St. Michael the Archangel is looking for a JV or C-game on Monday 9/28. We could do home or away. Please message me if interested or email our AD Travis Corbin: [email protected]

Staff Sargent Ray Lambert was a Combat Medic with the 1st Infantry Division and part of the first wave of troops that stormed Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. As the ramps dropped on their landing crafts, Lambert and his brigade stared down bullets and shrapnel but had no choice but to move forward. As his countryman unloaded from their boats to storm the beach, 3 out of 4 would be killed or wounded. Lambert’s leg was tore open amd bleeding profusely but his courage never wavered, his resolve only hardened. His love for his brothers would not allow him to quit. He found cover behind a large rock on the beach now memorialized as “Ray’s Rock”, tied a tourniquet around his bleeding leg and got to work. Over the course of the next few hours, Ray helped treat an estimated 20 casualties on his own blood soaked sand. As a combat medic, he had a job to do - he knew the risks but if he didn’t do what had to be done, who would have helped the brothers he loved? The work beginning for high school football teams right now in June builds the virtue for later in the season and later in a young man’s life. You don’t experience love, courage, fortitude, and fraternity by always choosing to do what is easy, you must prepare yourself to perform when it matters by doing hard things NOW. This is how an individual learns. It is also how a team learns to trust one another. Ray Lambert knew as his boat crossed the English channel that fateful night that he was prepared for what was to come. He had already fought in North Africa. He had already fought in Sicily. He knew how he would react under fire. His courage was on display and he performed his duty that day to the best of his ability. Courage is easy in practice if you have confidence in the work you put in. Because courage is doing the right thing even when it’s hard to do. Remember our DDay vets today (yesterday) and always ! COACH KEVER

The summer grind for young high school football players across the US officially began last week! To help athletes stay motivated, this season, I plan on sharing a story each week of players, teachers, soldiers, workers, and every day people overcoming adversity in some way. This week’s focus will be in honor of D-Day! Stay tuned! COACH KEVER