Together

MJ Holowasko

Jason Hart

4th Hour

Photo Essay

Together

Right next to the locker room door, this sign represents what we stand for as a team. This sign is our pride, and we make sure every single player slaps it before and after practice. Stuck to the wall from the beginning of the season, it proves that whatever pain we go through, we have our brothers alongside us. From puking on the beach, crawling up mountainous sand dunes, to dying on the track, body wanting to collapse. In your blood, sweat and tears, you look up to see a family of maize and blue supporting you. And all you can do is smile and appreciate Coach Hayden pushing us harder than anyone else. If you watch a great football team, they don’t have a single person carry the team, they work as a well oiled machine. And we as a team have been crying, laughing, and hurting together to get the chemistry needed to blow out the competition. Being in football, our whole summer is spent with one group of guys. Going through the same physical and mental struggle makes you become closer to these men daily, and we are now inseparable. Through the bumps we have in the road (past 2 weeks), we recover as a unit and thrive to improve the following week. And any bit of improving begins with padding up and slapping this maize and blue sign as you open the locker room door to a new day.