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Mudsock Knights Football Program Overview 2024 - 2025

Please review the document here (page 2) which addresses several questions and answers for the upcoming Knights season and tryouts.

2024 - 2025 Season Tryouts will take place on October 22nd - October 24th at Mudsock Fields from 6 - 8 p.m. Open to current 4th and 5th graders, athletes must register at myathletics.com to attend.

Winning Tradition:
The Knights have been in existence since 1999 and is considered the gold standard of travel programs with teams playing in multiple title games and capturing 6 championships.

Community
The Knights invite all participants of the Mudsock Youth Football Program (current 4th & 5th grade) to participate in tryouts for the 2025 Knights Team. We are designed for those athletes and parents who want to participate as a community-based program, representing our Fishers community.

Academic Achievement
The Knights program emphasizes the importance of academic achievement and classroom leadership and rewards our athletes for scholastics success.

Philanthropy
Knights are encouraged to participate in volunteer activities over the holiday season, as a way to be involved in a community outreach opportunity and “give back” to our local community. In addition, knights participate in an opportunity to help support local teams.

Time commitment
Although knights’ tryouts are in the fall, our official season does not begin until July. During the offseason, we have voluntary Sunday workouts and will have 2-3 player meetings during the off-season. A player’s in-season sport is the priority for our athletes between tryouts and July of 2025.

Games
In a typical season, we have 7 “A” games plus the end of season tournament (1 to 3 games) and 7 “B” games. for 2024, we will have 8 “A” games + end of season tournament and 8 ”B” games. We believe it is critical to create opportunities for our athletes to experience live competition.

Eligibility
Our league allows athletes from 4th-6th grade to participate. We encourage all 5th-6th grade athletes (current 4th- 5th grade athletes) to attend tryouts and compete for an opportunity to represent the knights!

Cost
There will be a $250 non-refundable fee for players to accept their roster position in October 2024. An additional Knights fee will of $400 will be collected in 2025.

Key Dates

2023-2024 Key Season Dates:

Following events, dates, TBD
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Parent and Player Meeting – Monday, November 20

Knights Service Event – Good Samaritan Network Christmas Distribution; Saturday, December 9th

Optional Knights Football Clinics - Jan/Feb/Mar/April/May/June TBD

Mandatory Coaches, Parent and Player Meeting – 3rd or 4th Monday in June

Knights Practices begin – Monday, 2nd - 3rd week of July

Knights Meet the Team Brunch

Knights Camp – (Fri-Sun), Rose Hulman College

GDL Weigh-In & Scrimmage

GDL Kickoff Classic (First Game)

GDL Playoffs Begin

GDL State Championship

Knights Player Banquet

2025 Mudsock Knights

Thank you to everyone that attended evaluations. If you are not on the final Knights roster, I hope you enjoy your football experience next season. If you are a 5th grader next year, please come back to Knights tryouts next fall.

2025 KNIGHTS FOOTBALL TRYOUTS
FINAL ROSTER
GROUP	LAST NAME	GRADE
103	Brandes	5th
109	Revard	5th
110	Fitzgerald	6th
112	Sottong	5th
201	Marshall	6th
202	Hernandez	5th
203	Fulford	5th
204	Whiteaker	5th
205	Smith	6th
208	Benner	6th
209	Phelps	6th
210	Proll	6th
211	Turean	5th
214	Arnette	6th
301	Ewing	6th
302	Goodman	6th
303	Ferrill	5th
304	Salazar	5th
305	Mack	5th
306	Higginson	6th
307	Burleson	6th
311	Carnahan	6th
312	Bain	5th
315	Meier	6th
316	Shewmaker	6th
317	Evans	6th
318	Cissna	5th
401	Gates	5th
402	Munger	6th
501	Penn	6th
601	York	5th
602	Cole	6th
603	Nguyen	6th

Knights Staff

Tim McCoy	Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator. [email protected]
Dave Childers	Assistant Coach - WR & DB
Mike Johnson	Assistant Coach - OL & DL
Curt Tappendorf	Assistant Coach - LB & RB
Ben Smith	Assistant Coach - QB, Special Teams & Defensive Coordinator
Ryan Tolle	Assistant Coach - OL & DL
Danielle Taylor	Team Parent

Fishers HSE Knights Tradition

Tradition

Knights Football is a program rich in tradition and built on the highest standards for building football character. The program was formed in 1999 by West Point graduate Rob Duffy on the foundations of discipline, character, and respect.

Those standards are the fabric of Knights football; with tradition comes responsibility as former coach Luke Dunnuck will tell you,

"Knights Football is a symbol of what our league stands for and has represented our league and community for over a decade."

"I am honored and excited to lead the Knights program as Head Coach and I look forward to continuing the rich tradition of Knights Football. Attitude, effort, and a commitment to excellence are characteristics needed to earn the right to be a Knight. We will embrace the life lessons of preparation, discipline, perseverance, and integrity, that this great game gives us. We will emphasize the importance of Character and what it means to be a great Teammate; working together, to achieve the ultimate goal of winning a State Championship."

-Head Coach, Tim McCoy.

Knights Head Coaches

Rob Duffy	1999-2007
Luke Dunnuck	2008-2014
Justin Goheen	2015
Joe Dunn	2016 - 2018
Andy Imes	2019 - 2020	Assistant Coach 2016-2018
Tim McCoy	2021 - current	Assistant Coach 2015-2020