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Listening to songs or a motivating speech made getting ready for games no problem. I

Long practices, endless sprinting, and immense heat Efren Sinecio sa id.
pushed the freshmen and reserve football players at every Before the ga mes began , the teams either reviewed plays
pra ctice and ga me. or scr immaged .
"Everyday after school we had practice and we had to "It always made me feel better when we would line up
-Work hard, eve n if it was blazing hot. But it was fun because and run the plays a few times to get us ready for the ga me,"
we got to scrimmage," freshman Reid Burroughs sa id . sop homore Logan Kraft sa id.
--. However, in the long run the practices paid off as both When it was time for the ga me the players were prepared
Jres hmen and rese rve teams achieved a record of 5-2 eac h. to play tough.
__ Getting to a w inning seaso n was a tricky process . Prepar- "When I got on the field I zoned out the crowd, but
·ing for a game was one way for players to overcome their when I made a good tackl e and hea rd the crowd chee r me
nervousness. on, it made me pl ay hard er," sop homore Nick Barone sa id.
"Before eac h ga me I li ste ned to music either in the bus Whether they won or lost, the freshmen and reserve play-
or the locker room beca use it helped me focus and not get ers always worked hard for the next co mpetition.
distracted," fres hman james Dailey sa id. "If we won we still had to practice, and when we lost we
Other players reli ed on their teammates' speec hes for had to practice even harder for the next game," sop homore
inspiration. Ethan Graumann sa id.
"One way I got motivated was when my friend, Joe Goin g through the process of hard practices, gettin g
Vonnahme, gave a speech to the whole tea m. It was great, pumped up, and eve n winning or los in g a few games never
exce pt we had no clue what he was say in g," so phomore stopped these playe rs from playin g their best.

A. Sophomore Zach Stul l runs the
ba ll aga inst Millard South's tough
defense. The reserve team fought
back and won the game 31-28. B.
Freshman Nick Bel l us takes down
his M illard West opponent. Be ll us
played linebacker on the fres h-
men A team. photo contributed by
Helene Cohn C. The rese rve football
team runs a play agai nst M illard
South. "Our offense was hardcore.
We were always focused and put a
lot of effort into making our offense
the strongest it could possibly be,"
sophomore Lin coln Hansen sa id.
photos by Tyler Myers
rve/ Frosh Football 99t-