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Haverhill Youth Football and Cheer are in the fourth week of the season and ready for what this weekend has to offer.
On the football side, the senior team, grades seven and eight, is currently 2-1 on the year. Director of Football Operations Christian Foresta said that after beating Amesbury 34-6 last week, he predicts league administrators will rank the team as third or fourth place. Seniors play Timberlane Youth Football Sunday, 4 p.m., at Haverhill Stadium.
Foresta outlined for WHAV reasons he believes the seniors have seen success this year.
“Coaching, first off, has been the one key factor in brining these kids together and really getting them to buy in. I have not seen a team like this in a while. I think that they have a real shot at going far into the season,” Foresta said. “As long as they fix the small, silly mistakes and keep those from happening, they’re going to be extremely successful,” he said.
The junior team, grades five and six, is 1-2 on the season and beat Nashua last week in a 56-6 blowout. The junior team is hoping to even its record this Sunday, playing Wolfeboro, N.H.-based Kingswood Junior Knights at 1 p.m. The youth team, grades two to four, is also playing Kingswood, Sunday, at 10 a.m. Both teams are playing at home, Haverhill Stadium.
Foresta said the teams are looking forward to playing in the rain this weekend, which he referred to as ‘real football weather.’
He added, by developing the youth program, future Haverhill High School football teams will have a stream of Haverhill-born and trained players who will be ready to play for the Hillies.
Director of Junior Hillies Cheerleading Christin O’Brien said the cheer teams are having a “great season.” The entire cheer program has about 78 participants, with 50 of those participants being on the competition team. O’Brien said teams are hoping to participate in this weekend’s events if weather allows.
O’Brien said the cheer team was hoping to get secondary uniforms to wear during competition, but the outfits would not have arrived in time. She added uniforms the teams do have are “beautiful” and will be worn in competition.
O’Brien said despite the team having a strong year so far, the program is short coaches. She said it’s looking to have at least three coaches for each level of competition and, so far, it’s one for each level with a few parent volunteers. Haverhill Youth Cheer is looking for volunteers to give some time to the program. O’Brien asks that anyone interested in volunteering reach out to her via email at [email protected].
Haverhill Youth Cheer at Haverhill Stadium. (Photograph courtesy of Tatum Stevenson.)