Doesn't setting a record make you feel good? How about accomplishing something that has never been done before? These things are goals of mine, and this year I've been able to live out some of these dreams with my football teammates as we have done what seemed like the impossible. We are having an undefeated season, and we are not done yet.
Last year at Kennedy our varsity team went 3-8. Not what the goal is. As an incoming junior I knew we would have to work harder than ever before and buy into what we were doing in order to have great success. We worked harder than I've ever worked before during the 8 months that followed that last game, and we came back better than ever. This year we have done the unimaginable. We have come back from a 3-8 season, and are now 12-0 and playing in the state semi-finals.
The first piece of history we were going for was to become 6-0. No one in Kennedy history has done that. We past it and have now doubled it. We also won our district for the first time this year. Districts are a newer concept that established only a couple years ago, but winning a district is a huge step in the right direction. Even though we wanted to meet these goals, are ultimate goal at the start of the year was to make it to the dome. Only one football team in Kennedy history has ever made it to the semi-finals, and at that time the dome was not used for high school football. We have done it! We have made it to the dome, and have proved everyone in the state that we are a force to be reckoned with.
What has all this done for us? It has given us an experience of our lives; it makes you feel like all the hard work you put into it during the off season is paying off! One thing I love is getting all the support from people around the community. Everyone is paying attention and cheering us on to do well. Alumni from all over the country are sending us videos, telling us good luck and how proud they are to be a Kennedy Cougar. To me, nothing is cooler than that. When a Cleveland Browns football coach, and a player from the University of Oregon, send good luck videos and tell you how proud they are of what we have done, and are currently doing, it just makes you feel special.
I've never been closer to a group of guys in my life, and I know that we will give it all we have to keep this streak and this year alive. It's not about reaching goal, sure that's fantastic and makes you feel great about yourself, but it's ultimately not what you want. Our expectation for ourselves is to set the bar so high that it can only be met and never overcome.
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