Lions split Super Bowl victories

Coach lifts championship trophy as players received their rings

Crowley, Texas—Como Lions football season came to an end with two Super Bowl entries. The flag team came out victorious with a 14-6 win over the Ft.Worth Wolverines. Lions B-Team fought a hard defensive battle against the Ft.Worth Falcons and came up short 6-0.

Lion flag team captains watch coin flip prior to kick off for Super Bowl finally

Como used the ground attack to control the ball

Lion flag defense played big on this day. Here Lion defender just misses flag to prevent long gainer

Lion cheerleaders were a combination of all the cheer groups lifting the Lion spirit to fans and players in the rain

Lion run tough as they enter Wolverine territory

Lions cap off drive with extra point play to seal game. Score in background

Rain didn't dampen lion spirits thanks to Lion cheerleaders

Coaches shake hands after competitive match

After shaking opponents hand Lions flag team celebrates

The 2011 Como Lion flag football champs8

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Mighty Lions kick off season with homecourt victories

Lions flag team celebrates after lopsided victory over Eastside Katz

Fort Worth, Texas—The recent NFL activities that locked out football union members has caused great anticipation around the country for the average American football fan. For community football teams like the Lake Como Lions, they never missed a beat. The coaches conducted their summer camps and held their practices despite the 100 degree temperatures.  This Saturday the Lions held their first game of the season and the victim unfortunately was the Eastside Katz.

The 2011 Lake Como flag team go through pre-game drills before taking apart Eastside Katz

Lion runningback looking for daylight as he runs through a gaping hole for a touchdowngoes for long yardage

The Lions fans were not disappointed. This years newest member, the flag team displayed skills beyond their age as they blanked the Eastside Katz. The same was true for the C-team as they kept Katz’s C-team from scoring. We sadly have to report that comoathletics.wordpress.com only covered the Flag-team and the C-team. Next home game we’ll cover the A & B teams.

The katz defense spent a majority of the afternoon chasing Lion running backs like this one for a TD.

Flag coach keeps players fresh during halftime with plenty of water

Loyal supporters like the Timmons inspire the players

Lions first game was a home game at Western Hills high school practice facility. Proceeds are recycled back into the Lions organization

This years cheering squad has something to cheer for if for nothing but a beautiful day

In the end it was good day for the young, mighty Lions.

Lions look forward to more celebrations like this one throughout the season

The photos you are about to see take a look at the the fans the cheerleaders and the new coaches that have volunteered to work with this years teams.

The cheering squad for the 2011 mighty Lions flag football team and coaches

C-Team cheerleaders with their game faces on prepare for battle

C-Team coach Means give last minute instructions before the game

A familiar site in victory for C-team. Here running back is alone with just him and the official

C-team cheering squad help keep the crowd spirited

C-team showed their toughness with a stifling defense

Coach G makes sure the offense is clicking on all cylinders

Katz was chasing the Lions all day

Lion fans have something to cheer about this year

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Como Center adds soccer to sports menu

First year soccer players find a new excitement playing Futbol at Como Community Center

Fort Worth, Texas—A philosophy that works extremely well, and has been proven to be true over the years at the Lake Como Community Center,”‘Its all about the kids,” unfolds again in form of the international sport soccer. A community known throughout the state for its active participation in community athletics, Como’s community center is adding the sport of soccer to their sport menu.

First year soccer players were co-ed

The fun part was watching the intensity each player brought to the table. Very instinctive!

Some of this years players became fan-favs like Isaih.

“I’ve been meaning to do it for sometime and now is as good as any,” spoke sports recreational specialist Ozell Cook. When asked about  expectations Cook plan is to implement interest slowly featuring four teams in the age range of 4-5 year olds. “I want to take a group and start out like we do with any of our sports, teach them the fundamentals, then focus on other areas building on those same fundamentals,” stated Cook.

The soccer field was actually halfcourt of the Como gym, but the kids didn't care

Referee and Como rec specialist Ozell Cook prepares for kick-off.

The first season, though new to the sports curriculum, was also new for parents. Many were familiar with football, basketball, track and field etc…but some never even viewed a soccer match before.

Green team scores on an empty nett.

Coaches have to do more than coach sometimes

A coaches job is never done

Nothing like excited parents to cheer on lil Johnny and Suzy!

All four teams and their coaches of the initial 2011 Como Soccer season

All things considered, with the foresight of Cook and other Como Center recreational staff the kids in Lake Como will be well-rounded in their knowledge and skills of many sporting specialties that soon may include a golf team. Why?  That’s because, ” it’s all about the kids.”

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Como Lions place two teams in Super Bowl

 

Lions C-Team seal deal to play in Super Bowl

Fort Worth, Texas—All season Como Lions community football fans attended and expected to see all four teams perform, from the beginner flag level to the A-team pre-teens, in respective succession on he same field. Well they should being that’s the format fans have come to expect-past seasons included. While the Lions fielded 3 teams (the Flag; the C-Team and the A-Teams) two performed at Monning Elementary, the flag team, (because of their record) was scheduled at Trinity Christian.

Lion ran ball well enroute to bowl game

C-Team cheerleaders go to the big dance too

C-Team defense were aggressive all day

C-Team showed they can throw as well as run the ball

Defense wins championshiops!

Lion fans were split up this Saturday and unfortunately the lone team who will missthis years Super bowl appearance will be the Flag Team. The Flag team ended regulation tied at 8-8 and lost 14-8 in overtime. Sadly the kick-off times overlapped and Damoonman’s could only provide photos for the Monning games.

A-Team Photos

A-Team has the offense to score with any team

A-Team running attack features T.Jackson

The C-Team under coach by Lou Washington was prepared for todays game. Focused they showed poise fought through a heavily penalized game. Once they adjusted to the officiating and didn’t let the numerous off-side calls on their opponent they established a rhythm and tempo en route to a 28-8 victory.

Likewise the A-Team managed to keep a focus as they showed why the Como Lion football program has been the flagship for the league this season. Most of these young men, as in the past, have graduated the Como Lion program to impact athletic programs at public and private schools throughout the Ft.Worth area.  Final score:

The public is encouraged to come out and support the Lions two entries to this years Super Bowl on October September 23, 2010 at the old Maverick Stadium on the campus of UTA in Arlington, Texas. The C-Team plays Forrest Hill at 11:00pm; the A-Team plays the Fort Worth Horned Frogs at approximately 3:00pm.

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Lion B-Team finish disappointing season with win

Como B-Team makes a good showing in season finale. Here runner makes cut for extra yardage

Ft.Worth, Texas—The 2010 football season for the Como Lion B-Team wasn’t quite what many of the sport pundits perdicted. Even though this years team was made up of first-time players, many who moved up from the C-team, a play off berth wasn’t out of the question.

Bright spot for the B-Team was their QB who also played defense

The QB shown here making a tackle in the secondary

 

Poly had trouble with Como's offense mainly because the QB and his left guard were in sync

Here QB calls his number with a wall of blocking leading the way

Coach Jackson and Bryant send in offense after timeout

The defense performed like it was their last game. Here secondary shown busting up a sideline run

 As the season proceeded it became obvious this was going to be a season of establishing some basics in which to grow on for next year.

The following are photos of the B-Team’s final game for 2010. Look for a much improved team next season.

Como hands off for extra point run in 3rd quarter

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Lions turn focus to playoffs after thrashing Poly

C-Team cheerleaders have much to cheer about as their players are playoff bound

Ft. Worth, Texas— As the regular season winds down announcements of playoff positions have been good tho the Como Lions four teams. So far it looks like the flag, C, and A-teams are playoff bound. The A team braces for the playoffs with an undefeated record except for the league-wide tie placed on each teams record for the rained out game that couldn’t be made up.

Unfortunately for the B-team,whose record of wins and losses didn’t help their playoff chances, as they were eliminated from this years playoff perch.

Apologies for no photo’s of the Flag Team against Poly nor the A-Team. Be advised each team won on this day as they defeated the Parrots. Look for updates at http://comoathletics.wordpress.com to inform our readers on the times and dates of the Lions next opponent.

Its Playoff  Time Baby!!

C-team players get a break as they take a commanding lead againist Poly

C_team QB goes in for extra point after scoring on previous play

C-team defense has been responsible for much of this years success

C-team defensive line takes a knee during a Poly timeout

#25 has led the way all season with long gainers from scrimmage like this one

C-team running back eyeing running lane

Smart blocking by linemen like #61 has made the running game very effective

Example of smart blocking and creating running lanes

Creating hole on the other side of the line are two more smart C-Team linemen

You can see why the Lions runnig attack is successful for the C-team-”you can drive a truck through this hole.”

A running backs dream!

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Como bats 3 out of 4 in football wins

Flag team sets the tone for other Lion victories on Saturday with a 38-0 win. Lions run off the field to cheering Como fans

Fort Worth,Texas —- The mighty Lions were home at Monning Middle School for their latest gridiron test against the Apaches from Arlington,Texas. Familar foes who’ve competed on the football field for some 13 yrs which means no team has the real homecourt advantage.

Fortunately Como was 3 out of 4 on this football contest as the Lions only loss came at the hands of it’s B-Team. All the other victories were one-sided:44-0;38-0, etc… Though the B-Team has only one one game this season they still can seem to put together 4 quarters of football.

Flag Team Photos:

Young Lion calling out plays seems to know what he's doing.

Little Lion darts through Apache defenders

Apache player catches pass and is surrounded by Lion defencders

#27 was a disruptive force in the Lion win

Apache's take to the air on this play

#27 breaks up pass attempt

Cheerleaders had an easy day of cheering

C-Team Photos

QB for C-Team takes off for touchdown

C-Team cheerleaders get fans fired up!!

Lion runningbacks ran around Apache defense all-day

C-Team Defense stayed focused for four quarters

C-Team coach was cool and confident during game; delegated his duties asst coaches

#25 ran for only one touchdown this afternoon

With the lead, C-team took to the air

ITs a touchdown!!!

B-Team Photos:

B-Team before the loss to Apache B-Team

Its was tough going for Lion runningbacks

Lion defense got a workout today

Apache coaching up his player to mash the gas

B-team had brief burst of offense but couldn't cross the goal line enough

Apaches passed it around also

Como takes aim at the long ball

Como receiver comes down with it

Cheerleaders aren't too excited

 A-Team Photos:

A-Team pulled no punches

The running game was in high gear

The defense was undressing the Apaches

With a big lead Lions got contributions from unexpected places.

Even with lead they still ran hard.

And hitting hard

Check with the Como Community Center for info on where the next game is played.

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Lions prevail despite of HEAT!!!

For a September it was an extremely hot day for football. Coach Lou keeps water and fluids flowing doing timeout.

Fort Worth, Texas— We must start out with an apology to the Flag Football team. Didn’t have enough staff to cover the first game- due to difficulties beyond our control. We can report that our back-up eyeballs informed that the Flag team fought to a 0-0 tie.

Hand offs to #25 was the driving force for the Lions C-Team victory

This was a familar view for the Falcons defense all day

It was getting quite warm when we arrived for the C-Team kick-off. The temperature continued to rise as the C-Team took a commanding 16-0 lead at halftime of their game. #25 for the Como Lions scored on two long runs despite the fact that he long gainer’s; 2-3 TDs called back.

C-Team offensive line made big strides from last week by working together as a unit

C-team QB takes off for a long gain

Flacons stormed back againist Lion defense to tighten up score

Loyal Lion fans endure heat as they cheer the game cinching run

Falcon and Lion cheerleaders exchange traditional goodwill during game

Falcons running game picked up inspite the heat

The Ft.Worth Falcons fought back and refused to give up as they mounted a second half comeback that fell just short. Final score; Lions 22- Falcons 18.

C-team cheerleaders may have lost some to the heat

B-Team Photos

Cheerleaders for B-Team drank plenty of water

B-Team game was a slugfest; full of errors from both teams. Here Lions return interception

The mighty Lion B-Team still struggles with turnovers and penalties. Understanding that’s part of the process of learning the game the Falcon B-team exhibited the same traits. Falcons scored toward the end of the 3rd quarter and failed the extra point attempt. The Lions mounted a fierce drive with a little over a minute left as time ran out before they could make one last attempt at a score.

Lions take pitch-out for one of few long gains in this game

B-Team loses a tough one 6-0.

The A-Team seems just putting polish and shine on their game. Their running game has proved to be a potent weapon led by their speedy running back T. Jackson. Though the A-Team backfield is loaded with talent they have an immensely talented offensive line that opens big holes for whoever gets the ball.

A-Team Photos

Coaches make sure the A-Team wins this one.

You can tell by everyones's expression it's might be a good idea to call this one off

The Lion offense

T. Jackson's recieve's snap and runs through another big hole for his 3rd TD of the day.

Washington and Jackson lock-in on Falcon runner

Lions attack!!

As mentioned earlier the heat played a factor in this game being called at halftime. T.Jackson took two hand-offs both for over 70 yards as well as an interception for about the same that gave Como a convincing 22-0 halftime lead. Cooler heads prevailed as both coaches put down their wolfing at each other and had a Kum-Ba-Ya moment awarding Como the victory with the Falcons agreeing to forefeit the remainder of the game due to excessive heat.

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Como football teams display poise and character

Asst Coach Marquis Kennedy oversees warm-ups prior to kick-off

Fort Worth, Texas— The football community league has less teams than in the past. Possibly due to the economic downturn trickling through the streets of many urban cities-Como not being sparred. The football teams, in only their second game, are showing the kind of poise to win and the character that comes with defeat.

Captian’s for Como & Forrest Hill shake hands before game.

Forrest Hill running attack proved to be a challenge for the Lion defense most of the day.

Lion running back breaks for long gainer

Lions displayed a running game also.

Flag team cheerleaders encourage the little Lions

After falling behind Coach Graham maps out strategy for a comeback.

The Lions turn on the gas with this long run- but it wasn’t enough.

Good game fellas!

This weekend Como football rounded out at 50% (that’s including all four teams). The Flag team and the B-team suffered loss while the remainder of teams displayed poise in overcoming their opponents.

C-Teams Photo’s

C-Team had its running game on point. Turn-overs kept the Chaps in the game til the end.

C-Team defense came to play

Cheerleaders provided a spark for their team

Lion running back looks for hole behind solid blocking

Lions use ground-game to grind out a score.

Lions came within 2 pts.

C-Team ground game pounds out a Lion victory. Tailback looks for a seam.

Lions draw blood on this running play from scrimmage.

B-Team Photo’s

B-Team found an equally matched opponent in the Forrest Hill Chaps. It was a running backs dream.

Inspite Lion turnovers and misscues cheerleaders were in their corner,

Lion running back takes this one to the house.

To win this one somebody has to make a stop. Como defense lines up.

Swarming to the ball-Como provided intensity on the defensive end.

Fumbles like this kept the Chaps in the game and made it hard for Como to overcome.

With one man to beat, Lions were a play away from win.

Lion coaching staff want a penalty-unfortunately games over.

A-Team Photo’s

A-Team cheerleaders have something to cheer about this year.

Early in the first quarter the Lions found themselves backed against the goal line. T.Jackson pops through a hole for a 96-yard TD.

T.Jackson seem to be pointing (striding) to goal line.

Como let their swarming, got-to-the-ball defense do the talking.

The game wasn’t a route but Como was in total control. Watching them line up and execute was worth watching.

For the football fans who haven’t been able to attend any games the next one is scheduled at Western Hills practice facility. Considered home for the mighty, mighty Lions.

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Lions A-Team seeks to repeat

All great teams have great lines

Fort Worth, Texas—With just another brilliant performance, the question now becomes not how, but how many will the Lion A-Team win by. Players ranging from age 11-13, seem tohave an edge on the other levels when it comes to focus and coachability. The Lions coaching staff has their players attention from start to finish and seem to be able to grasp advanced concepts preparing them for competition at the next level.

Running backs like Jackson benefit from good offensive lines. One good block goes a long way

Th right block- and off to the races

The Lions are on course to exceed many expectations. By posting an undefeated record thus far, inspite of being the reigning champs, the hunted relish in their role as the hunted.  Taking the field againist the Chaparrals the Lions approached the game as if they were the underdog. the full effect was summed up with the final score of 34-8 truncing of the Forrest Hill A-Team.

Nothing like good defense

As with most good teams success starts with offensive and defensive line play. What follows is a photographic focus honoring the guys who get it done without a lot of hype- The offensive line.

Being prepared is key

 

Coach K(Kelton Russell) and others make sure the linemen know their assignments

 

The bigger the cmpetition- the better!

 

Technique and knowing your assignment makes good a lineman

 

They don't get a lot of glory- But a lot of pride goes in to what they do!.

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