04/17/12 ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, IT’S BACK. THE SECOND ANNUAL NORTHERN INDIANA REGIONAL FOOTBALL COMBINE IS PLANNED FOR SATURDAY, MAY 12TH AT JACKSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 5-0-0-1 MIAMI STREET IN SOUTH BEND.
LAST YEAR’S EVENT DREW OVER 350 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND A NUMBER OF DIVISION THREE COLLEGE COACHES.
THIS YEAR’S COMBINE IS SPONSORED BY THE U-S ARMY’S SOUTH BEND RECRUITING COMPANY AND THE SOUTH BEND SCHOOL CORPORATION. OVER 90 DIVISION TWO AND THREE COLLEGE COACHES FROM INDIANA, ILLINOIS, OHIO, IOWA, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN ARE INVITED GIVING PLAYER AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS.
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES WILL EVALUATE LOCAL PLAYERS IN A NUMBER OF EVENTS INCLUDING A BENCH PRESS, 40-YARD DASH, MEDICINE BALL TOSS, SHORT SHUTTLE, VERTICAL LEAP AND BROAD JUMP. PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BREAK DOWN INTO POSITION DRILL EVALUATION SESSIONS INCLUDING QUARTERBACKS, RECEIVERS, RUNNING BACKS AND OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.
FAMED FOOTBALL COACH JACK LENGYEL (LENGEL), DEPICTED IN THE HIT FOOTBALL MOVIE “WE ARE MARSHAL,” IS THIS YEAR’S GUEST MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.
REGISTRATION STARTED ON MARCH FIRST AND IS CAPPED AT 500 ATHLETES, SO GET TO YOUR LOCAL ARMY RECRUITING STATION TO REGISTER OR LOG-ON TO W-W-W-N-I-R-F-C DOT COM.
