Behind Friday Night Lights, rigorous practices, and hard work comes the mindset carrying the Hawks through the season. Rather than looking at the season as a whole, Head Football Coach Farrell enduringly set the tone amongst the field with a week-by-week mindset.
“Our goal is to go to 1-0 each week and let the rest take care of itself. Short term memory mindset” said Farrell.
Thus far…
Week 0:The Hawk’s kicked off the 2024-2025 football season back in August during the Battle of the Beach Classic. Right off the Ocean City boardwalk, up against West Deptford, Manchester got their first victory in a 26-21 game.
Week 1: September 6 the team went on the road to Southern Regional returning home with a 26-0 lose over the Rams.
Week 2: In a game that dwindled down to the last second, the first home game at the Hawk’s nest of the season hosted senior night and Manchester’s 2-1 record aftering pulling out a 30-26 win over Pineland Wildcats.
Week 3: Back-to-back wins came with the second home matchup against Jackson Liberty. A back and forth scoring game closed out with the Hawks 15-9.
Week 4: Barnegat enters the Hawk’s nest for the Manchester Homecoming Game! The game closes out 24-12 deeming the Hawks undefeated in C-South and one game away from their first division title in program history.
Upcoming:
Week 5: Rumson-Fare Haven
“Right now, we are focused on Rumson. This is the biggest game in the last three years. That’s all we’re focused on” said Farrell.
Week 6: @ Lakewood
Week 7: @ Point Pleasant Beach
Week 8: @ Monmouth
Holding a 4-1 record going into Week 5, the Hawks are nowhere near finished.
“I’m proud of our senior leadership and our will to finish games in the fourth quarter, but we still have a lot of work to do” stated Farrell.
