Pigskin, Playoffs and Pain
By Scott Bakkelund
My first year to play football was in 6th grade. I kept playing football, because my parents thought it would be a good thing for me to do. One other reason I kept it up was for something to do at night.
I moved up to the seventh grade football where I had my best year playing. I got more sacks and tackles then anyone else on the whole team. The reason for that was that I went to every practice and tried my hardest to be better than anyone on the team.
I played on the eighth grade team and didn’t do very well. There were too many people on the team that were bigger than I was. Plus the game was getting more into who was more talented and who had played longer.
When I got up to the ninth grade I was on the freshman team. That year we went undefeated for the year. That year I got back to a starter and played all of the time. That’s what really kept me playing the game of football and I also found out that the coaches really liked me.
Then the next year I skipped the sophomore team and went up to the J.V. team. I got to play a little on Friday nights and some on J.V. games too.
This year I was on the varsity team and played half of the time. We got into the playoffs this year. We won the our first game and then lost our next play-off game.
MHS has a good football program. The coaches teach us responsibility and leadership. We have fun and learn many things. One thing about it is that it is a hard sport to play. You get banged up and sometimes can’t play for a while, but winning games makes up for all the hard work you put into it. The coaches make it fun to work with them and they care about all of the players. This year has been very fun, because we came together as a team and went farther than anyone expected us to.
I have played football for six years and I still love football today. I have had really good games and I have had really bad games. I have played with the best players and played with the worst players. No matter what, I will still play.