JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?:%*S[uŠؔr/Z)c kFDBb*J#~u( Ǯ)cҀ*EҘ<1RT*~zLtLNtVrSO WXݪ xwOgB=?7j? dҜQjPJarl(ң @l+a1E{)ݽ vsD7a\6j/ƳACi'q0ӥ]$|Ȉ18 }*l( 0'QœOҚN=)cd@^kq{sK=)c0ϰDxiqŻ1v]OX.'ҭP2®c^UxUR@H:@k4m^[Ӗۀ~WC+XjWкҗJP7a=N+da(ٙGMh|+ ۗbh$\4W?qp'1cZZVS+k+b ub+{Z˝2(W͈61Q~C(ijr$<8<Zk }(}R9#d{rzS$&PvyҮ}2'.sEZi8éqyw8j sCFqT ?Gi_ӿ-3ősN]" D>in&qՏ~mR.n>G"iԂ[dNQ ݧ}XױW@lig"{ 0LhcO1u(pY'# B9\w76+g 66ќE#4Q}j8(K(ăT5HQOZ]-UWg펹ȉVW ݹT>$%{Yi:ѯOv>U;ǎȻ[jSmU2n Hz|N#).FWh93#?FgkuURf1o8\#e j RFp< zzH2P=f59r>SgJO <P>I could stop there and say the rest is history because the 1996 version of Evangel football <U>was</U> different.&nbsp; But I want you to know more.&nbsp; That cold rainy day in January started the sequence of events that would climax in the Louisiana Superdome on December 13,1996.&nbsp; Coach Shepard presented the total BFS program to all our athletes beginning with a presentation of the core lifts, going through the plyometric box jumping, bounding and explosive movement phase to the BFS Dot Drill and the 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program.&nbsp; As the clinic progressed, you could feel the emotion and sense of TEAM develop in a whole new dimension.&nbsp; As Coach Shepard shared testimonies, facts and talked about goal setting, I could see our player's&nbsp;intensity increase with every aspect of the clinic.&nbsp; To make a long story short, if you haven't experienced a BFS clinic, you are missing one of the most positive, motivating events that I have witnessed in 15 years of coaching.</P> <P>We wasted no time implementing the entire BFS program.&nbsp; Our kids saw incredible improvement as they competed individually and in groups to break records every day!&nbsp; We saw and continue to see strength and speed increases like never before.&nbsp; The players were changing right before our eyes.&nbsp; I asked each player what their team goal was for 1996.&nbsp; Without exception, the team goal was to go 15-0, win the state championship and be nationally ranked.&nbsp; Immediately we adopted the slogans "Expect A Miracle" and "Keep the Dream Alive".&nbsp; We would need a miracle because on our schedule was the defending 5A state champs, Neville High School.&nbsp; Also scheduled was Archbishop Shaw of New Orleans, a perennial 5A power and 14-time state champion, Haynesville.&nbsp; In workou