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SATURDAY REFLECTIONS | LEGACY 🏈🌱

Before anything can grow, somebody has to turn the ground.

These seniors have spent two years doing exactly that for a fledgling football program. Breaking new ground. Planting seeds. Putting in hard work without any guarantee they’d still be wearing the jersey when the harvest came.

Building a program is hard. You’re learning football while helping establish what football at your school will mean. The expectations. The habits. The way teammates treat each other. The willingness to come back and work after a tough Friday.

There’s no shortcut through those first few seasons. These young men have lived that.

They are pioneers of football at their school. Years from now, players will pull on these colours and step onto a field made more familiar by the footsteps of this group.

Some of what these seniors have planted will bear fruit long after their final snap. They can always take pride in that. Their contribution belongs to this program’s story, and nobody can take it away.

Fellas, we coaches are prouder of you than we can properly put into words. We’ve watched you struggle, learn, adapt, support each other and keep showing up. We know how much you’ve given.

Next week brings one more game.

One more week of practice. One more chance to line up beside your brothers. One more opportunity to leave this program better than you found it.

You’ve already done that. Now we get to keep building together for another week.

This old coach can’t wait to get back on the practice field with you. Then we’ll take the game field together one more time.

The ground was hard. You planted anyway.

That’s a legacy worth being proud of. 💜🏈

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