Tiger football blog 9/16/06
It has been my pleasure to cover the Marshall High School football team the past few years, and with the new technology, I want to add another dimension to that coverage.
A blog.
Now this blog won’t be the same stories, previews or features that I write for the paper. It will be other observations that don’t make it into those stories.
I am going to try to have a new blog at least once a week, maybe more depending what is happening. You can find the blog at http://www.marshallindependent.com.
After the loss to Hutchinson last year there were a lot of sad players, but the majority was looking forward to the next season. When I would talk to players or coaches, they would tell me how the players were hitting the weight room and the improvements they were making — and it showed. A lot of the players were adding weight and muscle during the offseason.
At the beginning of July I did a story about weight lifting at MHS and the importance to all the sports, not just football. In taking to head coach Terry Bahlmann, he said that attendance was very high for the team and they were building camaraderie as well as strength.
When I went out to practice for the first time this fall, you could tell that the players were ready for the season. They all had two years under Bahlmann’s system and had the majority of it down early. The players were very excited to get the season underway.
Then came the first game.
Marshall faced off against Luverne in Luverne to open the Southern Alliance season.
You could tell the players were very pumped up to get on the field.
Those of you that go to the Tiger football games know that I like to walk the sidelines. It allows me to get great shots for the paper, plus I see and hear what happens on the sidelines during the game.
During that game against Luverne I could see the first-game jitters. Though there are 30-plus seniors on the team, there is always an adrenaline rush the first time you step on the field, no matter how long you’ve been playing. The Tigers got a little excited at times, which cost them penalties. I remember when I played in high school, if you committed a penalty, you didn’t go near coach. Though Bahlmann may have gotten mad at his players, he didn’t get too vocal with them. The other players would also try to pick up their teammates.
The Tigers finally got rolling to start the second quarter and cruised to a 35-0 win over Luverne.
At the first home game last Friday, it was great to see all the orange in the stands at Mattke Field.
The Tigers were able to pounce right on St. James, building the lead quite quickly.
Though Marshall won 47-13, it wasn’t a case of the first team running the score up on the Saints. Bahlmann and the coaching staff made sure to get everyone in staring in the third quarter.
I have seen some coaches that didn’t even turn around to see who had played or not in a blowout, but not Marshall’s coaching staff.
I believe that each player in uniform that night got to see the field, which is no small feat. For some of the players, it was their chance to show what they could do in a game situation, for others it was the chance to just play a varsity down.
The Tigers will be in New Ulm today. They have beat the Eagles in the last three matchups, but all three were in Marshall.
This could be a real test for Marshall.
Alex Oey can be reached at aoey@marshallindependent.com
You can also find this blog and its archives at http://tiger-football.blogspot.com.
A blog.
Now this blog won’t be the same stories, previews or features that I write for the paper. It will be other observations that don’t make it into those stories.
I am going to try to have a new blog at least once a week, maybe more depending what is happening. You can find the blog at http://www.marshallindependent.com.
After the loss to Hutchinson last year there were a lot of sad players, but the majority was looking forward to the next season. When I would talk to players or coaches, they would tell me how the players were hitting the weight room and the improvements they were making — and it showed. A lot of the players were adding weight and muscle during the offseason.
At the beginning of July I did a story about weight lifting at MHS and the importance to all the sports, not just football. In taking to head coach Terry Bahlmann, he said that attendance was very high for the team and they were building camaraderie as well as strength.
When I went out to practice for the first time this fall, you could tell that the players were ready for the season. They all had two years under Bahlmann’s system and had the majority of it down early. The players were very excited to get the season underway.
Then came the first game.
Marshall faced off against Luverne in Luverne to open the Southern Alliance season.
You could tell the players were very pumped up to get on the field.
Those of you that go to the Tiger football games know that I like to walk the sidelines. It allows me to get great shots for the paper, plus I see and hear what happens on the sidelines during the game.
During that game against Luverne I could see the first-game jitters. Though there are 30-plus seniors on the team, there is always an adrenaline rush the first time you step on the field, no matter how long you’ve been playing. The Tigers got a little excited at times, which cost them penalties. I remember when I played in high school, if you committed a penalty, you didn’t go near coach. Though Bahlmann may have gotten mad at his players, he didn’t get too vocal with them. The other players would also try to pick up their teammates.
The Tigers finally got rolling to start the second quarter and cruised to a 35-0 win over Luverne.
At the first home game last Friday, it was great to see all the orange in the stands at Mattke Field.
The Tigers were able to pounce right on St. James, building the lead quite quickly.
Though Marshall won 47-13, it wasn’t a case of the first team running the score up on the Saints. Bahlmann and the coaching staff made sure to get everyone in staring in the third quarter.
I have seen some coaches that didn’t even turn around to see who had played or not in a blowout, but not Marshall’s coaching staff.
I believe that each player in uniform that night got to see the field, which is no small feat. For some of the players, it was their chance to show what they could do in a game situation, for others it was the chance to just play a varsity down.
The Tigers will be in New Ulm today. They have beat the Eagles in the last three matchups, but all three were in Marshall.
This could be a real test for Marshall.
Alex Oey can be reached at aoey@marshallindependent.com
You can also find this blog and its archives at http://tiger-football.blogspot.com.
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