New beginnings! We love you...

As hard as it to put in to words how much this program and the kids have meant to me over the last five years I feel like I should try. With God's help we have done mighty things (psalms 60:12). We reap what we sow (Galatians 6:9).The Lord taught me more over this period of time than I ever could have imagined. He taught me unconditional love, patience, and the real purpose of athletics. The point to it all is building life long relationships with one another AND more importantly glorifying HIS precious name. Sure it is great to break records, win championships, earn scholarships, and become all-state but thats just the little stuff. Theres nothing wrong with working hard to reach a goal BUT GOD has something so much better in store for us. Praise the Lord for revealing that to me. It makes my love for the sport that much deeper! The thought that He can use the passion we have for our sport to advance His kingdom is awesome and we are so blessed to have athletics as a platform. Before my time here I just didn't get it. God took these years to shape and mold me. I admit I didn't always get it right. I can recall times where I failed a child and my LORD by my actions of selfishness and pride. He always showed me the error of my ways and gently pushed me back on track. In turn the kids and our family grew closer in love and respect. I know that God will continue to bless the program by bringing the kids that are destined to be apart of it to practice. He always provides. I look forward to what all He plans now that the Hebert era is over and a new chapter is beginning. I hope you all will give Coach Ditt an opportunity to coach you with his amazing back ground and mutal love of the Lord. He has our support and we will help him in any way we can. I pray that the Lord help Jeremy and I to raise our own kids up loving and serving the Lord much like the ones we have coached through the years. I pray also that He bring us back to coaching when the season of life is right... Until then we will treasure the memories of each one of you like our own children..

All of our love- Linzie, Jeremy, Hallie, and baby Owen :)

In no particular order...
Caleb-The warrior
Corey- The HUGE heart
Chase- The natural
Zac- The musician
Hunter- The epic comedian
Dylan- The wild heart
Hope- The nurturer
Lindsey- The Child like spirit
Nicole- The competitive encourager
Kaila-The veteran
Kelsey-The closing kicker
Shelby T-The wonderer
Jordan- The beautiful voice
Kaitlyn- The giver
Avery- The lover of the WORD
Ashlen-The suprising power house
Austin- The sweet heart
John-The silent gift
Josh-The hard worker and the next in line
James-The missionary
Lupo- The 800 beast!
Mark- The fun random one
Faith- The awesome stride
Tim-The constant improver
Jason- The huckaberry fin country lovin big heart
Jacob B- The baby of the bunch
Jake- The wrestler
Jared- The Big red
Hailey- The fastest I have ever seen...
Dakota-The Byrd fan!
Landon-The excellent pacer
Chris N.-The persistent one
Hannah D-The best texter:)
Holly- The little engine that could
Shelby D.-The future endurance queen
Hannah N- The happy soul
Chandler-The easiest not to get mad at
Eric- The sarcastic one
Abby- The quiet one
Kristen-The late season blessing

State meet 2010

Boys move on over the girls are moving in! The All State Wall of Fame will make room for two more after todays Cross Country State Championship in Natchitoches, La. Not one but two young ladies earned the honor in the girls 2A race on the chilly afternoon in November. 8th Grader Hailey Hesterman finished 3rd in the field running a 19:24 over the 3 mile course. Her finish makes her the highest placing cavalier in history to finish at the State Cross country meet. Finishing in front of Hailey were two seniors planning to carry on their running career on the collegiate level. This is very exciting for Hailey and our program. She ran like a little champion out there today. I think if she would have had another 400meters she may have taken the whole thing!
Little did we know that The excitment for the race was not over! Cavalier long shot Ashlen Grantham squeezed her way into the All State team finishing in the final spot, 10th today with an impressive time of 20:19. We knew going into the race that Ashlen could be a dark horse for top honors if she ran well. Ashlen is one that rises to competition and runs well under pressure. When she gave me a thumbs up with 1200meters to go I knew she had it in the bag! It was almost overwhelming to see these two young ladies on the podium. These girls set new sites for our program and our school. There are so many talented young females athletes at Calvary just waiting to break out. We hope Ashlen and Hailey are the first among many female All Staters across the board at Calvary. Over 300 distance runners start the season in cross country while only about half of that make it to the title meet. Out of those only the top ten are crowned first team All State. Congrats to our new All Staters! What a record breaking honor!

Ashlen and family you will be missed greatly! Thank you for your loyalty and love during your time here. Things will not be the same with out you guys and we pray that God continues to bless you all as you move toTexas! I will ensure Ashlen gets her pretty picture on that wall!!!!

On the team side the girls finished 6th overall out of 14 while the guys finished 8th out of 23 full teams. Some of the placements below are not exact. Official results should be posted soon. Overall we were pretty pleased today. The boys ran really well on this course last time they were here and either bested or ran very close to those times from just a few weeks ago despite the muddy conditions. Considering most of our team members on the guys side and several from the girls side are first year runners who have been at it less than six months ii would say they did as well as we could hope. We are looking forward to seeing Tim Kunkel get a few more years under his belt with Jason and Josh and we will miss our seniors (John, Jared, James, Mark, and Kaila) greatly! It was frustrating seeing John get knocked out of All State honors his senior year despite running faster than he did in 09 when he earned the honor but looking at the incredible depth of competiton on the guys side (6 of the top 10 COMPOSITE Ranked runners in the 2A race alone! Plus another stellar group ranked in the top 15 compositely.. It could have been anyone's day. ) he cannot be disappointed in this. On the girls side we had some outstanding preformances and some heart breakers. Having Nicole injured these last few weeks really set us back. These are things out of our control and I am proud of several of first year runners (shelby, faith, holly) for stepping up today despite their inexperience on the State stage. I am grateful Nicole gave it a try today and I was glad to see Kelsey recover from the last time she ran the course. The state meet course never claiimed to be fast or fun but you all made it through. Congrats on a great season!

John Broughton: 17:11-12th/ NSU invite: 17:08/2009: 17:16-8th
Josh Hudson:18:06-34th/Nsu invite:18:06/2009:18:43-35th
Jason Sibert:18:31-43rd/NSU invite:18:36/2009:19:11-47th
Jared Lupo:19:01-56th/Nsu invite: No time/2009: No time/4th runner:Eric Austin:18:54-39th
Tim Kunkel:19:11-58th/Nsu invite:19:00/2009: No time/5th runner:Dakota Rothell: 19:00-42nd
James Kunkel:19:46-73rd/Nsu invite:19:57/2009: No time/6th runner: Jason Sibert:19:11=47th
Mark Blume:22:07-114/Nsu invite: No time

Hailey Hesterman: 19:29-3rd/Nsu invite:20:20
Ashlen Grantham: 20:19-10th/Nsu invite:21:19/2009: 21:14-13th
Kelsey Wildes: 22:28-41st/Nsu invite:23:22/2009:22:08-21st
Shelby Dodson: 22:30-45th/Nsu invite:25:02/2009: No time/4th runner last year:Lindsey Kosin:22:54-37th
Faith Kunkel: 24:00-60th/Nsu invite:24:32/2009: No time/5th runner last year:Avery Watson:23:12-44
Nicole Kosin: 24:07-62nd/Nsu invite:22:25/2009:22:14-22nd/6th runner last year:Kaila Wildes:24:36-74th
Holly Dempsey:25:17-75th/Nsu invite:24:48/2009: No time: 7th runner:Chandler Falcon: 25:08

District/Parish Invitational

Coach Jeremy handing off the District Runner-up trophy to senior Jared Lupo

Congrats to everyone for a day of phenomenol personal records! The weather turned out perfect with temperatures in the low 40's which is excellent for distance running. Most everyone took advantage of the beautiful day to either best their previous time on the course or break a new personal record. For Hailey Hesterman and John Broughton the school 3 mile records were shattered today as well. The boys record has stood for four years and was held by Chase Rolland with a 16:28 respectively. John broke the record today by 18 seconds running a 16:10. Hailey broke her own previous school record by 28 seconds over the three miles. Ashlen Grantham proved she is ready to be considered within 2A's best as she broke her previous personal record by over a minute today running an incredible 19:57!!!! Kelsey Wildes also making noise breaking into the 21 range for the first time this season. Nicole Kosin and Shelby Dodson made a great tandum out there today looking strong in the low 22 range. Nicole is a great leader and has been very helpful in brining the younger girls along this season. Shelby has been an unbelievable asset to our team this year breaking barriers she didn't know she could even come close to! Faith Kunkel and late season bloomer Holly Dempsey both ran excellent times today rounding out our top seven that will proceed on to the State Championships on the 15th of this month. Hannah Ditt had a break through preformance today finishing the season on a high note with a great new PR of 25:20!!!! Kristen Ryder ran only the second three mile of her life and finished with a 24:57 almost eight minutes faster than what she ran just two weeks ago at her first varisty race. Kaila Wildes, Senior captain led the team well with encouragement and love and though today wasn't ideal for her. She is well loved and very appreciated for her leadership. Thank you for the memories. Congrats to the girls team for earning the District 1-2A title for the second year in a row!
Folllowing John in the boys race Josh Hudson continued his excellent streak of races by finishing with a 17:33. Jason Sibert, aka Seabiscuit, busted into the 17:00 range running an amazing 17:52 today! Tim Kunkel and Jared Lupo gutted it out running 18:14 and 18:32. Both are excellent competitors that know what it means to hurt and better yet welcome the pain! James Kunkel proved to himself and to the team today that he is BACK matching his previous best from the first of the year! I am so proud of his effort and his willingness to NOT give up! Mark Blume met his goal of running in the 21:00's today which makes his total drop time of 10:50 for the year!!! The guys finished up the day 2nd in District behind State power, Lakeside. Run like you did today at state and you will make a lot of noise!
I challenge you to give us your complete focus and dedication in the last 10 days of your training. No distractions and no regrets! Pray for our team as we move forward. Pray for healing and health. Pray for confidence and peace! Congrats on the progress you have made thus far. Don't stop here!!!

Thanks to the parents for your help today!!! The meet turned out great! Thanks to alumni members Hope Nichols: 2007 Captain, Lindsey Kosin: 2009 Captain, Caleb Brown: 2007 Captain, and Chase Rolland: 2009 Captain for coming out to the encourage the team. We were all thrilled to see you guys!!

Our Love and Praise,
Coaches Hebert

PS attached is a full list of results:

Individual Time Comparisons from CBA TT/CBA Invitational/CBA District Championships. Same Course. No changes


Broughton: 17:54/16:58/16:10=Improved by 1:44-All District Runner Up
Hudson: 19:13/18:24/17:33= Improved by 1:40-All District Honorable Mention
Sibert: 19:34/19:21/17:52=Improved by 1:42-All District Honorable Mention
Kunkel, T: 20:06/19:35/18:14=Improved by: 1:54
Lupo: 22:35/20:11/18:32=Improved by 2:03
Kunkel, J: 19:58/18:47/18:47=EVEN
Blume:32:46/23:57/21:56= Improved by 10:50


Hesterman: 21:25/19:47/19:08=Improved by 1:43-District Champion
Grantham: 22:21/21:58/19:57= Improved by 2:24-All District
Wildes, Kel: 22:38/22:15/21:33= Improved by 1:05-All-District
Kosin:22:57/23:03/22:02=Improved by 55 secs-All District Honorable Mention
Dodson: 27:21/27:56/22:10= Improved by: 5:11
Kunkel, F: 25:06/25:49/23:27=Improved by 1:39
Dempsey: 27:32/29:34/23:49= Improved by 3:42
Ditt:27:33/27:24/25:20= Improved by 2:14
Wildes, Ka: 26:33/26:12/27:02=+50
Ryder: 24:57

COUNT DOWN TO STATE!

Seniors 2010

Jared Lupo, James Kunkel, Mark Blume, John Broughton, and Kaila Wildes

Parents don't forget to send your $10.00 this week to cover part of the District prize!

Sunday, October 31st-OFF

Sunday, November 7th: OFF

Monday, November 8th-5:30-6:30pm @ CBA

Tuesday, November 9th-3 PM @CBA Recovery Run

Wednesday, November 10th-5:45am: SHORT run @ 30secs-1 minute per mile slower than Race pace

3PM: GIRLS LAST DAY FOR RUNNING CLUB

Thursday, November 11th- 5:30pm-OFF

Friday, November 12th-3:15 pm Caravan to Natchitoches State meet course

4:20am Arrive for Practice on course

Finish @ 5:45pm. Go eat at Niki's Mexican restaurant

Arrive back to CBA @ 8:15pm.

Saturday, November 13th-12:00pm @ The Hebert's-Easy Bike followed by Pasta lunch Pre Race party!

Sunday, November 14th- Church as a team at CBA @ 10:45-12:20pm. Pre Race on XC field to follow.

Monday, November 15th-NO SCHOOL! EVERYONE TRAVELS TO NATCHITOCHES!!!

LHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Natchitoches, La

LEAVE FROM CBA @ 11:30AM
REGISTRATION:12:45PM
2A GIRLS RACE: 1:45 PM/2A BOYS RACE: 3:15PM

NSU PRE STATE

The teams got their first go at the State Meet Course in Natchitoches, La today in low 80 degree temperatures, unseasonally warm for late cross season. Despite the heat some good things got done today. On the guys side, five ran, five finished! Our boys placed sixth out of 16 teams. We suffered a little without team support and constant top five runner, Jared Lupo out today along with Mark Blume taking the ACT. The boys still had some great individual showings on the course. John Broughton rolled into another top ten finish this week finishing 9th out of 189 male runners. His time of 17:08 was his fastest ever on the NSU course. John has not finished outside of the top ten all year. A great feat considering the courses and competition we have encountered this year. Keep up the streak! Josh Hudson hauled in another fast time of 18:06 besting his previous time on the course by 37 seconds!!! Josh has been running smart the last few weeks and seeing some major results! Josh's time was enough to finish 29th overall and fifth in our district! Jason Sibert came to prove last weeks big drop was not just a fluke as he busted out another great 18:36 beating his previous time on the same course by 34 seconds enough for 43rd. Tim Kunkel looked strong again today finishing with a 19:00 and 53rd overall. James Kunkel rounded out our day with a 19:57 and 83rd
Girls placed third out of sixteen total teams trailing 4A State Runner-up, lead by National runner Kaitlyn Flattman, and their 4A foe Parkway high school who finished second.
The highlight of the day was Holly Dempsey's 76th finish out of 156 runners! Her placement came along side an 82 second drop from her PR just one week prior. The drop was enough for a nice 24:48 over three miles. Holly was the lone runner to set a personal record today. With her tiny body frame and running style Holly has great potential to continue being a BIG producer for our team. Leading the Lady Cavs in scoring today was eight grader, Haley Hesterman who finished fifth overall with a time of 20:26. Ashlen Grantham out ran several district rivals as well as local strengths to finish one spot out of the top ten and only seconds away from her personal record set last week. Nicole Kosin finished on par with a 22:23, enough for 30th while Kelsey Wildes finished 41st. Faith Kunkel rounded out our top five in the 24 range today finishing 67th While Shelby Dodson finished 84th. Kristen Ryder completed her first career 3 mile race today in 32:00. Hannah Ditt and Kaila Wildes were out today taking the ACT.
With State only three weeks away we enter in to the final phase of our training, the SPEED phase. If you have not gotten them already you will need to purchase spikes and bring them to our hard practices over the next three weeks. Spikes are very beneficial for the State meet and District courses.
This weekend is a training weekend and MANDATORY! We need this time to prepare. We will meet for practice that morning and then go on to watch the movie Secretariat as a team. Please make plans for this.
Special, loving note: We love the football team and offer them ALL of our support! HOWEVER: please do NOT let their games interfere with your rest and your body's preparation for YOUR sport and YOUR team! Something tells me your legs may have been a little heavier today than they should have been considering the activities the night before! :)

Next up: District Championships, November 6th 2010~CBA home course

For full results go to:
http://www.nsudemons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=93076&SPID=11375&ATCLID=205017346&DB_OEM_ID=20000

Keep pressing on! Sprint to the end! We are almost there!!!
Coaches Hebert

MENARD 2010

Blessed is the man whose confidence is in the LORD, who trusts in Him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots to the stream. It does not fear when the HEAT comes; its leaves are always green. It has NO WORRIES in a time of drought and NEVER fails to bear fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8

CBA girls cash out on another team victory this week finishing 1st in the 22nd annual Menard Invitational small school division. The guys pulled off a 4th place finish out of 16 full teams!

Today was by far the best our two teams have preformed as a unit all year. We had some major break throughs today mentally and physically which left us as coaches saying "WOW!" God has truly blessed our teams with ability. You are gaining strenth, confidence, and maturity in your racing with each week. We are right on track for the season.

In the girls race, 8th grader Hailey Hesterman easily outdistanced her competitors with an incredible new PR of 19:37 on the Hilly Fort Buhlow course in Alexandria, La. Ashlen Grantham returned to the scene today back to her old form breaking her previous PR set at the state meet last year by eight seconds! As a 7th grader, Ashlen is mature beyond her years in racing. She is calm, patient, and extremely competitive. I see her future only getting brighter! Kelsey and Nicole used their devastating closing kicks to suck up the competition again this week. I look for them to be breaking into the 21 range very soon. Their time is COMING! Shelby Dodson is a beast! She used this week to knock another minute off of her previous PR set just one week ago. (Keep doing that and you will be in the 22 range before you know it!)She safely led teammate Faith Kunkel to an all time best of 81 seconds! Faith had the highest drop of everyone this week! It is nice to see some of that hard work in practice transfer over to racing. Congrats on a big break through for Faithy! Kaila Wildes demonstrated consistency by finishing in the 25:00 range for the second week in a row. Holly dropped another five seconds off of her time this week. I look for her to be in the 25 range very soon! Hannah Ditt dealt with some frustrations today in not feeling well BUT we have plans to work past that and have her back full force by next week.
On the boys side, lead runner John Broughton got to handle adversity face to face when he was accidently directed off course. He and the four other lead runners added about 30 seconds to their time today as they had to be redirected on to course leaving them at the back of the pack. John fought his way through the crowd and ultimately managed to finish in the top 7! Though the time was not ideal this experience reminded us all of what we already know about John... He is a fighter and he is sound minded enough to make lemonade out of LEMONS! God has a plan and it is good. We believe as the bible says, you reap what you so at the proper time if you do not get tired of doing good. John, keep sowing. The time is coming to reap your harvest! Josh Hudson had an unbelievable career best breaking 18:00 minutes for the first time today. He has dropped over 3.5 minutes since he first started in 2008! Today must have been a day for break throughs as Jason Sibert outran his previous personal record today by 51 seconds!!!! I have NEVER seen him run with so much confidence and passion. We discussed earlier in the week that his time was coming soon and today it was nice to see his hard work pay off. Now that the barrier has been broken you are FREE to just run!!!! Go Seabiscuit! Tim Kunkel, Jason's usual training partner followed suit dropping another 30 seconds off of his PR last week and finishing 32nd. This finish was enought to earn a top 50 t-shirt! This comes as the first cross country shirt win of his career. Not to be out done, Jared Lupo snagged a top 50 shirt running well again this week . His nice response to passing 3 runners in black with 1200 to go helped secure our teams high placement. James Kunkel was back closer to his form this week dropping almost a minute off of the time he ran last week. Look for him to be in the 18:00's by season end. Mark Blume continues to creep downward as he ran another PR this week! Mark has had a new personal best in every race he has run this year!

Congrats to our teams. Let's keep building on this strong foundation, trusting in the Lord for our confidence and strength. Trust HIM and Trust the PLAN! HERE WE GO!

Ps. Jacob Brossette finished 17th today at the Jr. High State Championships.This placement was enough for Honorable mention All state.

*Last year the course was different due to flooding. But I do have times from the boys the year before which was the same course. Girls ran awful that day so times were not documented on our site:) Wish I would have posted so you could see your improvement too!

Boys Team finished 4th out of 16 scoring teams. 141 runners finished the race.
Results from 2010 Results from 2008* Zac was injured.
Broughton:17:20 (ran off course)-7th Chase Rolland-17:30-9th-
Josh Hudson:17:49 (PR:16 seconds)-16th Landon Roach-18:04-24th
Jason Sibert:18:24 (PR:51 seconds)-27th Dakota Rothell-18:53-40th
Tim Kunkel: 18:40 (PR: 30 seconds)-32nd Chris Norton-19:15-51st
Jared Lupo:19:01 (PR: 14 seconds)-45th Hunter Gauntlett-19:36-60th
James Kunkel:19:32-57th Jason Sibert-19:48-67th
Mark Blume: 22:34 (PR:14 seconds)-115th Josh Hudson-21:12-81st

The girls finished 1st out of 7 scoring teams and 84 runners

Hailey Hesterman: 19:36 (PR: 11 seconds)-1st
Ashlen Grantham: 21:06 (PR: 8 seconds)-13th
Kelsey Wildes:22:17-17th
Nicole Kosin:22:34-22nd
Shelby Dodson:23:17 (PR:58 seconds)-30th
Faith Kunkel:23:21 (PR:81 seconds)-32nd
Kaila Wildes:25:33-54th
Holly Dempsey:26:10 (PR:5 seconds)-58th
Hannah Ditt:-28:07-74th

For a list of full results go to : http://la.milesplit.com/meets/75284

Cedar Creek Invite

Congrats to the Calvary Cross Country girls for claiming the Cedar Creek Invitational Team title Saturday, October 9th. Hailey Hesterman finished second with a tme of 20:11. Shelby Dodson rounded out the scoring card with a new personal record of over a minute running a 24:15 and finishing 33rd overall. Shelby's big step up this week put us in the running for the team title.Ashlen Grantham, Kelsey Wildes, and Nicole Kosin all ran persoanl season records finishing 11th-21:48, 13th-22:08, and 14th-22:09. Kelsey and Nicole's big sprint finish each passing two girls sealed the deal for the team victory. Faith Kunkel finished 6th for the team with a 25:03 and a 45th placement. Kaila Wildes, Holly Dempsey, and Hannah Ditt ran personal records for the season running 25:20-48th, 26:19- 52nd, 26:28 and 55th over the 3 mile course respectively. We are very proud of these efforts considering the hillly course. We are not satisfied with finishing first at invitational meets and we will continue to strive to reach our full potential for the season. Our goal is state. Remember it is not how you start but how you finish that counts! Expect coach to challenge you as an individual in the coming weeks to see your full potential shine by the state meet.

The boys finished 5th today out of 14 scoring teams. John Broughton held on to the number 4 spot after fighting off a host of hungry parkway panthers. John's fourth place finish of 17:06 was 33 seconds faster this year than on last years course. Josh Hudson finished second for the team today running an 18:24-25th. Diamond buff, Jared Lupo finished as the Cavilier #3 man running a 19:14 and finishing 35th. This time was a 25 second personal best for Lupo. Tim Kunkel, 19:15-36th and Jason Sibert, 19:20-37th rounded out the team scoring with the later of the two earning a seasonal best by 30 seconds. James Kunkel was the 6th finisher for the cavaliers. Mark Blume continues to close the gap on his teammates as he covered the course in 22:48 beating his previous best by a full minute. 6th grader Jacob Brossette made his 3 mile cross country debut today completing the varsity course in a time of 24:10 and beating over 20 runners. Jacob will compete next week at the elementary state championships. As a team the boys continue to make indivdual improvements. We need to focus on using our work outs to prepare us for race day instead of thinking of it as a form of punishment. Get ready to amp up the game in the next few weeks! Alot of you have some talent that hasn't been seen. Prepare to be unleashed. Ready or not here we come!