Pablo Castillo, Normandy Head Coach, and Kory Albrecht, O'Fallon Head Coach, joined forces to compete in the 2009 Renegade Rumble Annual Tournament. Pablo and Kory were teammates around 2003. 3 years ago they discovered they became opponents head coaching little league football. They both have competed against each other with the utmost respect and sportsmanship since. This year they decided to combine teams to attempted to compete as partners as a team named, "Game On!". Kory is a dork and created the name due to O'Fallon having O's on their helmets and Normandy having N's on theirs.
The weekend went well. Game On only had two opponents since there were only 3 teams in their age bracket, the Kirkwood Cardinals and the Columbia Blue Jays. Kirkwood was extremely powerful during the regular season and then went out and picked up a player from Pagedale that just about looked us grown men in the eye! Kirkwood beat Game On 41-0 and then beat Columbia twice 38-0 and 47-0, obtaining the championship title. They were Brutal and fast! However, Columbia was a good team as well. We found out later they were 13-0 during their regular season coming into that weekend and winning their local Superbowl. Game On competed extremely well however lost to the Blue Jays 20-12. Game On almost took the lead going into the second half. They drove down to the 10 yard line and ran out of time. It was 13-12 at the half and the Blue Jays scored with a few minutes left in the game sealing the deal. Game On had a chance to comeback at the end however the clock was not on their side.
Both Pablo and Kory were extremely proud of how the players played. They only had one true practice because of all the recent rain. Their first game was a little unorganized but they got it together on the second. They think if they had a second chance at Kirkwood, although they probably wouldn't have won, they would have given them a better game the second time around. Both Pablo and Kory received a lot of praise from parents of both teams upon how they conducted themselves and had the players competitive.
Kory has purchased some pictures and will put them on the website after they are received in the mail. If you have any photos you would like to share, PLEASE email them to Kory at
koryalbrecht@yahoo.com and he will place them on the website as well. Sorry, due to the cost of the photos Kory only purchased ones of his son. SORRY!
I hope Pablo does not mind; however Kory would like to speak for both them, stating they are EXTREMELY proud of their players upon how they participated, competed, played as a team, and portrayed great sportsmanship! The parents were great as well!