Everyone was nervous and amped up as we suited up in the locker room. Our fieldhouse was behind one of the goal lines in an older style building, but we could already hear the noise of the crowd outside.
We were all freshmen, being the freshman team, so even though most of us had been playing for years, there was a big difference between middle school ball and high school, as far as attendance. In Texas, football was king and high school games could pull huge crowds. The varsity games emptied most of the town on Friday or Saturday nights as everyone piled into the stadium. Even for away games we’d form these long…
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