let the recruiting begin!!!

[mhsalum 31]

well actually it began several years back in basketball, but now it's likely to get into full swing. i'm not sure of carlisle's exact enrollment, but i'd put the total number of boys in grades 9-12 at MAYBE 60-70 total.

 

Carlisle takes to gridiron in fall 2007

 

Sunday, March 4, 2007

 

By FROM BULLETIN STAFF REPORTS -

 

For Carlisle fans, more than 20 years of waiting is finally over. The school announced plans on Thursday to resurrect the football program this fall.

 

The Chiefs will begin play this season and, for at least the inaugural campaign, will play their games on the school’s soccer field. Carlisle has named girls basketball coach Tony Jones as the man to help revitalize a program that was put to rest in the 1980s, mainly because of a low high school enrollment.

 

Jones has 20 years of football coaching experience in Martinsville, Henry and Pittsylvania counties, where he has found success in recreational leagues. He has also guided the Lady Chiefs to three basketball state championships in the last five years.

 

Mancino Craighead, Carlisle’s assistant athletic director, JV boys basketball coach and head of the phyiscal education department, will serve as Jones’ assistant coach. Craighead has experience as a JV football coach at Fieldale-Collinsville High School and as an assistant with the varsity football team at Bassett High School.

 

“When it comes to a football program, it is more than just a football team,†Carlisle’s Headmaster Simon Owen-Williams said. “It is the cheerleaders, band and school spirit. It is a great source of pride for alumni and students, and it is a rallying point for the school.â€Â

 

Carlisle will hold its games on Friday nights and will initially play schools in its own Division II, against opponents with similar enrollment as opposed to playing schools in the Virginia Indepent Conference, in which Carlisle’s boys teams currently compete. Carlisle athletics director David Gaylor noted the VIC does not require its member schools to play football at all or within the conference.