FIRE 03 THE TRUSSVILLE FIRE 03 BOYS TEAM IS A study in turnarounds. Made up of a group of talented individuals, the boys hadn’t learned how to work together as a team. Working as a unit was a major focus for new head coach Joel Wallace when he took the team over in 2016. “This past season, I came in with a game plan that we were going to be a TEAM,” emphasizes Wallace. “No one person was going to be more important than the other. We did a lot of team building and working on our defense. We made sure that we worked very hard on defense.” Wallace also made other improvements with the team, such as banning “trash talking,” developing a game plan during practice, and sticking to the plan during the games. Wallace’s while allowing only nine, logging seven shutouts knew tactically what was going to happen and strategy was successful, improving on a 2-9-2 — including three in a row in State Cup. even learned about what other teams were record in 2015 to winning the State Cup in Foley “Their absolute strength was that they had going to do before the other team even knew a year later with a record of 13-1. During the a game plan and stuck to it and they worked what was going on. I’m very proud of them and regular season, the 03 boys scored 28 goals very hard for each other,” Wallace says. “They everything they’ve accomplished this year.”