The Football Of High School

The day of my championship game I woke up with my girlfriend Michaela. Smelling cooked breakfast, laughter down stairs with multiple voices, and we headed down stairs. Seen my friends that also played for the team that wanted to ride in together to the field. Jaylon, Josh, And Jaylon father. Also my grandparents was coming through to my house so I knew how big this game was “I’m so excited at this point”. Everyone got to the field and started working out at our home field; therefore, we were waiting on the other team going through some of our secret plays. PG Spirits get to the field the game started. The captains ran up to the middle of the field and we are the Temple Hills Bison’s that kicked off the ball first. It was a tight game back in

The day the team got together and fought threw a tough battle facing pinnacle high school. It was our second home game and our record was 1-2. After all of the hard work we had put in over summer, we realized we could not lose, especially in front of our home crowd. At the beginning of the game we did our usual warm-ups, I have never felt so much adrenaline pushing threw my veins in my life. After the warm-ups the whole team got in a big huddle, we chanted a chant that will never be forgotten and one day make history for the pride. After the chant we got ready for kick-off, lined up and ready to go. The crowd started cheering at the first 2 seconds of the game “go pride go, go pride go”. This made the whole team nervous, not just because there was so many

How hard do you think high school football is? I’m in eighth grade and i was invited to play for our high school. I can tell you from personal experience that high school practices are very rough. Of course I was very honored but, it was also very different. The coaches are rough on you but it is worth it.

For years up until highschool, I had successfully tried out for and made a variety of sports teams. That is, until sophomore year. It was my first year trying out for the Winnacunnet baseball team, which everyone had known to be terrible for years. 3 months full of hard work later with that idea still in my mind, I was filled with a weird mixture of confusion, anger, and sadness when I was told that I had been cut from the team before the start of the season. At the time I thought that day ended my entire baseball career, I’d never play another meaningful inning of the game I loved ever again. I decided against that idea though, I wasn’t gonna let one bad event stop me from following my dreams. So starting that summer, I trained all year round

My experiences with my high school’s football team had begun some four years earlier, as an eighth grader. I was approached one day at lunch by a high schooler interested in knowing whether or not I wanted to try out for the freshman team in high school. Although I had no knowledge or previous interest in football, I was big, and thus a desirable candidate for the team. I decided to join out of curiosity.

The first time I played organized football was with Southwestern Youth Football team. I had the best of time playing cornerback. The last game of the season the game I ever played. I intercepted two balls and made so many tackles. The ball carrier of the opposition would be a deer and I would be the headlights flashing at him, making him freeze. Even though our team had a great performance that game, we fell short of a field goal kick losing by three points. That year, we went (0-7) as our final record. A lot of players had quit after we were (0-5), but those who quit didn’t care about the team but only themselves. We were frustrated during that time and hungry for a win, but we didn’t let anything make us roll over and quit. We stayed committed to our coaches and our team by playing with a lot of heart and emotion. From that losing season, I had learned two things. First was that losing is a part of life, but rising back up and busting your butt off to earn success is what counts. Second was that you may put in a lot of effort to achieve a goal and dreadfully fail hundreds of times, but only the joy of that one success will always be remembered.

Going into 7th grade, my team and I were excited for football. We had recently had success in 6th grade football and were expecting to do great in our first season of middle school football. After a couple weeks or so of practice, we get to our first game and we lose. We were all sad and upset because of course we wanted to go undefeated. Then I figured it's just one game we will get the next one. Well, that's not how it went, at all, really. We ended up losing five out of our six games, the only win coming against Hampton which I’m pretty sure they didn’t win a game so, we weren’t very happy with that. Through the season, I was not playing well and neither was my team. I also noticed that more and more people were starting to have negative attitudes and many people wanted to quit. At one point, I

High school football is an activity much more encompassing than most are aware. It requires great attention, effort, and behavior. These qualities are expected of players not only at practice, but in the community and classrooms as well. If these standards are not met, one will be swiftly dismissed from the team. Football is a passion that is shared with many teammates. After the numerous hours invested into this craft, these teammates are transformed into family. The magnitude of heart and soul allocated to this sport is so massive, that every loss is met with tears and mourning with brothers.

It was early. A morning practice in the scorching heat may not have been where my teammates wanted to be on a Saturday, but that was irrelevant, we had to prepare ourselves for a game, and coach knew this. We were sluggish, it was obvious and something had to change. Coach brought us together and asked if we really wanted it, to win, to succeed. At that point each one of us had to ask ourselves that question, and we all had the same answer. We worked hard that practice, it was long, but one of the most beneficial practices we had that season. That practice made me realize that i could be strong when i needed to be, and when my team needed me to be. Football has developed me as a person more than I realize, it has given me the integrity I practice everyday. I know what it’s like to work hard. Anything and everything from long days at work, long nights of studying and homework, to late nights at practice have strengthened my work ethic. I’m not the one to shy away from a challenge, I am rather the one to tackle the challenge to the very best of my ability. I need to attend the academy to become a leader, develop myself in all ways, and to begin this dream of serving my country through naval

My high school football field has held the most significance in my life thus far for a plethora of reasons. Not only is this the place I have spent the time during my high school career, but it is the place I achieved the most personal growth. I first stepped onto this field as a intimidated eight grader being asked to march with the high school band, yet four years later, I walked off this field mature, confident, and ready to start my senior year in a new home. For four years I began each day rehearsing on this field before school. Who I am today was shaped dramatically by what I accomplished on this field. Here was where I felt what it’s like to be truly ardent about something and how much motivation and self-discipline it takes to be successful,

My first year playing football didn’t start until my junior year of high school, with that being said this was not my first year being on the football team., The first year of highschool , Freshmen year,I joined the team for two reasons, the first was to have an outlet for my anger, and the second was because of coach Baca asked me to join (well didn’t really ask me but told me)..) Every day freshmen year Ii was at practice doing my best just to play in a couple of games., Ii knew Ii wasn’t very good, but Ii just wanted to be able to play in a few games. That year Ii didn’t play in a single game. Ssophomore year Ii didn't plan on joining the team again because Ii was still frustrated about not playing in a single game the year before, but

I have to struggle to get to where I’m going, so once I get there, my family and I won’t have to struggle anymore. It was the second game of the season, November 22nd to be exact. We were up against Frazier high school. The second quarter was about to start, and all I could remember was my coach saying, “Do whatever it takes to win. They ain’t gona give us nothing. We have to go out there and take it.” To me, that meant risk it all for the sake of a win. I’m sure I was the smallest player on the floor, but my heart was huge. I was courageous to what most thought was a fault, but I saw different. I was built on sacrifice, so that’s what I believed in. After attempting to score, we missed, and Frazier grabbed the rebound and started a fastbreak. I knew I wasn’t tall, but I was tough, so I did what I was told, which was to do anything necessary to win. As the opposing player made his way to the basket that I was willing to protect at all costs, I stepped in front of him and took a charge. In that instant, I had a concussion as well as a broken collarbone. I had always been serious about my school work, and I have always prided myself in my academics, but it was in the moment that my freshman year of high school basketball season, of which I was a varsity starter, was over that I took my frame of mind, in terms of school, to a

Life can throw a lot of gifts and obstacle right in your face. Good or bad, the best way to cope with a gift or obstacle is to tuck them tight in your pocket and learn from them. Everyone has their own story, but everyone can relate to each other somewhere in the journey of life. A few of the small things that have affected my life in a big way are high school football, instagram, and sports injuries. High school football, probably the biggest impact on my life, has taught me morals, lessons, and discipline that I feel I will carry and use throughout my life. Football is so much more that just a game. It offers a sense of different type of knowledge one can use. Another big impact that has thrown me for some downs but however more ups

It's the last quarter and it's 4th down and 2. The do a fullback dive and i run up there and hit him and knock his helmet off and i look at where he stopped and he is one yard off. We win the game.

When someone mentions Phoebus High School of Hampton, Virginia, it is usually combined with another topic, football. The high school is more often known for having one of the most successful football programs in the state of Virginia. Virginia High School League name Phoebus as the #1 football program of this century. Since 2001 Phoebus has won 7 state football championships with the later four coming in back to back. Little boys dreamed of playing football for Phoebus and parents had strategic plans on how to ensure their sons would play for Phoebus.