09/06/2026
Yesterday was a HOT one @ The Rock! …and before anything else, we want to recognize the ones who deserve the most credit…our PLAYERS ❤️🚀
Those kids showed up and competed in tough conditions! We are so proud of every single player who stepped on the field yesterday…Rockets and Liberty alike!
A huge THANK YOU also goes to our parents, coaches, volunteers and fans for your patience, flexibility and help throughout the day. And to Liberty’s players, coaches, families and fans! Thank you for making the trip, working with us through the heat and being great partners throughout the day. We appreciate you!
We also want to acknowledge where things fell short on our end. We came into Saturday as prepared as we thought we could be for the temperatures, but the heat challenged even those preparations. Our concession coolers simply could not keep up with the demand or get drinks cold as quickly as we needed them to. The concession stand itself is easily 10 degrees hotter than it is outside, and even our deep freezers struggled to cool drinks quickly enough. By the end of the day, we had gone through approximately 35 bags of ice!
Behind the scenes, our board members worked continuously from 7:00 AM until 3:00 PM…stocking ice, moving drinks, checking sideline coolers, helping wherever they were needed and doing everything possible to keep things running and everyone safe. We are incredibly thankful for them and the work they put in yesterday.
We kept a close eye throughout the day continuing to follow the heat precautions and rules in place. We learned some things yesterday, too, and we’ll use those lessons going forward. Please remember to stay hydrated… TN heat takes no mercy especially on those that aren’t eating and drinking appropriately.
We will be watching the temperatures closely again this week. If the heat continues, we will follow the same precautions and heat protocols while adding iced-down cooling troughs to ensure we’re serving drinks as cold as they can be!
Youth football is about more than wins and losses… and yesterday was one of those days that required patience, teamwork, flexibility and a whole lot of people pitching in and we are grateful for everyone who did!
And speaking of wins… CONGRATULATIONS to our F1 and Junior teams on their wins yesterday! 🏈 📣 🚀
Now we turn our attention to a BIG week…
🚀 HOMECOMING IS THIS SATURDAY! 🚀
Thank you again to our players, coaches, parents, fans, volunteers, board members and our friends from Liberty. Most of all, thank you to our kids for showing us just how tough our Rockets are!!
GO ROCKETS! 🚀🏈❤️📣
