Full Hearts...Can't Lose
December 4 2006 To the "Team of One" Seniors:It was an awesome run at the title. Everyone of you should hold your heads up high and be proud of the accomplishments this season brought. Life is filled with highs and lows, take your football commitment to Clovis WEst and apply it to your business life. Ride the highs for as long as possible and when you are in a low, surround yourself with a team that believes as you do and work together to pull yourselves out of it. Full Hearts...Can't Lose !! Support your team for years to come.
Thank you,
The Day Family
 Senior Linebacker Jordan Ribera
and Juniors Kyle Negrete and Kevin Gonzales
stop CE on an attempted 4th down conversion
Congratulations
Thank you Varsity Football for such a great season. From the Friday pre-game meals leading up to each thrilling football game, it was a great experience to watch from the stands. You guys truly were a Team of One and we are proud of each and everyone of you.
Congratulations and best of luck to the Seniors! We look forward to next year with the returning players.
Bob & Lesly Rife
 Clovis West Head Football Coach Jim Hartigan and Family
L to R: Ty, Gina, Drew, Conner, Gemma, and Coach
Great Job
December 5 2006
First, let me thank the hardest working volunteers in high school football. You continue to go above and beyond to make the CWTD Club one of the leading public school booster clubs in the state. Thanks also to the school administration and coaching staff, who sincerely care about the team and the well being of each of our sons. Next, congratulations to the 2006 Golden Eagles. You came together as a team, fought through adversity, and continued to improve week to week. You took the Team of One motto to heart and in the process, learned lessons which will benefit you for a lifetime. To those of you who are returning, remain focused and continue to work hard. To the Class of 2007, you guys are the best. You stepped up as seniors to lead the team to a championship season. You have given me and my fellow '07 dads, a lifetime of great memories. We lived and died on every play. Finally, great job Son. I could not be more proud of the way you performed this year. You worked hard, played with intensity, and displayed good sportsmanship (most of the time).
Mike Tatham
 Quarterback Beau Sweeney and his Offensive Line
L to R Back: Matt Sullivan, Coach Harding, Matt Tatham, Jonathan Rader
Front: Christian Fetters, Chris Ewbank, Beau Sweeney, Zach Micheli, Ryan Butler
Best Wishes to You All
December 5 2006
Coaches: Thank you for your endless effort and dedication. You set a great example for our sons (and daughters!) of the kind of commitment it takes to be the best.Touchdown Club: Mike and Denise, John and Lisa, John and Katherine, Ron, Rick and Peggy, Jeff, Kathy, Karen, Rex, Randy, and Rebecca: you are the backbone of the CW football machine! Thank you for all you do for our team and our family. You made this season very special for us. We also want to thank all the parents for your thoughts, gestures, and prayers... it's working!Players: congratulations on an outstanding season! You are all champions on and off the field. Your hard work ethic will carry with you always. Thank you for always remembering Caleb and for keeping him a part of the team. The cards, hospital visits, magazines, gifts, phone calls, and pats on the back were more helpful than you'll ever know. We are grateful to you all and very proud of this team.Seniors: you were the big brothers we always hoped our son would have his junior year. You boys showed mature leadership, friendship, and you always encouraged your teammates. It's been a great pleasure getting to know all of you this season. You've left some huge shoes to fill. Best wishes to you all.
Marty and Jeanette Iness
 Clovis West Hydration Engineers Marty Iness and John Springer
The Touchdown Club thanks apprentice waterboy Marty Iness and journeyman John Springer (pictured above during a recent pre-game sobriety test) for their tireless efforts
in caring for the team.
Good Job Eagles
Good job to the 2006 CW Golden Eagles. Once again you and your fellow CUSD football teams made Clovis proud. Go TRAC! Clovis Fan.
 Senior Strong Safety Zak Hill
cuts off the block of
Junior Running Back Matt Jelmini
for a big gain
in CW's regular season victory over CE
A Magical Season
To the Clovis West Golden Eagles: thanks for such a magical season. We enjoyed watching every minute of every game. You were such a unified team that seemed to will itself to win under some pretty adverse conditions. You won so many great games! Clovis East got you last week, but you always played fair and with dignity. That sets you apart from many other teams.To the Clovis West Varsity Offensive Line: I thanked Coach Harding one time for being so patient with you. I told him he spends so much time with you and that you are always sweaty and dirty, and that it must have been hard. He said "It's my pleasure. I can't get enough of those guys." You are the unsung heroes that grind it out each week but never get your name announced. Thanks for hanging in there, for getting cleated after every play, taking those helmets to the ribs, and lifting all those weights!To the Clovis West Football Coaches: I would personally like to thank each and every coach involved in the Clovis West football program, from Coaches Zimmer and Quinn to Coaches Harding and Hartigan. The life lessons you taught my son are invaluable. I have seen him grow in character due to your example and guidance. He now possesses discipline, responsibility, determination, mental strength, and most of all, humility. Chris Ewbank missed one practice in four long years and that was for his grandfather's funeral. He went to practice no matter what. The fact that he maintained that level of responsibility to his team exemplifies all the qualities that YOU taught him. I can't thank you enough for that. His life will be better because of all of you!To our Clovis West Touchdown Club President: Mike Tatham, you are the President Extraordinaire. Major thanks for all you have done for this team and its parents. You are simply the best. To our Pre-Game Meal Coordinators: Katherine Sullivan and Kathy Urgesi - what would those boys have done without you? You organized dinners for them that were perfect. That had to have helped them win so many games. And the fact that you did it week in and week out, when other circumstances in your lives would have stopped other women, is unbelievable. I know our players, as well as their mothers, appreciated it so much. There is one player I think who appreciated it the most though - Number 49!Sharon Ewbank
Fond Memories
To the Boys of the Clovis West Football Team:We have thoroughly enjoyed our Friday nights this season. The immense talent present on this team has been a joy to watch. Congratulations on a great season, and thanks for the memories.
Fondly,
Kathy and Chris Lozano
 Senior Wide Receiver Tommy Sarkisian
catches a Beau Sweeney pass in the flat for a first down in the
2006 Central Section D1 Championship Game
Unbelievable Season
To all CW Varsity Golden Eagles:Thank you for an unbelievable season. We knew you were a special team after the come from behind victory in the firs game of the year against Liberty of Bakersfield.Every game following, you continued to build momentum through focus, dedication, and teamwork. The loss to Madera was unfortunate as the players were not allowed to determine the outcome. The loss to CE was just another game, as you were already champions when you took the field in the eyes of every proud Golden Eagle parent in the Stadium.That's how it will always be remembered.
Sincerely,
Brian Ewbank
Proud Parent of #51
Congratulations
Congratulations to the Golden Eagles. You really came together and played as a team. You made the Clovis West family and alumni very proud. Good luck to the seniors - you guys are studs.We'll see the rest of you at Spring Training!
Brian - CW Fan
A Team of One Creates One Heck of a Season
I am so very proud of the young men who represented Clovis West on and off the football field this year. These boys were amazing. Their spirit, dedication, sense of humor, friendliness, focus, and work ethic were second to none. Dignity and honor are the two words uppermost in my mind. There wasn't one time when I was not proud of the way they represented themselves, their family, and their school and I feel honored to be a small part of this moment in their lives. Good things are coming to these young men. Every moment of every day you spent as a member of this special team will enrich your life in countless ways. You have enriched mine.Parents, you are truly amazing. The Clovis West family support is nothing short of unbelievable. If anything was ever needed, someone would step up and produce. Mike Tatham, you should be bronzed and put up in the CW front office, right next to the Range Rider and Golden Spur Trophy. Such a hard worker who made sure everything turned out to be a class act. Lesly, you are a Goddess with all the paperwork and money you had to handle..., so much time spent on the team's behalf. Rex Lysdahl, I want to be you when I grow up. I know there were numerous others who spent countless hours on behalf of not only our boys, but the entire coaching staff; fund raising, dinners, lunches, breakfasts, pizza, treats, t-shirts..., the list is never ending.Coaches..., what can I say? We have THE BEST coaching staff in the state of California. From the Freshman program up to the Director of Football Jim Hartigan. I get worn out just watching all of you plan, prepare, present, coach, learn, watch, communicate, and teach. Most of you do all of this while raising your own families, holding down full time jobs, and trying to keep your wife rested and happy. Amazing. "Thank you" doesn't even begin to tell you how much you are appreciated. The C-Dub Community is lucky to have each and every one of you.Thanks for the memories.
Karen Sowby
Clovis West High School
Director of Athletics
 Athletic Director Karen Sowby
Under Karen Sowby's administration Clovis West has been named
the Division 1 California Athletic School of the Year
3 times - the most of any public school in the state
Alumni Support
January 10 2007
Wow. You guys have got it going. I am a CW alum from the 80's. Haven't been back in town very long, but always follow by beloved Golden Eagles.Good work in 2006 as TRAC champions. Take it from me - what you guys do on the field now will pay you dividends for a lifetime. Work hard, good things will happen. Let's go all the way in 2007!
Rick - CW Alum
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