The high school football season starts tomorrow for the fighting Wildcats. It's been delayed by two days because of a tropical storm. A Labor Day opener is pretty cool. There is nothing more exciting than a Friday night high school football game in South Louisiana -- or Monday.
I have always loved high school football, the excitement, the bands, the whole community buys in. Not everyone comes out, but there is interest. At the grocery they ask, at the gas station they ask everyone wants to know about the team. It is the same in baseball, but at a much smaller scale.
Our school and our program is respected around the state. We have scrambled the last few years, but that should have been expected. To have the athletes to win back-to-back state championships is special, but the underclassmen suffer a lack of playing time. A drop-off of athletes and experience is difficult to overcome. I know. We have dealt with it in the baseball program as well. The early indicators say this will be a much improved Wildcat team.
Well. tomorrow night they kick off at 6 p.m. Lori and I will be in the press box. Daniel will be too, calling plays and living his dream. My daughter-in-law, Cori, will be in the stands, and family will be in the stands. It couldn't get much better than this.
GO CATS!
