I love you mom and dad!!! i just read your post and cryed!!!! haha how manly is that? well i just wanted to drop in and tell you that. hope you had a happy aniversery!!! thanks so much for the amazing videos. keep em comin. oh yeah next time could you get more of casey and his partners, as well as matt and kim in latin.
love and miss you toonnnnnssss!!!!
love your little man jens.

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http://www.iowacentral.edu/athletics/mens_soccer/news/2009/8-21-09.asp

Tritons take question marks, confidence into 2009
by Josh Sandin
Photo Courtesy of Paul DeCoursey
Posted on 8/21/2009

FORT DODGE – There’s a certain excitement in the voice of Iowa Central head men’s soccer coach, Brandon Ermels, when he talks about the upcoming season. For a coach with only five sophomores on his roster, this would not be the reaction you would expect. However, Ermels has pretty high hopes for the 2009 season.

“We have a lot of freshmen, only three of our returners were starters last season,” said Ermels. “That said; we still have very high aspirations for this club. We think we should compete for the top spot in the conference.”

Returning for the Tritons this season are Kyle Roach, who was named preseason captain, Max Peterson, Alex Van De Laarschott and Guillermo Carillo. That number will mix with one of the more talented freshman classes Iowa Central has had.

“Our roster is very deep and talented,” said Ermels. “We have a lot of guys coming in with (Olympic Development Program) experience and even more with very strong club backgrounds.”

Ermels and the Tritons are quite aware that talent can look great on paper, but games are won and lost on the pitch. With 22 freshmen earning a varsity spot, experience will be something that will have to be earned on the fly.

“Our sophomores our going to have a huge leadership role,” said Ermels. “They are familiar with the conference and the level of play we need to be at every day. They know our high program standards and have set the bar high.”

Defense
The Triton defense will be the main question mark for the Triton in 2009. With only one defensive returner this season, Kyle Roach, and two rookie goalkeepers, Ermels is putting a lot of stock into his freshmen.

Ermels expects to see freshmen Jensen Smith, Tommy Catania and Morgan LeBeurre to head the defense for the Tritons. The freshman trio all come from very different backgrounds a Smith, the only American in the bunch, hails from Provo, Utah, Catania is from East London and LeBeurre hails from France. Smith and LeBeurre will be on the outside while Catania will play in the middle or center back with Roach.

i went to the fair with my host family back in des moines. i was so excited to go to the iowa state fair. it was soo cool to see all the mullets and digusting tattoos and all that crap but hey, thats iowa. haha well i really happy that i get to go to church today and not have to do a stupid fitness test that we would have had to have done on saturday and sunday. instead we got it done on friday. it was pretty easy compared to what i thought it was going to be. i had heard that it was going to be either a backwards mile, lunges up a parking garage, or something else. it turned out to be the backwards mile. it was really hard. i thought it was going to be pretty easy but ha nope. well im off to get my sunday close on and go to churk. (thats what the little kids call it.)

this is a video of last night when all the power went out for a few minutes. its really cool to see all the lightning. its not very long cause my camara battery died.

i have now offically moved into my dorm. it is so weird!!! its kind of bitter sweet cause i miss my parents and family but at the same time its cool to be on my own. we just finished one practice for today and at four we have another practice. yesterday we kind of started it off with just a little game of 8v8 and every one switched and played each other. i was kickin some serious bootay! it was awesome. im excited to play in a game on sunday. well thats all for now. i miss you all.
love jensie poo

well today is the big day where i leave my host family and go out into the world with my soccer buddies and hope for the best. i will miss the hancocks very much and can't wait to come back for the state fair. im kind of scared and also very very excited to go it on my own. i will definety be confiding in my parents for support and also financil advice. i love you so much mom and dad. haha ok well i will be going now. i leave around 6ish. i love every one.
love Jens