandle)

• Congratulations to Ben Raybon in making his first Varsity start this week. Ben was 5 for 5 on extra points and had a 39 yard field goal in Friday's win.

FAU 10, FIU 38
UCF 17, Houston 12

• UCF's Shawn Moffitt with two extra points and a 42 yard field goal in UCF's win over Houston

St. Francis 34, Concordia 14

• University of St. Francis' Ryan Giachetti with 8 punts averaging 39 yards; 5 inside and 6 fair catch

Augustana 25, Upper Iowa 31

• Augustana's Lucas Wainman with a 32 yard field goal and two extra points Saturday

Florida 10, Tennessee 9

• Florida's Frankie Velez adds an extra point in Florida's win

Colorado St. 42, Tulsa 17
North Carolina Wesleyan 34, Averett University 30

• N.C. Wesleyan's Codan Breckenridge with six kickoffs and four extra points in Saturday's victory

Tusculum 21, Catawba 51
Benedictine 16, Evangel University 6
Warner 26, Alderson Broaddus 0
College of DuPage 14, Trinity Valley 73
Lenoir Rhyne 48, Brevard 17

• Hunter Haire of Lenoir Rhyne with two kickoffs in Saturday's win over Brevard

Greensboro 14, Huntingdon 51
University of South Alabama 47, Appalachia State 21

• University of South Alabama's Aleem Sunanon with three extra points in Saturday's win

Brown 20, Rhode Island 13

• Brown's Grant Senne with 32 and 26 yard field goals and two extra points in Brown's victory

Colgate 20, Holy Cross 17

• Colgate's Duncan Brennan had one kick off in Saturday's win over Holy Cross

AAK's Zach Potter Breaks New York Giant's Record

Terre Haute North kicker Zach Potter broke New York Giants punter Steve Weatherford's record this past week. Potter made his 19th career field goal to break the school's former record held by Weatherford. Watch the Giant congratulate Potter on his accomplishment. Way to go Zach!

The Basics: Steps Back

              

By Coach Nick Fleming

Kicking is all about inches and angles.  As a beginning kicker, understanding the importance of proper steps can be difficult because the kicker’s mechanics are not developed enough to be able to figure out what caused the bad kick.  Being off by a few inches or a couple degrees can make a huge impact on how you contact the ball, the trajectory of the kick, or the power of the swing.  Here are seven tips to remember to maintain the consistency of the steps and create the best contact.

1. Starting Point

·         The starting point for our steps will be our plant spot, with your left foot on the plant spot and your right foot next to it heels together.

2. Find your Target

·         Pick out a target beyond the uprights to aim for.  I use the expression “aim small, miss small.” If you aim for the wide uprights, you can miss the wide uprights.  If you aim for the top of the light pole behind the uprights and miss the top of the light pole, you still have a chance to make it through the uprights.

3. Take Your Steps Back

·         While keeping your eyes on your spot behind the uprights, take 3 easy steps back.  Keeping your eyes on your target will help you stay straight as you walk.  When taking your steps, think about your spacing.  You want your spacing to be as natural as possible.  I like to think “how would I walk 100 yards backwards?” and try to replicate that form while I take my three steps back.  Don't over stride, don't start and stop 3 times, just take easy and consistent steps.

4. Stop and Regroup

·         Make sure what you have done so far is exactly what your want.  Try to draw an imaginary straight line from your left toe, through your plant spot, ending at your target behind the uprights.  If you can draw a perfectly straight line, you know you walked straight back.  If you cannot, start the process over.

5. Get Into Focus Mode

·         Now it’s time to turn into a robot.  It’s time to forget about what the kick means in the game, what the other team may be doing, or what the fans are screaming from the seats.  You only have a handful of opportunities during a game to do your job well, so you do not want lack of focus to be a reason for a missed kick. 

·         After I have regrouped and am comfortable with my steps back, I focus on the block or spot if off the ground, and my eyes won’t leave that spot until after the kick.  This helps block out unnecessary distractions.  A lot of kickers will look up two or three more times later in the progression, but then you may see something you were not expecting to, like defensive overload, player substitution, insufficient gap coverage on the line, and you could lose focus.  You know where you are trying to kick it, so you don't need to pick you head up again.  Focus and get ready to do your job

6. Side Steps

·         With the same mental approach as your backwards steps, take two easy side steps over, 90 degrees from your plant spot.  Again, if you had to walk 100 yards sideways, how would you walk?  If you feel your shoulder dipping to get more ground, or if your steps are drastically short of shoulder width apart, you might need to make a change.  Remember, what comes consistently is what comes naturally, and what comes naturally is what you can do without thinking about it.  Take easy, natural steps.

7. Get Ready to Attack the Football

·         When you’re getting set-up there are only a few things to keep in mind.

·         First, keep your weight on your lead foot, which hopefully is your plant foot.  This will cut down on your reaction time as you approach the ball and create better consistency in your steps. This will also prevent you from taking a third step or a “jab” which can easily get out of control.  “Jab” steps are not a bad thing, but you have to control the distance of them which can be hard to do as situations get more exciting and your blood gets pumping.

·         Secondly, make sure your hip and lead toe are pointing at the plant to keep the hips from unnecessarily rotating and remain as accurate as possible. 

·         Finally, do what comes naturally.  Think about how you would start a race on the playground when you were young as you will usually find a lot of similarities in your stance for the race and your stance for the beginning the kick.


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AAK Student Scores, Stats and Social Media - Week of September 24 - 27, 2014

Orangewood Christian 21, Foundation 20
Merritt Island 20, Oviedo 45

• Connor O'Toole with six PAT's and a 42 yard field goal in the fourth quarter for Oviedo

Lake Highland 2, Warner Christian 62
Evans 27, Davenport Ridge Comm. 36

• Evans' Alberto Escobedo adds three extra points for his team Friday

East Ridge 10, Oak Ridge 57
St. Cloud 36, Gateway 14

• Huge game for St. Cloud's Andrew Bogaenko on Friday! Bogaenko had a record breaking game with five field goals of 33, 32, 49 23 and 34 yards in rainy conditions.
• Click here for more on Bogaenko's big game!

Lake Mary 28, Seminole 21

• Snapper Jacob Rubenstein helps his team to victory Friday over Seminole.

Jones 14, West Orange 50
University 0, Dr. Phillips 49

• Ethan Schafer of Dr. Phillips was 4-6 of deep kickoff's resulting in touchbacks, 6-6 pats, one punt 38 yards 4.6 hang

Timber Creek 49, Olympia 7

• Phillip Shure adds the extra point for Olympia in the second quarter

Apopka 47,  Freedom 14

• Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux adds two extra points for his team in the first quarter

Winter Park 13, Boone 16
Wekiva 39, Lake Howell 6

• Wekiva snapper Brandon Fields helped lift his team to victory Friday

A. Crawford Mosley 13, Arnold 10 (Pensacola)

Armwood 42, Jefferson 0 (Tampa)

• Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter adds six extra points for his team's win over Jefferson

Terre Haute North 24, Columbus North 30 (Indiana)

• THN's Zach Potter makes his 19th career field goal during the fourth quarter Friday to break alum and New York Giants Punter Steve Weatherford's record. Click here to watch what the Giant had to say to Zach.

Next Week's Schedule:

Lake Mary Freshman vs. Oviedo
Lake Mary at Lake Brantley
Mt. Dora at Lake Highland
St. Cloud at Harmony
Tavares at Bishop Moore
Oviedo at University
Evans at Olympia
Apopka at West Orange
Boone at Dr. Phillips
Timber Creek at Winter Park
Terre Haute North vs. Blooming South (Indiana)
A. Crawford Mosley vs. Pensacola Catholic (Panhandle)

Augustana 52, U-Mary 0

• Huge game for Augustana's Lucas Wainman, who made a 32-yard-field goal and added 7 extra points for his team.

University of St. Francis 13, St. Xavier 28

• St. Francis's Ryan Giachetti with 5 punts in Saturday's game with an average of 33 yards

Duke 10, Miami 22
FAU 41, Texas San Antonio 37
Temple 36, UConn 10

• Congratulations to Temple's Austin Jones, the AAC Player of the Week! Jones had a big game this weekend, making 34 and 47 yard field goals as well as four extra points for his team Saturday. Jones is the second leading scorer for the team with 33 points! He has already pasted Temple in field goals for last year. He is 18 for 18 PAT and 5 for 7 in field goals.

Colorado State 24, Boston College 21
Geneva 21, Carnegie Mellon 22
Tusculum 9,  Lenoir Rhyne 47
E. Illinois 19, Ohio University 34

• Eastern Illinois' Cody Edwards with 5 punts in Saturday's game averaging 30 yards

Benedictine 22, Missouri Valley 29
Wagner 23, Lafayette 35
College of Dupage 6, Georgia Military 52
University of Southern Alabama 34, Idaho 10
Brown 14, Harvard 22
Colgate 19, Georgetown 0

• Congratulations to Colgate's Duncan Brennan with his first career kick this past weekend! Brennan took the last kickoff and made the tackle in Saturday's win over Georgetown.

Next Week's Schedule:

FAU vs. FIU
UCF vs. Houston
St. Francis vs. Concordia
Augustana vs. Upper Iowa
Florida vs. Tennessee
Colorado St. vs. Tulsa
Webber vs. Atlanta Christian
Tusculum vs. Catawba
Benedeictine vs. Emanuel University
Warner vs. Alderson Broaddus
College of DuPage vs. Trinity Valley
Lenoir Rhyne vs. Brevard
Greensboro vs. Huntington
University of South Alabama vs. Appalachia State
Brown vs. Rhode Island
Colgate vs. Holy Cross