This is the part of the stadium that I live in - the Press Box!
This is my friend, colleague and team statistician - Joe Marks.
This is me getting ready to do my job!
Well, it wasn't the ending that I would have hoped for but it happened just the same. We lost 22 to 42. Our kids run fast, hit hard, and really try to do their jobs - sometimes it just isn't enough.
I find that I look forward to the kids football games. And not just because I am the videographer. I get to go to the games with a friend, Joe Marks who keeps the stats. Sometimes, Carol Zortman comes along. The air is crisp sometimes. The sun bright and occasionally hot, occasionally cold, sometimes dreary (like last year at Eastern!), and sometimes just perfect. The sound of the National Anthem and the kids at attention, team and cheerleaders, spectators with their hats in their hands make my eyes burn. I feel hometown/small town America.
This is the field during the National Anthem. The only thing that was missing was the fly-over by the US Air Force! When you attend the Protective Services graduation, you get the fly-over!
Then the ref blows the whistle and we are playing a game full of sounds - grunts, armored bodies hitting armored bodies, whistles, cheers, the banter from the press box and lots of other sounds that are so familiar to me. There are smells too - the fresh mowed grass, hot dogs, and sometimes I think that I can smell the sweat of the players.
This game has lots of benefits too but the one that I cherish the most is the comraderie of the staff and the kids on the field. I put the diecut helmets on the Media Center window and soon they will be signed by the team and their friends. The kids wave at me through the windows that separate the Media Center and the Mall. I get high fives from the players when they come to use the library. I was amazed when the 9th grade team stopped in to mark time waiting for a bus to take them to an away game. It was on Thursday and the Math tutoring program was in progress. The team kids enjoyed the extra Math help on their homework. That was GREAT!
These are a few of the dedicated teachers at Tech who take time to come to the games on a precious Saturday morning. Smiling faces all the way around!
We have a sports program that is working. Kids participating in the educational community that is York Tech. Teachers too. We are teaching kids to be productive citizens. We are not waiting for Superman!
