Coach and the New Mrs. Knight!

We have a new addition to our coaches wives! Coach Knight married his super sweet girlfriend of several years, Tamara Spraker on Saturday night in Round Rock. We had a great time at their beautiful wedding and we are not only lucky, but happy to welcome to Tamara as a Raider. (She's been a Raider since the opening of the school, but now she's just official:)
Congrats to the Knights!!!

Spring Game

**I'll write more later this afternoon

May 21, 2010 1st annual Feast of the Champions!!

Did everyone have as much fun as I did??!!!
**I'll come back and write more on this later

Jonathan Stewart!

I am such a nerd. I was about as start struck as they come. I had NO idea that meeting someone that is famous would be so intimidating. I literally had nothing to say that was meaningful. I spent more time trying to decide what to say than actually talking to him. So I just listened, which was probably best anyway. I would hate to babble off some football stuff and only to realize I have no idea what I am talking about.

However, even if this had been the case, I doubt he would have made me feel dumb. Jonathan Stewart was so nice. He was humble and he actually acted like he was happy to be there. He asked Josh lots of questions and he made sure to talk to every kid that came up to him. He signed about 100 autographs and he took more pictures than I would have wanted to!
Zack Pelt was in awe of him and it was really cute to watch him sit and stare, because honestly, I was pretty much doing the same thing that Zack was. We were both just staring and smiling!

We really appreciate him coming out and being so nice as to come talk to our athletes. He did a fantastic job. He talked about being Extraordinary- emphasizing the EXTRA part. I video taped most of his speech. My arms kept getting tired, so I have to take a break every now and then, but I got most of it!!

Jonathan Stewart talking about Rouse Raiders on 104.9!!!

How awesome is this!!

104.9 The Horn hosted Jonathan Stewart on air and he spoke about Rouse!! I literally have the chills listening to it!
Its archived, here is the link if you want to listen!!!
(click on the check mark to hear it!)
http://www.espnaustin.com/audiovault/

Wednesday Morning Spring Ball Practice!

I took the boys to today's practice and I have to say that standing there watching the boys, hell I was even fired up! It was high tempo, high energy, lots of emotion and a whole lot of hollering! Both offense and defense had a great practice. It was fun and made me just frustrated with the fact that there is still 3 months, 1 week and 1 day left before the first game. I mean this is just mean and its such a freaking tease!!
However, I am excited about Friday and Saturday. The dinner will be a lot of fun. The parents will get to meet all of our new coaches and their families and we get to meet Jonathan Stewart which I am PUMPED about. In fact, I am so excited that I may just glue myself to him the entire night. I mean we draft this guy in our Fantasy League for crying out loud! I am so excited and I can't wait to take a picture with him. I will definitely be face booking THAT.

So, here I am getting excited about the running back, so lets get back to the Raider business. We are having a lot of good practices with lots of improvements all the way around. We still have a ways to go, but we are getting there!

Here are some video and pictures for your enjoyment.



The second to last video is hilarious! Judson I guess gets bored and in the middle of Josh's speech, he is turning around giving me a thumbs down. I am glad none of the players could see him because I am sure he would have distracted them, which would anger Josh I am sure of it! ha

Our Guest Speaker IS........

Our Guest Speaker for the 2010 1st Annual Feast of the Champions is
#28, Jonathan Stewart, Running Back for the Carolina Panthers!!!

Jonathan Stewart

RB #28

Height:

5-10

Weight:

235

Age:

23

College:

Oregon

Hometown:

Lacey, Wash.

Experience:

3

TRANSACTIONS
Selected by Carolina in the first round (13th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft (4/26/08).

GP/GS
Career (32/3) [1/0]; 2009 (16/3); 2008 (16/0) [1/0].

2008
Played in all 16 games...Established multiple team rookie rushing records despite not starting a game...Rushed for 836 yards and 10 touchdown, the third highest single-season total in team history, on 184 carries for an average of 4.5 yards per attempt...Set team rookie records for rushing attempts, rushing yards, average rushing gain, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns...Posted eight receptions for 47 yards...Averaged 23.3 yards on 15 kickoff returns...At San Diego (9/7): Gained 53 yards on 10 carries in NFL debut...Returned four kickoffs for 84 yards...Vs. Chicago (9/14): Sparked second-half comeback with 77 yards and two touchdowns on 14 attempts...Scored first NFL touchdown on four-yard run and game winning touchdown on one-yard run with 3:52 remaining in the game...At Minnesota (9/21): Scored on a two-yard run in the second quarter...Averaged a season-best 29.2 yards on five kickoff returns with a long of 38 yards...Vs. Atlanta (9/28): Tallied 52 yards on 14 carries, including an eight-yard touchdown run to complete game-opening drive...Vs. Kansas City (10/5): Carried a season-high 19 times for 72 yards...Vs. New Orleans (10/19): Produced a team-leading 68 yards on 17 attempts with an 18-yard touchdown run...Vs. Detroit (11/16): Accumulated a season-high 130 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries...Scored on a 22-yard scamper...Combined with DeAngelo Williams, who rushed for 120 yards, to become the first pair of running backs in team history to eclipse 100 yards in the same game...At Green Bay (11/30): Recorded a season-long 41-yard run among four carries for 56 yards...Vs. Tampa Bay (12/8): Compiled 115 yards and two touchdowns on 15 attempts as he and Williams, who amassed 186 yards, again reached 100 yards to pace a record-setting 299-yard rushing attack...Set a team rookie record with his eighth rushing touchdown of the season on a four-yard run in the fourth quarter...Vs. Denver (12/14): Registered 52 yards and a two-yard touchdown on 16 carries...At New Orleans (12/28): Ran for 56 yards and a two-yard touchdown on 17 attempts...NFC Divisional Playoffs Vs. Arizona (1/10): Had 12 yards and one touchdown on three carries...Capped Panthers opening drive with a nine-yard touchdown run.

COLLEGE
Played in 36 games with 25 starts at Oregon...Entered NFL following junior season...Ranks second in school history with 2,891 rushing yards on 516 attempts...Scored 27 rushing touchdowns...Produced 14 career 100-yard rushing outings, including two 200-yard rushing efforts...Set a school record with a career kickoff return average of 28.69 yards on 58 returns for 1,664 yards and two touchdowns...Tallied 49 receptions for 334 yards and four touchdowns...Stands third in school history with 4,889 all-purpose yards...2007 (Jr.): First-team All-Pac-10 Conference choice...Semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, given to the college player of the year, and Doak Walker Award, presented to the nation's top running back...Played in 13 games with 12 starts...Led the conference with a school record 1,722 rushing yards on 280 carries with 11 touchdowns...Rushed for more than 100 yards in nine games, including two 200-yard performances...Became the first player in school history to run for more than 200 yards twice in the same season...Galloped 88 yards for a touchdown versus Fresno State, the second-longest run in Oregon history...Ranked first in the conference with a school record 2,481 all-purpose yards...Returned 23 kickoffs for 614 yards...Posted 22 catches for 145 yards and two touchdowns...2006 (So.): Second-team All-Pac-10 Conference selection...Played in 13 games with 12 starts...Led the Ducks with 981 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns on 183 attempts...Totaled more than 100 rushing yards in five games...Finished first in the conference with a 28.1-yard kickoff return average on 23 returns for 646 yards...Notched 20 receptions for 144 yards and one touchdown...2005 (Fr.): Pac-10 Conference All-Freshman team pick by The Sporting News...Played in 10 games with one start...Carried 53 times for 188 yards and six touchdowns...Averaged 33.7 yards, the second-highest single-season total in Oregon history, on 12 kickoff returns for 404 yards and two touchdowns...Became the first player in school history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in a season...97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Oregon State equaled the fourth longest in school history...Added seven catches for 45 yards and one touchdown.

PERSONAL
Attended Timberline HS in Lacey, Wash....Majored in political science at Oregon.

First Annual Feast of Champions!

Hope Everyone Signs Up for this! We will be announcing the 2010 Varsity Team Captains, announcing the Spring Ball Maroon and Black teams for the Spring Game on Saturday, meet some of the new coaches, Hear an awesome guest Speaker, New Spirit Wear items to purchase, and an opportunity to sign up the little ones for the 2010 Raider Rousers!

There is a lot of great things going on this night, No one will want to miss it!!

Spring Ball!

2010 Spring Ball is off to a great start!

Last Wednesday was the first practice and GUESS WHO WAS THERE..... GREG DAVIS! How awesome is THAT? Josh was pretty fired up. SO far we have had Texas, Baylor, TCU, Abilene and a few other recruiters. Pretty cool I think!

A couple of weeks ago, I tried to call Josh on his cell, all of the sudden, he answers, then IMMEDIATELY hangs up. I was not the happy Coaches Wife getting hung up on. Thirty minutes later Josh calls me back and said that as he was answering my call that the University of Texas popped up on his caller ID and of course, he thought that was MORE important than talking to me. I GUESS I will allow that one to slide- just this once. It was Greg Davis. I asked him if he offered Josh a job, Josh said no. DANG IT! HA

Anyhow, I was able to make it out the practice on Friday morning. It was hard getting my butt out of bed that early and I definitely looked like I rolled straight out of bed, but it was fun and of course- I took lots of video and pictures for you to see! (there is a sideshow about this post with all the pictures) Now that i know how to do the sideshows, I decided this was best!

I have a TON of video, but apparently I have to be very choosy on the ones that I post because we don't want our enemies gaining any leverage:) ha

I wanna be #10 Ed Butts!

Ok, so truthfully this happened several weeks ago, but since I have been slacking in the blog department, I decided to go ahead and put it up. I put this on my personal blog, but since it pertained to some of OUR Raiders, I decided to also put it on here as I thought it might make someone smile.

A few weeks ago, I was working on a project upstairs and the boys were downstairs- SCREAMING at each other. Judson was so mad he was crying and they were both yelling, "I wanna be #10 Ed Butts, No I want to, NO I get to be him"

(By the way, #10 Ed Butts is a football player, and also one of our best baseball players)

So I come down and ask what the problem is and I notice that they have their bats and a ball in the living room (a big no no:).

Anyway Judson just looks at Jace and then YELLS "I wanna be #10 Ed Butts but Jace won't LET me",

Finally Jace signs and goes "FINE Judson, you can be #10 Ed Butts, BUT I get to be #9 Charlie Stewart- cuz he's TALLER"

And all was good. They were both Raider baseball players and were happy little players.

Its so funny because the boys really are starting to get to know the players and they pretty much always use the numbers in front of their names....

I will be updating about Spring Ball on Sunday!
We're getting closer and closer! SO excited!