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It starts in class, then on the practice This is the type of work ethic we house and ate dinner together. We're just
field and film room, it's hard work and saw from our football players all year. a huge, fifty-three man family, and I think
determination. It's what our football pro- Over the summer they put in 40 days of it showed on the field. We played for one
gram showed all season and offseason. workouts - lifting weights and running another for the name on the front of our
They put in the time and had an excellent from 7:00a.m. until noon. They pushed jersey, instead of the one the back."
year to show for it - going all the way to one another to become the best team -Kendrick C. Prevatt (11)
the second round of the playoffs. they could possibly be. While the season
This football season started in April started off slow, we kicked it into high Bottom P1cture: Running Back Tiger Powell attempts
with "IRON DAYS", the most excruci- gear during our rivalry game against to bust through a Fort Wlute tackler.
ating week for any football player in Gainesville High. A defensive battle be-
this program. For one week, everyday tween two excellent teams - the Tigers
before school, they met in the gym at just wanted it a little more, closing the
5:00 a.m. Going from station to station game with a 16-13 victory.
for two hours straight. Doing drills from It was a great year, with more to show
strength, to agility, quickly changing up than just wins and losses. A whole new
when the whistle blows. Getting cleaned family was formed out of the shared
up afterward and going to class, drained goals. Brach Bessant, Senior middle
both mentally and physically. "I do this linebacker, had his own statement on
not only to get them in shape and ready the season. "Working together all the
for the season, but I do this to see who is time; between running, lifting weights,
dedicated and who isn't," Coach Howard practice, and watching film, we became
said. "This week shows how much our very close. We even sat down like a fam-
players love our program." ily on Wednesday nights at someone's

Top P1cture: Senior Defens1ve Tackle Fontaine
Woodbury makes a "gang" tackle along With
De'vonte Bell on a FortWlute rece1ver.

Right Picture: Senior Running Back Bernard McNeal
makes a run past an Ed Wlute defender.

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