El Monte Jets Jr. Gremlins White Team End Season on Top

El Monte Jets Jr. Gremlins White Team End Season on Top

El Monte – The 2015 El Monte Jets Youth Football season came to a close recently for all age-divisions, with an amazing season played out by the El Monte Jets Jr. Gremlins White Team. These responsibilities fall to the skilled leadership of the certified flag football coaches, in particular for the El Monte Jets-Jr. Gremlins; Head Coach Frank Velasquez with Assistant Coaches Irvin Gaona, Mark Anthony Velasquez and Ignacio Radilla with Head AD Yuri Montelongo and Assistant Director Judy Quintero are the life blood to the team and organize, plan and make sure everything runs as it should. The AD’s help the parents settle in while their child is being introduced to the rigors of playing football. The AD’s also provide on the spot first aid to the injured players and are trained to look for head injuries, concussions and effects of injuries on a growing body to name a couple.

These dedicated coaches, Assistant Director and Team Director along with all the support and volunteer time of the parents this team would not be what it is today. The Jr. Gremlins recently celebrated their amazing winning season at Chuck-E-Cheese in El Monte, the turnout was overwhelming and the children will have the memory of what team work is all about, a true team is family, not just players. The players of the Jr. Gremlins-White Team are: #1 Manuel H. Montelongo, #6 Ricky Munoz, #7 Christopher Rodriguez, #8 Michael Juarez, #11 Martin Ortiz-Santis, #12 Julian Velasquez, #18 Trevor Moeller, #22 Jose Salas Jr., #25 Gabriel Canchola, #27 Nathan Munoz, #28 Andrew Lopez, #33 Mark Lara, #46 Luis Villareal, #52 Andrew Flores, #55 J’Marcus Vasquez, #57 Alexis Alvarenga, #77 Juan Caudillo, #79 Bruce Dominguez and #88 Angel Gomez. These kids make flag football the amazing sport it is today.

The El Monte Jets Football has been an integral part of the history of El Monte and they continue to offer a thriving experience for your children. El Monte Jets Football has shown and taught these kids lifelong lessons. As a parent it is hard to watch your child be under a pile of other players, wondering if they are going to get up, and listening to coaches yelling at them. But, there are also a lot of great points to football and it goes far beyond the hitting and yelling. These boys are learning life skills that they can use the rest of their lives. Youth sports participation enables children to spend time with friends in a safe environment and obtain social skills that are likely to last a lifetime. Although there is such a thing as being too competitive, it’s important for a child to understand the positive aspects of competition, and when children learn the basics of competition early, they have a better chance of succeeding. Sportsmanlike behavior is a lesson that children obtain from playing sports. Children learn to positively handle both the winning and losing aspect of playing a sport, and good sportsmanship is a trait that carries over from childhood to adulthood.

The El Monte Jets teach the boys how to achieving leadership. Obtaining leadership qualities that range from being a good character, to respecting others, to being task oriented can be accomplished in both team and individual sports.