Nolan High School - Lepanto Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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FOOTBALL PHILCSOPHIES Football, from a coldly rational and physical view, is stupid. lt'is a game where 22 fools in ten pounds of plastic run around a rectangular pasture butting heads and grunting like buffalos. But football is not a coldly rational or physical game. It is a game of feeling, emotion, and most of all, heart. Heart is not something you see ofteng you do not look in the mirror and see HEART and DESIRE staring back at you. Rather it is something that comes out in testing times, when you are faced with the choice between quitting and pushing on. In football, every play is a test and to excel, you have to push yourself every play. When you're so tired and sore you can barely stand up and when the game is at a turning point, you can either lay down and die or suck it up and get after it. That is when your teammates have heart and you can see in their eyes and even more important in yourself. That knowledge, that rare look into what you're made of, can provide an inner strength that can support you in the greater tests of life. Sean Fitzgerald The game of football, brutal and punishing, as it may be, is well worth the time and the effort that an individual puts into the game. Life is, in many aspects, like the game of football. It is hardhitting and punishing on the player, and it takes its toll on everyone. The game of life has its first downs, loss of yards, and its goals, as does football. Football has given me something that not many other sports can give a person. It has impressed upon me qualities of leadership, and it has given me the realization that nothing in life comes easy and if you want something bad enough then you will always do your best to get it or accomplish your goal. But the greatest things that I have acquired from football are friendship and a team unity that I believe will always be among my teammates and I Andy Peterson Football will help young men in their future in many ways, starting with discipline. Young men who play football discipline themselves to hard work, promptness, and respect for authority. Also, playing football aids these young men to learn responsibility. When playing football, an individual has to give up a lot of the luxuries of going home after school. This in itself prepares young men for their future jobs and having to work every day. Also, the respect for authority helps them in their future when having a supervisor or boss. Probably the most important thing a young man learns when playing football is teamwork and unity. It teaches them how to get along with others. In conclusion, some other things that an individual would learn playing football would be knowledge of the sport and the rules, the importance of physical fitness, and, lately, personal hygiene. These things and many more are extremely important to a young man's future, especially in today's sports oriented society. Coach Doug Gollahon

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J.V. FOOTBALL J.V. FOOTBALL QI to rj: Back row-Keith Losoya, Ben Spurlock, Louis Laster, Chris Austin, Jeff Ansley, Corey Campbell, Robbey Rudder, Bobby Urratia, Mike Zimmer, Darrall Altus, John Crow, Al Obergon, David Walsh, Rick Devero, David Herne. Middle row-Coach Hasher, Mike Cook, Steve Farco, Andy Barbra, Greg Forshay, Daimion Rodriguez, Gordon Guild, Danny Garcia, Pat Walsh, Joe Drollenger, Carlos Gomez, John Erikson, Bobby Andy, John lbarra, Mr. Briggs. Front row- Donovan Franko, Alan Bice, Scott Newhouse, Bill Hagen, Mike Wood, Mike Delgado, David Roach, Greg Waters, Stuart Madison, Phuong Tran, Modesto Mundo, Brad Baptiste. We're only in it for the money! What do you mean, Where's the basket? ! This is football! 4 i l i i i l i i i

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