Coach, Mentor, Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Man of GOD ✝️ Grant HS Varsity Football Asst. DC & Safeties Coach/‘22 CA State Champ 💍 GHS ‘89. Pacer4Life
Please take a moment and send your prayers out to Kennedy High School and the family of Emmanuel “Manny” Antwi.Manny collapsed Friday night during Kennedy’s game against Johnson.Manny, passed away sometime Friday night at the hospital. Manny was a 18 year old, senior lineman. 🙏🏾
So let's address the elephant in the room. High School Football is not College Football. A Varsity HS player, at any level (D 1-7) rushing for 2,000 yards or getting 5 INT's in a season is a huge accomplishment. We have to stop minimizing the achievements of these young men. 🧵
I think this is ridiculous and an exercise in "Classism" by lawmakers. It's an attempt to keep children from low economic communities, especially those of color, from using football as the catalyst to elevate their lives to a higher level. This is not about head injuries.
Hey Coaches in the
@cifsjs
Would you be open to getting together a couple of times, this off-season, for food, fun & fellowship? We pick a spot (restaurant or bar), pick a time and date & simply come together to talk shop, offer support & share knowledge. Thoughts? 💭
I am so very proud of
@furly3k
& his commitment to
@Utah_Football
I’ve known this young man since he was knee high to a shoe fly. Extremely hard worker, very high character & amazing athlete. Sky’s the limit for him. Also congrats to his father
@WilsonRompcoach
for his commitment
I’ve coached this wonderful game for over 28 years and it’s not the losses that hurt. It’s seeing my players hurt & upset, that hurts. I love what I do, I love to being a mentor and I will forever be “A Pacer For Life!” (Photo cred
@CJacksonWCP
)
To all you Haters and Nonbelievers of Grant Union High School, Thank You 🙏🏾 Your Hate has fuel us for 15 weeks. So as we celebrate our CIF 3AA State Championship please enjoy celebrating your school of choice’s Strength of Schedule. Thank You Again. 🙏🏾
#CitySchool
#WeAreGrant
So this pass weekend I saw 7 on 7 football tournaments and youth soccer games being played, all around this county. But yet we can’t get a definitive answer on the status of a sanctioned high school football season? 😳
@streetsavvyGMG
@SacBee_JoeD
@GavinNewsom
@CIFState
@TonightHere
Black Men need to go full “Blackman” and stop linking ourselves to either the DNC or GOP. Neither one of these organizations has our best interest in mind. At some point we have to stop asking “Masta” to give us more crumbs. ✊🏾🔴⚫️🟢
#PowerToThePeople
To All the Athletes that didn't walk away with an offer after attending the Sac State Mega Camp. Pick your Head up and Lock the Hell In!! If you want it, go get it! Let them know that yesterday's price is not today's price!!
I coached
@lil_reek_
when he was a freshman and he has only gotten better. Stronger, Faster and more confident. Plus he continues to be an All American in the classroom.
@NDFootball
would be Blessed to have a young man like this as a student athlete at their university. 👍🏾
Landing Braylon James was a big splash, no doubt. But how the Irish fill out the receiver class is one of the most important remaining developments.
Among the targeted pass-catchers, few stand out like Rico Flores, a physical, productive recruit with a 4.0 GPA.
I’m not going to lie, this week has been a grind. But I am so thankful to be a part of this championship grind. We are as locked in as we can be, now it’s time to take care of business. It’s Championship Season!! 🔵🟡🐴
#WeAreGrant
#PacerForLife
Understand this about me. I am a Transformational Coach, not a Transactional Coach. I coach for the purpose of helping young athletes achieve all around greatness in their lives and not just on the field. I don’t coach just to win Football games. I coach to Win the game of LIFE.
Hey
@kcranews
@ABC10
@FOX40
maybe you didn’t realize Grant played a game tonight. We beat
#2
Patterson 80 - 44. I didn’t see any highlights during your high school sports section. But hey that OK. Keep that Energy.
#GrantVsEverybody
There’s something special about waking up and realizing that your team is playing for a
@cifsjs
Section Championship next Friday!!!!
#WeAreGrant
#PacerForLife
🔵🟡🐴🙏🏾
And on the 13th Day of December, God said “Let’s Get This Party Started!” and yours truly was born! I’m so Thankful and Blessed to see my 52nd trip around the Sun. 🙏🏾 Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number, but I’m Happy with Every Year I’m Blessed With. 😎✊🏾✌🏾
#ImNowA3rdDownCoverDB
🤣
When you make a promise to your players, you have to follow through. Ran 10 100’s with the team and Lord Help Me. 🤦🏾♂️ I think I need to buy stock in Icy Hot and Epsom Salt. 🤣 Don’t worry, I will be ready to go by tomorrow…. And yes, I finished all the 10 100’s.
#ILoveCoaching
🚨🚨Attention all HS coaches in the
@cifsjs
we need to pack Hornet 🐝 Stadium on October 22nd with all of our players.
@SacHornetsFB
has shown a tremendous amount of support for HS Football in this section through recruitment & hosting camps. It’s time for us to show up.
It’s important we celebrate the young black men that are taking care of business, in a major way. Today I’m celebrating Capital Christian High School Graduate<Harvard University Graduate<Vanderbilt University Graduate+ Kansas City Chiefs U.D.F.A Justice Shelton Mosley 🙏🏾
🚨🚨 To all the college coaches that follows me on Twitter. It’s doesn’t matter to me if your school is FBS,FCS,NAIA, Div II, Div III or a JUCO. I want my players to have opportunity and choices after high school. DM me is your looking for quality Student Athletes. ✊🏾
#WeAreGrant
This goes out to all those “People” that pick Oakdale to beat us in tonight’s semifinal game. I believe their end of the year banquet is next Friday at their local Applebee’s (2449 Claribel Rd
Riverbank, CA 95367) and you’re invited.
#WeAreGRANT
#PacerForLife
#HelmetsToTheRight
My last comment in reference to San Jacinto High School. San Jacinto High has 2,741 students. Grant High has 2,088. According to
@cifsjs
division alignment rules San Jacinto would be the 5th largest school in our Section and would play in the D1 Bracket. Just a little context.
There’s 131 D1, 164 D2, 250 D3 & 96 NAIA University/College football programs in this country. If you are a Baller and have the Grades, I don’t want to hear that there is not a school out there for you to play at.
That was one hell of a game. That’s what a Championship game should be. Two defenses battling to the end. Thank you
@BrothersVarsity
for an outstanding game!!!
It’s with a Humble Heart and a Excited Spirit that I except the position of Varsity LB Coach at my Alma Mater, Grant Union High School(‘89). Thank you
@CReedGHS
for this opportunity. Now Let’s Get to Work.
#pacersforlife
@streetsavvyGMG
@grant_union
To all my CIF brothers, as we watch football being played around the country,don’t lose focus.Remember Cali High School Football is some of the best in the country.Right now we’re watching the matinee,the Main Event begins in January
@streetsavvyGMG
@SacBee_JoeD
@cameronsalerno1
@Coach_MarcusCHS
Yes! Clean or Not depends on what the kids want. The weight room is their space. You want them to feel comfortable there and to want to be there. 👍🏾
The out of state tuition to attend the University of Oregon is $39,309 + $15,315 for room & board. Total=$54,644 a year. To attend for 4 years that’s $218,576.If you’re on an athletic scholarship let make that value $500,000. Are your athletic skills worth Half a million dollars?
These are two pictures of two 2022 CIF State Championship Trophies. The one on the left is Bosco’s Open Division Trophy & the on the right is Grant’s 3AA Trophy. Besides the division, can you tell me the difference in the two? I didn’t think so. Championships are Championships
Had a chance, yesterday, to sit down with one of my fellow coaches in the section and talk about football, our life experiences and why we do what we do. Two Coaches from Two Different Programs, in Two Different Communities but with One Goal. Success for our Student-Athletes.💯
Grant’s DB room has a total of 10 INT’s so far this postseason. The goal that we set for ourselves was 20 INT’s in the postseason. To Be Continued…..
#WeAreGrant
#PacerForLife
🔵🟡🐴
Everything we’ve done has simply lead to this moment. A chance to win State. Our job is not done. San Jacinto High is on the ⏰
#WeAreGrant
#PacerForLife
🔵🟡🐴✊🏾🤜🏾🤛🏾
Been watching film since 2pm yesterday. Had our coaches meeting last night at 6pm to lay down our game plan. This
@ElCerritoHigh
football team is very good. But as with all the other 13 games we played this year, we are locked 🔒 in and Focused on the task at hand.
#NorCals
In the state of California there are approximately 763,867 high school students that participate in HS athletics. With only 17,068 transferring statewide, that just 2.23% of our athletes. So why is this a concern?
The final high school sports transfer numbers are in from the CIF for 2023-24, and it's stunning. There were a record 17,068 statewide. The Southern Section had a record 6,928. Story to come.
🚨🚨🚨HEY SACTOWN!!!! We’ve got Championship, Playoff football going on right now. Our Mighty Hornets
@SacHornetsFB
play
@GoJacksFB
next Saturday at Hornet Stadium at 6pm. Let’s pack the spot and show them how the West Coast Rocks!!! 👌🏾
@SacBee_JoeD
@cameronsalerno1
The matchup is set. South Dakota State will be coming to Hornet Stadium to face the Hornets on Sat., Dec. 4, at 6 pm. Tickets are on sale now and range from $5-$20.
🎟
I don’t just train athleticism,I also train character. One of my young guys is not following the rules at home. So today, before he could begin his training session,he had 25 100’s. I told him if I hear he is still getting in trouble, I will refuse to train him.
#ActRight
Last night was the cherry on top of an amazing 2022 football season. I’m even more driven to try to capture this feeling again 2023.
#WeAreGrant
#PacerForLife
My nephew has grind in his DNA. From tearing his ACL twice in high school. To being told by his high school coach that he was not good enough to play college ball. His focus has always been God first & to walk by faith. I am extremely proud of him.
#leachmenrock
@streetsavvyGMG
This is a Public Service Announcement from Coach Leach & the good folks from Grant Union High School…. Just because we uplift our kids doesn’t mean we put down yours. The Tide Rises for Everyone. ✊🏾✊🏻✌🏾✌🏻🤜🏾🤛🏻
Let me ask a question. If Coach Rafiq did this to a female athlete what would be our response? If he did it to a athlete with a disability what would be our response? Why is the response different for Kiku? Is because he can jump high? Is because he’s black? I’m simply asking.
You got a good one
@WSUCougarFB
Congratulations
@WayshawnParker
A month ago you played for a high school State Championship, now you are a member of a D-1 College Football Program. Super proud of you. ✊🏾🙏🏾🔵🟡🐴
So very proud of this young man. His commitment and sacrifice on the field and in the classroom is a true example of a Student-Athlete.
#PacerForLife
#WeAreGrant
I’ve got to send a Congratulations to
@Go_CCSFootball
Anyone that knows me knows that Capital has a special place in my heart. I won two section championships there as a coach. Great Job on getting back to the Championship game.
@TRU2FAM
🙏🏾
#GodIsGood
@fbcoachsimpson
Yes! The weight room should be an inviting space that players look forward to coming too. Play music and let them control the AUX cord. The weight room is the players home away from home.
Just a heads up. At Grant Union High School, we teach our student-athletes to go where they are wanted,have an opportunity to play and where they will finish their degree. Not to simply go to the school that was once featured on ESPN College Game Day. ✌🏾
@SacBee_JoeD
This young man was not recruited. He grew up in Del Paso Heights. He simply wants to go to the school that he has looked up for years. He wants to graduate from the same school that his family went too.
Simpson University is starting a football program the school announced on Tuesday. A nationwide search for a coach has started, in an announcement made by Simpson President Dr. Norm Hall
At their Business Luncheon earlier today.
#norcalscores
@SimpsonRedHawks
What would you do if you saw your son or daughter being cursed & screamed at by their coach and told to take off their uniform and leave the gym, in the middle of the game in front of hundreds of people? Would you accept this type of abuse of your child?
@SacBee_JoeD
@KCRAdapper
At Grant we celebrate being Students as much as we celebrate being Athletes. Congratulations to all of our players for staying focused and keeping your eyes on the prize.
#WeAreGrant
#PacerForLife
True Pacer Legends and my brothers. GUHS class of 1988. Aaron Garcia (QB), Desmond Clayton(WR) and Jason Brown(TE). This was Grant High School’s original “Air Force” They were in the building to witness history. 🙏🏾🔵🟡🐴
Being selected to the Optimist Team is a huge honor. I remember getting my Optimist letter back in December of 1988. I still have that letter in my memory album. Congratulations to these young men. I couldn’t be more proud of you.
Congratulations to our 2023 Optimist All-Star Selections. We are so very proud of all of your hard work, commitment and sacrifice. You’ve earned every honor and award. Stay Focused and Always Keep Your Eyes on the Prize. 🐴
@CoachLeach3
@CReedGHS
@streetsavvyGMG
@SydThompson23
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face” 🔵🟡🐴
Preseason ✅
Regular Season ✅
Post Season ✅
D3 Sac-Joaquin Section 🏆
CIF D2-AA NorCal Championship 🏆
CIF D2-AA California State Championship ⏰
We have a student population of 2088,top of the D3.Our record last year was 0-9.We haven’t been in the playoffs in 5 years.Our last Section Championship appearance was in 2014. We needed to win our league title to play DII in the playoffs,we lost to MT.Record this year 7-2,Hi D3
💙 All About the 'G' 💛
Grant's coaching staff is steeped in school tradition. Players said they're treated like second sons.
The Grant community is special, and it's showing again in profound ways this fall.
Story:
Come on College Coaches, this is ridiculous! A monthly subscription in order for me to send you my prospect list? Are your serious? I have to pay in order for you to view my players grades and Hudl video? We are not wasting our time or our money.
Not feeling the fact I have to pay a monthly subscription cost to send a prospect list to a coach! But it is what it is. If your on “the hunt” message me and I’ll send you the prospect list
There’s a joy that I feel when one of my players calls me, to tell me that he got two college acceptance letters today. The excitement in his voice was priceless. We want our kids as excited about the Acceptance letter as they are about the Scholarship offer. 👍🏾💯
#WeAreGrant
Look what I found. A fellow Pacer! Sharon, Class of ‘74! She was so excited about us playing for a State title today! She that she has been and always will be a Pacer for Life!!🔵🟡🐴
As I sit on my couch, on this rainy Saturday in Sacramento and I prepare my notes and drills for next weeks Spring practice, I’m reminiscing over our past couple of seasons and MAN!! Time to TURN THIS BAD BOY UP!!!
#LetsGo
#WeAreGrant