Arrowhead Christian High School: August 2011 Archives

John Beck's first year at Arrowhead Christian was a harrowing one, as a rash of injuries had him with an 8-man-team sized available roster that was filled with wet-behind-the-ear freshmen who were more suited to playing at the junior varsity level.

"Last year, we had 26-28 guys and I'd guess that 15 of them were freshmen," Beck said. "It was definitely a hard situation and a lot of these kids had to learn on the fly against a really tough schedule. They were a gutsy group last year."

The Eagles are hoping that the desperation of 2010 will speed up the building process in 2011. ACA is still low on numbers in the junior and senior classes, as there are only 13 kids in the oldest two classes on the roster. But a group of precocious sophomores with varsity experience and a large freshman class has Beck pretty excited about the future.

"I think the future looks really bright and I think the guys that had to play last year are really going to benefit from it," Beck said. "If they stick with it, we'll have some fourth-year varsity players in a couple years and that will help us out a lot."