1. By: Will Stecker

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In 6 grade tackle football started. It was a big deal for
me because I loved football but tackle didn’t start till
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7 grade but Mr. Sage started a team. That year I was
nervous because it was the first year we could hit
people and I think it was just a big deal to be in pads
and in a helmet.

3.  That year was a good year for us we all worked very
hard on in off the field. Even though it was our first
year we still went 4-1.

4.  I was very happy to be playing for Coach Sage again;
this was one of my favorite years for football. We all
had a bunch of fun just because or coaches worked us
hard but we still were just like a big family.

5.  We fought and things but at the end of the day we were
still one team and we had one goal, and that was to
win. That’s also exactly what we did; we didn’t lose one
game that year. I was very excited but that was our
downfall.

6.  Over the 8th grade summer I started working out and
going to a lot of football work outs. But when the
season rolled around Sage got moved up to varsity and
my team got stuck with a coach who played favorites
and just his son and I hated him for that I wanted to
quit, but I knew I would regret that for high school.

7. I knew I wanted to be someone
some day, quitting just because a
coach screwing over one year
wouldn’t be worth it. Besides that
being my worth year it was also my
teams worst year to we went 3-2.

8.  The reason why I think that year was our worst year is
because we all thought we were the best because we
won all our games last year we would win it all the next
year, so we didn’t work as hard.

9.  9th grade summer was a great year because I knew I
was going to love that season, because coach LaJoie
and He was my favorite coach because he knew that I
could be a great football player but I had to earn it
during the off season. He made a better player and a
better person in general.

10.  . 9th grade was my best year as a football player. I
started every game on offense and defense. This was
one of our average years as a team we were 6-3 and
every game we lost was a nail bitter.

11.  This is why football has been such a journey for me,
but it has been a journey worth all the pain, hard work,
sweat, time, and blood.