Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy / Lena High School Titan Football

Titan Football

   

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Varsity Football

With the approval of WIAA, the Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy- Lena Titan Football Team joined the M&O Conference in the fall of 2003.  With their combined strength, the schools were able to offer a varsity and junior varsity football program.  The Titan cheerleading squad for football was also formed and includes students from both schools.

The co-op has been an incredible success.  In 2004-05, the schools petitioned WIAA for approval of co-ops in Cross Country, Wrestling, Track & Field, Softball and Baseball.  WIAA approved the final request in June 2005. We were the conference champion in 2005.

Date Team Time
Thursday,Aug.28th Crandon (Parents night at Marinette) 7:00p.m.
Friday, Sept. 4th Valders (@ Lena)(Parent’s Night) 7:00p.m.
Friday, Sept.11th Suring (@ Marinette) 7:00p.m.
Friday, Sept.18th Peshtigo (@ Lena) 7:00p.m.
Friday, sept. 25th @ Crivitz
7:00p.m.
Friday, Oct.2nd @ White Lake/Elcho 7:00p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9th @Gillett 7:00p.m.
Saturday, Oct.17th Coleman(Homecoming @ Marinette) 7:00p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ Wausaukee 7:00p.m.

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Junior Varsity

Date Team Time
Tuesday, Sept. 8th @ Wausaukee 5:30p.m.
Monday, Sept. 14th Suring (@ Lena) 5:30p.m.
Monday, Sept. 21st Peshtigo (@ Marinette) 5:30p.m.
Monday, Sept. 28th @ Crivitz 5:30p.m.
Monday, Oct. 5th Oconto (@ Lena) 5:30p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12th @ Gillett
5:30p.m.
Monday, Oct. 19th Coleman (@ Lena) 5:30p.m.

The JV team has had a wonderful season winning some and losing some but the point of JV is not only to win but to learn if you don’t know enough about the game you can go on the JV team to get more playing time.

  

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Boys Varsity Football Coach - Dale Lange

Coach Dale Lange was the football head coach from 1989 to 1995 and came back in the fall of 2000 and has been their coach ever since, and also overseeing the weight room.  He was an assistant coach and head junior varsity coach in the early 1980’s.  Lange is a 1975 graduate of catholic central.  He played college football at UW - Stout where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in vocational technical education in 1979 and a master in 1984.  He is the welding and metallurgy instructor at NWTC Marinette Since December 1979.  He also runs the area high school rugby club.  He is a hunter, trout fisherman, and trap shooter.

Boys Varsity Football Coach - Ed Huberty

Coach Ed Huberty is a 1979 Lena high school graduate. He coached for Lena from 1993 to 2000 and has coached at Coleman high school for three seasons. He Returned to lena in 2005, also this is his third season back for the football team at Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy.  Ed has also coached at a variety of levels.  He enjoys the outdoors and hunting on his farm.

Assistant Boys Varsity Football Coach - Greg Otto

Coach Greg Otto is a 1980 graduate of Montclair high school in Southern California. He and his wife Beth have been married for twenty years and have two children. He is retired from the U.S. coast guard and is currently employed at Marinette Marine as an electronics engineer and testing foreman. He Coached Football at Marinette High School From 2001 until joining Titans in 2005.ddfdfdfd 

Assistant Football Coach - Mark Hansen

Mark Hansen was born and raised in Gillett. He played football, track and wrestled. He was a three year all 1st team all conference player in football while also named all state for defensive and offensive. He was a state heavyweight finalist in wrestling and went on to wrestle at UW - Stevens Point. He was been coaching for the past 15 years as a wrestling coach for Gillett and Shawano and also was head wrestling coach for Gillett - Suring in 2007 - 2008. He was a dump truck driver for 15 years before he returned to college to receive his teaching degree from UWGB.

Assistant Football Coach- Matt Schroeder

Matt Schroeder, a 2001 graduate of CCHS, where he was a two time letter winner in football, basketball, and baseball and a four time all conference football player. He continued playing football for NDSU and most recently the semi-pro U.P. Artic Blast. He is employed at Marinette Marine and resides in Marinette.

Picture By Greg Otto