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--Saints to Take On National Power-- SC will be taking on the Evangel Christian Eagles (Shreveport, LA) for the 2008-2009 football seasons. The games will be Week 1 of the season, with the first being played in Shreveport, and the second on Lindsey Field at Champions Stadium. A marketing group out of Dallas is expecting to get the game on national or regional television. Evangel Christian Eagles Profile: |
- Since 1993, Evangel has been to 12 out of 14 State Championship Games, and Won 11 State Championships (4 1A, 3 3A, 4 5A) - In 18 years of football, 105 Eagles have signed Division 1 football scholarships. A total of 144 players have signed college football scholarships. - 1 out of 3 Evangel football players will sign a college football scholarship - 1999 National Champions - 6 Eagles are currently playing in the NFL |
7-2-07 --Shiloh Still #1, Hootens Preseason Polls-- The Saints will open the 2007 season as Class 3A's #1 team once again. With the release of the 15th anuual Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine, came the Saints not only retaining their #1 ranking to start the '07 season, but also a big individual honor. SC linebacker/running back Jordan Moore was chosen to the Sonic Super Team in the magazine, an all-star team composed of the best 22 players in Class 3A according to the Hootens. The Saints are also picked by 1AAA coaches to finish on top of the conference again for 2007. Below is the preseason top 10, as well as the coaches picks for the 1AAA conference. For more on Hooten's Arkansas Football magazine, go to: |
Class 3A Top 10 1. Shiloh Christian 2. Prescott 3. Bauxite 4. Glen Rose 5. Lafayette County 6. Mayflower 7. Lavaca 8. Harding Academy 9. Harrisburg 10. Lake Village |
1AAA Coaches Poll 1. Shiloh Christian 2. Green Forest 3. Elkins 4. West Fork 5. Mountainburg 6. Cedarville 7. Lincoln 8. Pea Ridge |
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8-13-07 --Tuck, Herring Making Splash in Fall Camps-- Southeastern conference, beware. The two pillars of the Saints' 2006 State Championship run are making a buzz on their respective college campuses. Crosby Tuck is representing his home state with the Arkansas Rzorbacks, while linebacker Adam Herring decided to go off to the plains of Auburn. Tuck started the 2007 razorback practices having to compete with a load of |
11-5-07 --Playoff Time is Here, Our Time-- Dear Shiloh Friends and Family, We have reached that exciting time of the football season – state playoffs. We won our conference and earned a bye in the first round. We will need all of you to come out and be loud in your support of the Saints. There are a few changes from the regular season games. The cost of admission is $5.00 for both students and adults. Everyone who enters the stadium must pay unless they have a AAA pass. Your blue and silver seat tickets will reserve your seat, but you will need to purchase a ticket to enter the game. This will be true through the play-offs. Student passes, Elementary T-shirts, faculty/staff passes, and senior passes will not be honored through the play-off games. This is not our choice, but a AAA rule. Also, play-off games will start at 7:30 pm. To God be the glory, Josh Floyd |
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~ Saints and Purple 'Dogs to be First Scrimmage of 2008 Season ~ |
Coach Josh Floyd will take his Shiloh Christian Saints to the home of the 2007 Class 7A State Champions on August 25. The Saints will take on Daryl Patton's Fayetteville Bulldogs at Harmon Field in Fayetteville, at 7:30 pm for a scrimmage game. This will be the first time these two schools have met in football, though it will not count on their record. It's also the very first live action football in the state of Arkansas for 2008, being the first head to head scrimmage of the year. The game should serve as a good prep for Floyd and the Saints, before they travel to Shreveport, LA 11 days later to face power Evangel Christian. * Note: This is a home-and-home series, meaning Fayetteville High will come to Champions Stadium in 2009 to scrimmage. |
Jordan Moore recorded 79 tackles and 3 sacks from his NG position in 2006. |
receivers that signed with the Hogs in 2006. After just a few days on the field, Tuck proved to be one of the better wide receivers on the squad, "Crosby Tuck did some really good things in place of Monk" Head Coach Houston Nutt said. In Saturday's scrimmage Tuck had a huge day, catching a touchdown pass from Nathan Dick. While Tuck is making a name for himself just miles from Champions Stadium, Adam Herring is doing it a little further away. Herring is working with the second |
receivers that signed with the Hogs in 2006. After just a few days on the field, Tuck proved to be one of the better wide receivers on the squad, "Crosby Tuck did some really good things in place of Monk" Head Coach Houston Nutt said. In Saturday's scrimmage Tuck had a huge day, catching a touchdown pass from Nathan Dick. While Tuck is making a name for himself just miles from Champions Stadium, Adam Herring is doing it a little further away. Herring is working with the second |
team defensive unit at weakside linebacker. His future looks to be very bright, "We expect to see him starting for 3 years" says Inside the Auburn Tigers. Stay tuned to SEC football this year to see how your Saints do against the country's best college football programs. |
--Under Armour to be Official Outfitter of SC Football-- Shiloh Christian football coach Josh Floyd made an announcement to his players late last week that was better than any Christmas gift they could possibly ask for, Under Armour is now the OFFICIAL outfitter and sponsor of Shiloh Christian Saints football. The Saints will wear Under Armour uniforms, cleats, accessories and apparel exclusively starting in the winter of 2008. Shiloh becomes just the twelfth high school program in the United States to be chosen by Under Armour for sponsorship. The contract currently stands at two years, but is expected to continue. Founded in 1996, Under Armour is the originator of performance apparel, a line of moisture wicking microfiber clothing that pulls perspiration away from the skin to keep athletes cool, dry and light throughout the course of a game, practice or workout. Under Armour does not sell their uniforms to high school programs at this point, you must be chosen by the company for a sponsorship in order to wear the famous interlocking UA on your uniform. Some of the names included in the Under Armour high school program sponsorship include; Southlake Carroll (TX), Jenks (OK), Warren Central (Indianapolis, IN), and Buford High School in Georgia. Teams at the collegiate level sponsored by the Maryland based company include Auburn University, the University of Maryland, and Texas Tech University. Under Armour is known for its "Protect This House" and "Click Clack" marketing campaigns. Under Armour is available worldwide through its web site (www.UnderArmour.com) and at more than 8,000 retail locations worldwide. |
--Saints Move to 4A, 2008 Schedule-- Shiloh Christian Football Schedule 2008 September 5- at Evangel Christian (Shreveport, Louisiana) 12- at Linconln Christian (Tulsa, Oklahoma) 19- Greenwood 26- at Berryville* October 3- Pea Ridge* 10- Prairie Grove* 17- at Gentry* 24- at Gravette* 31- Huntsville* November 7- Farmington* 14- Class 4A Playoffs- Round 1 21- Class 4A Playoffs- Round 2 28- Class 4A Playoffs- Quarterfinals December 5- Class 4A Playoffs- Semifinals 13- Class 4A State Championship Game * denotes 4A-1 Conference game |
--Rod Washington, Dawayne Hudson join Saints Staff-- |
Rod Washington |
Dawayne Hudson |
The Saints staff was completed on Friday, and the additions look to be promising. Rod Washington was hired as the Wide Receivers Coach along with duties of 7th Grade Head Coach, and Dawayne Hudson was hired to control the Defensive Line. Both men were introduced to the team on Friday afternoon. Washington comes to Shiloh from Plano, TX. The last 5 seasons, Coach Washington has served as Offensive Coordinator at Prestonwood Christian Academy, while also coaching QB’s and Receivers. During this time, he installed a no-huddle, spread offense, which helped PCA win the 2005 Texas State Championship. Before coming to PCA, Washington served at 3 different high schools in the Dallas area at the 5A level. One of these schools was Allen High School, where he worked under current University of Tulsa Head Coach Todd Graham. Coach Washington brings with him 12 years of experience, while working at some great programs. Another great quality about Coach Washington is his experience in speed training. He has helped develop and improve many athletes in his career. He will teach Christian Studies & coach track. Dawayne Hudson is a Shiloh alumni, who graduated with Head Coach Josh Floyd in 1999. He helped lead Shiloh to its first ever State Championship in 1998. Coach Hudson is coming to SC from Harrison, AR, where he has been coaching defense the past 2 seasons. Before coming to Harrison, Coach Hudson also served as Defensive Coordinator and Head Junior High Coach at Union Christian Academy. Hudson was an All-American linemen at Evangel University. |
~ Former Shiloh Standout Crosby Tuck Looks to Shine in Arkansas' New Spread Attack ~ |
"Crosby Tuck.....Touchdown Arkansas!!!!!!" Those were the words heard loud and clear on not only Tuck's first college reception, but his second as well. Yes, he scored touchdowns on his first 2 catches on the collegiate level, not many players can say that, if any. Promising freshman year right? Here's where the Kentucky game comes in. In week 3 of the season, after making an unbelievable catch over a Kentucky defensive back, Tuck fractured a bone in his elbow, forcing surgery and sidelining the speedster for the remainder of the 2007 season. He finished the year with 3 receptions for 103 yards and 2 touchdowns. |
With the graduation of Marcus Monk and Robert Johnson, Tuck has the possibility of being the featured receiver for the Razorbacks in 2008. However, things will be different in Razorback Stadium. From the moment new Head Coach Bobby Petrino stepped on campus in December, he has been clear on one thing, the Hogs will have a wide open spread offense, and the goal is to be the best in the country. When Petrino was at Louisville, he consistently had one of the top offenses in college football, while taking the program to a new level, winning the 2007 Orange Bowl by defeating Wake Forest 24-13. In that 2006 season, the Cardinals had 2 receivers with over 950 yards |
receiving, 3 with over 500 yards, and a total of 5 players had over 200 yards receiving. In addition to those stats, Petrino's offense in 2006 also fed the ball to 17 different receivers. The offense as a whole finished in the top 10 nationally. With these kinds of numbers, Tuck's eyes have to be lighting up. Along with Junior London Crawford, Tuck is listed at the top of the wide receiver depth chart going into the 2008 spring camp. He also received a redshirt for the 2007 season, meaning he will have four years to play for the Hogs in 2008. Recovered from his elbow injury, he is going full speed ahead to the '08 season, the only way Tuck has ever played the game, and it looks like we may be hearing the words "Crosby Tuck.....Touchdown Arkansas!!!!!!!" many, many times over the next four years. |
~ Running Back Matt Gerlt is Taking His Game to Tulsa ~ |
Shiloh's 2007 Offensive MVP, Matt Gerlt, has decided to join Head Coach Todd Graham and Offensive Coordinator Gus Malzahn at the University of Tulsa to further his football playing career. After an injury plagued Junior season, Gerlt was a key player in the Saints' 2007 offense that advanced to the State Title Game, scoring 66 points the previous week. Whether it was rushing or receiving, Gerlt did it all. In Week 2 against Gravette, Gerlt totalled 217 yards, rushing for 102 and catching 3 passes for 115 yards, earning the High School Sports The Magazine Player of the Week award. The Senior also earned 1AAA All Conference honors in 2007. He becomes the 11th active collegiate player from Shiloh, and the 37th collegiate player in the program's history. |
~ SC Alum Eric Shaffer Reunites with Ingram, Chooses Missouri State ~ |
After a stint in paradise, Eric Shaffer is coming back to the mainland. The 5'11 205 pound wide receiver will be suiting up for the Missouri State Bears in 2008, after 2 years with the Hawaii Warriors program. As a senior in 2005, Shaffer enjoyed an outstanding year, leading the Saints to the Class 3A State Quarterfinals. He racked up 1,335 all-purpose yards and 12 touchdowns. Sporting a 4.31 40 yard dash, he was named an Emfinger All-American, and was NWA All Area and an All Conference member. In the Fall of 2006, Shaffer enrolled at Hawaii as a "Greyshirt", meaning he would be a full scholarship player after one semester. After an impressive spring with the Warriors, Coach June Jones made the decision to Redshirt Shaffer for the 2007 season, allowing him to put more weight to his frame while maintaining his blazing fast speed (55,100, and 200 meter State Champion in 2006, "Morning News Male Track Athlete of the Year"). The Spring of 2008 saw Shaffer getting significant special teams work, and reserve duty in Hawaii's wide open spread offense. However, Shaffer missed home, and the oppurtunity to spend much more time with his family was too much to pass up. After looking at Arkansas, Ole Miss, and Portland State, Shaffer chose to enroll at Missouri State University, an NCAA Championship Subdivision school that participates in the Missouri Valley Conference. He will once again join 2007 Shiloh graduate David Ingram, along with his classmate Nolan Hankins. Though Shaffer and Ingram were a "thunder and lightning" combination in the backfield in 2005, Ingram (dubbed as "The Freak" at SC) is now a 2nd team linebacker for the bears. Shaffer will be eligible to play immediately, as a Redshirt Sophomore, and will be expected to contribute right away in the Bears' pass happy offense, led by Rogers, Arkansas native, sophomore quarterback Cody Kirby. |
~ Five Saints Receive Pre-Season Honors, Four on Super Soph. Team ~ |
The annual Arkansas Democrat Gazette pre-season honors have been handed out, and the Saints' program is well represented. On the All-Arkansas Offensive team, headlined by Little Rock Christian superstar running back Michael Dyer, Offensive Tackle Nick O'Quinn (an Army commit) was named to one of the five O-Line spots. O'Quinn joins the likes of Crosby Tuck as a selection from Shiloh, |
after an abscence on the 2007 squad. The senior performed extremely well in Shiloh's benefit game with Fayetteville High last Monday, receiving praises for his play on both offense and defense. Super Sophomores? The state's media certainly seems to think so. The Saints landed four players on the '08 Pre-Season Super Sophomore Team, a record mark for players from one team on the list. The Saints honored on the list were; DT Samuel Harvill, OT Travis Bodenstein, DB Garrett Harper, and WR Zann Jones. All four played for the State Runner-Up team of 2007. Bodenstein already has an offer from the University of Tulsa, and the other three are in line for another super season for the Saints in 2008. |
Garrett Harper |
~ Former Shiloh Coach Gus Malzahn Sets the Standard ~ |
Coach Gus Malzahn. Utter those words at Shiloh Christian, and it will bring a smile to many faces, and memories to many minds. Ask an alum that played for Coach, and you may get a loud "Gaaahhhllee" impersonation of Malzahn's most frequented term in practice. Ask a fan that watched him run the Saints, and you may hear an amazing story of the Shiloh-Junction City Quarterfinal game in 1999, when the Saints came from behind to win 70-64. Ask a parent whose children played for Gus Malzahn, and you will hear about a man that cares just as much as his athletes as he does about winning and losing. But there's much more to the Tulsa University Offensive Coordinator, and his philosophy that has changed the game. Malzahn's first head coaching job was at Hughes High School in Hughes, Arkansas. After just one season as the Defensive Coordinator, he was promoted to head coach. Shortly after, Malzahn took the Blue Devils to the 1994 State Finals, something the school had never done before. He used a run-oriented offense to power Hughes, but changes were on the horizon. After one more season in Hughes, Malzahn was offered the position of head coach at Shiloh Christian, and accepted. The Saints had just come off the most successful season in school history, advancing to the Class 1A State Quarterfinals, with a 12-1 record. But there was something missing, something that was keeping Shiloh from War Memorial Stadium in December. That something arrived in 1997. In 1996, his first year as head Saint, Malzahn stuck with the pro style offense he had been successful with before, a little pass, a little run, and the Saints lost their first 4 games. Winning six of their next 7 games, the 1996 Shiloh team lost in the 2nd Round of the State Playoffs, finishing 6-6. The 1997 off-season, a period of time that may deserve to be a celebrated holiday of sorts around Johnson Road in Springdale. This is when Gus Malzahn and his young, bright offensive coordinator Chris Wood started discussing what needed to be done in order to take the Shiloh Christian football program to another level, what would give them an advantage? Well, they found it. Enter the "Hurry-Up No-Huddle" offense. Complete with a strange board, consisting of one set of colors and three sets of numbers, the machine was created. |
Over the next four seasons Shiloh would amass 27,265 yards, averaging nearly 7,000 yards a year of total offense, a feat unheard of in high school football. Also, with the "Hurry-Up" pace of the No-Huddle offense, the Saints were able to double the amount of plays they ran in a season, creating more opportunities for the offense. During this period of time (1997-2000), Shiloh QB's Josh Floyd and Rhett Lashlee both shattered national passing records, as well as rewriting the record books for the state of Arkansas. In 2000, Malzahn's squad was ranked pre-season #11 in America, along with the title "America's best team you may have never heard of". But what Gus Malzahn created at Shiloh Christian was more than the "Hurry-Up No-Huddle". He created a mentality, a passion, a work |
ethic, a dedication, he created a powerhouse that would feel the effects for years to come. In 2001, Coach Malzahn took on the tough task of replacing "The Man", Jarrell Williams at Springdale High School. There is an old quote that reads "You don't replace The Man, you replace the man that replaces The Man". Well, not this guy. Malzahn took the challenge full speed ahead, and what came of it was the greatest thing the town of Springdale has ever seen. After a near century of pound it out football and hard-nosed defense, the Red 'Dogs switched to Malzahn's philosophy of score fast, and score often. After working out the kinks in a 7-4 campaign in his first season, the 2002 Bulldogs finished the season 12-2 and advanced the 5A State Finals. During that year, Malzahn created was it now known all over the United States as the "Wildcat" formation. With a young Quarterback, Malzahn took his best playmaker, Dusty Johnson, and lined him up at Quarterback behind what he knew to be an offensive line built for running the football. The result was unstoppable, using Johnson in every way possible, the Bulldogs kept the defenses guessing on every play. That same Springdale team defeated national powerhouse Jenks, Oklahoma in week 3, a huge win for Malzahn and another step in creating the phenomenon. |
The offense had been proven; the numbers did all the talking. What's next? In 2003 Gus Malzahn wrote a book, entitled The Hurry-Up No-Huddle: An Offensive Philosophy. This sparked even more nationwide interest in the offense, and the man that had created it. Schools all over America adopted the system, and saw the excitement it brought to their program. On the book, then Florida Defensive Coordinator John Thompson was quoted as saying "This is a new age of football for the new millennium". |
"The Year of the Dog", that's exactly what 2005 was. The '05 football season brought Malzahn's success to a new level. Led by Quarterback Mitch Mustain, and wide receiver Damian Williams, the '05 Springdale Bulldogs blew through every opponent en route to a 14-0 State Championship season. This team finished #2 in the United States, and 7 athletes went on to sign Division 1 college scholarships. This was the first SHS class to complete a full 5 year, junior high and senior high time period in Malzahn's "Hurry-Up No-Huddle" system, and the results were what many would call the greatest high school team Arkansas has ever seen. |
Malzahn was hired as Offensive Coordinator of the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2006. He implemented the "Wildcat" formation that he ran at Springdale with Johnson, inserting all-everything running back Darren McFadden as the ball carrier. The Hogs would go on to win the SEC Western Division, and finish with a 10-4 mark, the best Razorback finish since 1998. Concluding the 2006 season, Malzahn was named NCAA Offensive Coordinator of the Year. |
Now, Malzahn resides in the brand new, |
state of the art Case Complex at Tulsa University, as Offensive Coordinator. In 2007, the Golden Hurricane offense piled up 7,614 yards running the "Hurry-Up No-Huddle", earning the title of #1 offense in NCAA Division 1 football. Quarterback Paul Smith graduated as one of the most successful in the history of TU. The offense had a 5,000 yard passer, one 1,000-yard rusher and three 1,000-yard receivers - becoming the first team in NCAA history to accomplish that feat. This year, Coach Malzahn and TU once again have the #1 offense in America, and the Golden Hurricane is an undefeated 8-0 with their eyes set on a BCS bowl berth in January. |
You see Shiloh Christian fans, football fans, entertainment fans; one thing is a continuous pattern with Gus Malzahn, success. Wherever Coach has been, he has |
won games. Call it a system, call it what you want, but you can for sure call one thing, where Gus Malzahn goes success is soon to follow. But not only has he won games, he has won people. At Hughes, Shiloh Christian, Springdale High, Arkansas, and Tulsa, the name Gus Malzahn and the things he has done, warms the hearts of so many people. His integrity, the way he treats people, the way he can |
make the smallest player feel like they are an All-American. The way he can make a fan feel like they are just as important as the players to the program's success, the way he does things, is something to be admired. In the most simple way I know how to put it, he does things right, he does things first class………he's SIMPLY THE BEST. |
By Ryan Williams ShilohChristianFootball.com Site Administrator |
~ Shiloh Kicker Trevor Tumlinson Breaks State Kicking Record ~ |
Congratulations to SC junior Trevor Tumlinson! The 5'11 185 pound kicker broke the Arkansas Activities Association football state record friday night against Clarksville for career extra points. In 2007, Tumlinson broke the state record for extra points in a season. Trevor is on pace to potentially break some more state records in his senior season at Shiloh Christian. Congratulations Trevor Tumlinson!! |
~ Sophomore Kiehl Frazier Receives Offer From Tulsa University ~ |
The quarterback of the 2008 Saints, Sophomore Kiehl Frazier received a wonderful Christmas present from Head Coach Floyd on Monday. Tulsa Offensive Coordinator Gus Malzahn notified Coach Floyd that the Golden Hurricane was extending an offer to the super sophomore. Frazier was the 4A State Championship Game MVP on Saturday, as the Saints captured the title. |