Tiger football blog: Sept. 28
Homecoming.
For the community, it’s a fun time to get together with friends that come back to town.
For the football team it hopefully means a bigger crowd and a big game on Friday night.
Marshall High School is having its homecoming this week and the 4-0 football team will play against one of its bigger rivals, Pipestone Area.
Homecoming always gets football players amped up, but there is always the worry for the coaches that the players will get distracted during the festivities of the week.
With all the different days at school, the pep rally and the excitement of other spots, there is plenty that can take a player’s focus away from the game at hand.
When I talked to coach Terry Bahlmann on Wednesday, I asked him if all the other activities had taken focus away from the players.
Bahlmann said that the players had been focused in on the game this Friday, which is always good to hear.
I remember what it was like to be a senior on an undefeated team going into homecoming.
The whole town is behind you and want to see you keep the streak alive. People come up to you and wish you luck and ask how things are going.
But there are the things that can take a bad turn.
There will probably be parties that the players will get invited to, and some of them may consider going to those parties.
All I have to say about that to the players: Don’t.
There is a lot of pressure to go to these extra-curricular activities, but I know when I was a senior, my first thoughts were always football.
I have had the pleasure to get to know many of the Tiger football players, covering them since they were just starting their varsity careers, and I would like to think that they all have the smarts to take care of themselves this weekend.
I see a lot of my senior football team in the Marshall squad. The record, the players and the desire to win.
I hope that I get the chance to cover them deep into the playoffs and this Friday is a big one on the road to the Metrodome.
For the community, it’s a fun time to get together with friends that come back to town.
For the football team it hopefully means a bigger crowd and a big game on Friday night.
Marshall High School is having its homecoming this week and the 4-0 football team will play against one of its bigger rivals, Pipestone Area.
Homecoming always gets football players amped up, but there is always the worry for the coaches that the players will get distracted during the festivities of the week.
With all the different days at school, the pep rally and the excitement of other spots, there is plenty that can take a player’s focus away from the game at hand.
When I talked to coach Terry Bahlmann on Wednesday, I asked him if all the other activities had taken focus away from the players.
Bahlmann said that the players had been focused in on the game this Friday, which is always good to hear.
I remember what it was like to be a senior on an undefeated team going into homecoming.
The whole town is behind you and want to see you keep the streak alive. People come up to you and wish you luck and ask how things are going.
But there are the things that can take a bad turn.
There will probably be parties that the players will get invited to, and some of them may consider going to those parties.
All I have to say about that to the players: Don’t.
There is a lot of pressure to go to these extra-curricular activities, but I know when I was a senior, my first thoughts were always football.
I have had the pleasure to get to know many of the Tiger football players, covering them since they were just starting their varsity careers, and I would like to think that they all have the smarts to take care of themselves this weekend.
I see a lot of my senior football team in the Marshall squad. The record, the players and the desire to win.
I hope that I get the chance to cover them deep into the playoffs and this Friday is a big one on the road to the Metrodome.
posted by Alex Oey at 11:56 PM
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