Welcome to the Lake Erie Panthers

The Lake Erie Panthers Minor League Football Team would like to thank you for checking out our blog~! We are a family oriented organization that provides exciting, winning, and fun minor league football for the west side of Cleveland, Ohio.



The Panthers are in one of the very best leagues, The heartland Football League, and play in the Northern Conference. Please check out our team and league web pages at: http://www.lakeeriepanthers.org/ or http://www.heartlandfootball.org/





Monday, April 19, 2010

Practice & Scrimmage

Practice this week, 4/19/10, is Tuesday & Thursday, 6:30-8:30 PM, at Coffinberry Field, 19020 Coffinberry Blvd., Fairview Park. Be on Time~!!

The key to performing your assignments well in the scrimmage is to have a GREAT week of practice~! Remember a scrimmage IS NOT about who scores the most TD's, it is about how you do your job and to evaluate the offensive & defensive schemes.

ALL players need to be dresed and on the field by 3:45 PM Sharp~! Dress for the weather. Remember, after the scrimmage we are going to our 5th Quarter Sponsor, CLEATS in Westlake, to relax and share our scrimmage experiences~! They will be offering a great burger & beer special for all players and fans~!

After the scrimmage the coaching staff will evaluate personnel and schemes, make adjustments as needed, then work to improve for the next contest in Grove City against the OV Warriors.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Panthers Practice

The Panthers next practice will be on Tuesday, 4/6/10, from 6:30-8:30 PM, at our pre-season practice Field, Coffinberry Field, 19020 Coffinberry Blvd., Fairview Park. The field is located just 5 minutes east of the stadium off of Lorain Road, directions are under the Handouts Section. We cannot use the stadium until track season is completed.

Players on the offense should wear white jerseys, if you are on the defensive side of the ball please wear navy blue or black jerseys. Everyone should wear white practice pants. This will be like a normal practice-after stretching the defense & offense will be at opposite ends for Individual & Group Work. This will be followed by a team session. We will have limited contact drills for players in full-pads.

All players should wear "Full Gear" from now until May 1st unless instructed to do otherwise, even if your helmet is not painted yet, still wear it. Anyone who needs their helmet painted can give it to me next Thursday after practice with $20 and I will take them to All-Sports (Han's), I will pick them up and bring them back to practice on Tuesday, 14 April 2010. Players who gave me their helmets last Thursday, I will have them at practice Tuesday, 4/6/10, for you.

From now until 1 May 2010 we will practice on Tuesday & Thursday, 6:30-8:30 PM, and on Sunday from 10:00-Noon, except for Easter Sunday. ALL practices will start on time, to ensure that they end on time it is critical for everyone to arrive before they start~!! After May 1st we will be eliminating the Sunday practices and ONLY go on Tuesday/Thursday, please set your schedules so that you may attend all or as many as possible. The more practices you can attend the better you will know the offense,defense, and special teams; this means that you will get more playing time~!

Even though the weather has been fabulous, please dress for the cold as it will get chilly once the sun starts setting. If we cancel do to weather conditions you will receive a phone call by 5:00 PM on the day of practice or sooner.

The Lake Erie Panther's are extremely happy to announce the addition of Coach Marty Kazarec to our staff as Special Teams Coordinator~!! Coach Marty spent 8 seasons at Tiffin University in the same role; he has had great success in this position and the Panthers are very pleased to have someone of his statue on our staff~! He will be a great addition to the successful staff we have put together.