I’m excited for my senior year of football. Last year was my first year really playing a lot, and it was the most fun I’ve ever had playing football. I never wanted it to end. It didn’t matter if the practices were 10 degrees or 110 degrees, I enjoyed every second of it. I’ve never played in environments like we played in last year, the adrenaline rush is unlike any other. I was sad to see the seniors go, and it was really eye-opening to see them and know in the back of my mind that next year I would be in their shoes. I feel like the team as a whole came together at the right time and even though we dropped a couple of games early on in the season, we still could’ve gone back to the dome. We were firing on all cylinders and I really thought that we were going to upset Van Meter. We just missed a select few plays and that’s why we lost. It was the type of game where we had to play perfect football, and we played 95% perfect football, and we ended up losing by ten.
The offseason has been fun, but I’m ready for summer workouts and practices. I know we’re going to mesh really well, and we definitely have the guys to have a really good season. It’s going to be the best year yet, and I hope there are a lot of people at the games. Also, a couple of our coaches don’t work at the school, so we barely ever get to see them, so it will be great to have them around during summer workouts. Summer is also good because we don’t have to worry about school, all I do is lifeguard and play football, and I like it.
One thing I’m not very excited about in my senior year of football is senior night. I remember when our school had just gotten a new turf field, and I was so excited to play on it. That doesn’t seem like that long ago, and now I can hardly imagine what I’ll be thinking, knowing it’s the last time I ever play on that field. It’s always been a dream of mine to play there and for the past three years, I’ve gotten to live out that dream. But knowing that I’ll never play there again is going to be a hard pill to swallow.
