CSN Log
August 30th, 2010, 05:10 PM
08-20-2010 05:55 PM
http://media.northjersey.com/images/kicker_0819_vr_tif_.jpgIt’s a picture-perfect dry and comfortable Saturday afternoon in mid-August. The Toyota Corolla – which has logged more than 160,000 miles while its driver traverses the Garden State in a never-ending quest to train kicking prospects – pulls up to the curb alongside Bonnel Field in West Caldwell.
As Verona native Pat Sempier exits the driver’s side door and heads to the car’s trunk in order to grab a bagful of footballs before heading out to the field, the single, unmistakable aspect one notices is not the missing hubcap on the front left tire.
Much more striking is the smile on the face of the man, 76 years young, and as excited about beginning year 52 as the state’s top kicking coach as he was when he coached early success stories like Bruce Nugent at Cedar Grove in 1963. Read more about that later on.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2010/08/20/sempier-still-gets-a-kick-out-of-coachin?blog=2#more6756)
More... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2010/08/20/sempier-still-gets-a-kick-out-of-coachin?blog=2)
http://media.northjersey.com/images/kicker_0819_vr_tif_.jpgIt’s a picture-perfect dry and comfortable Saturday afternoon in mid-August. The Toyota Corolla – which has logged more than 160,000 miles while its driver traverses the Garden State in a never-ending quest to train kicking prospects – pulls up to the curb alongside Bonnel Field in West Caldwell.
As Verona native Pat Sempier exits the driver’s side door and heads to the car’s trunk in order to grab a bagful of footballs before heading out to the field, the single, unmistakable aspect one notices is not the missing hubcap on the front left tire.
Much more striking is the smile on the face of the man, 76 years young, and as excited about beginning year 52 as the state’s top kicking coach as he was when he coached early success stories like Bruce Nugent at Cedar Grove in 1963. Read more about that later on.
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2010/08/20/sempier-still-gets-a-kick-out-of-coachin?blog=2#more6756)
More... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2010/08/20/sempier-still-gets-a-kick-out-of-coachin?blog=2)