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That’s sad bc Owens is known for football. Not sure what is happening up there. It could be anything, today it appears people want the easiest way to success.
With Covid, girls, jobs , games systems and a lack of loyalty in high school athletics, who knows the reason. All I can say is Brad Johnson and Brad Daugherty need to make a visit . Owen kids need to realize being a Warhorse should mean something. Every community should push high school football bc it involves Varsity football, cheerleading, marching band and JV football and JV cheerleading. In most 2-A schools, that is at least 1/3 of the student body. It starts the school year off and success on the athletic field results in motivating positivity. School pride and community support means everything.
Small town football is under attack because: travel ball in all sports encourages athletes to specialize, colleges are playing games on Friday nights for TV money taking away needed revenue, some parents think their child is going to get a scholarship if they concentrate on a sport, and many small rural schools football programs are not fully funded and can not attract enough dedicated coaches or provide facilities that attract today’s athletes!!
It started several years ago with the concussion awareness, numbers started to drop. COVID this spring made the problem worse. The bottom line is now to be successful, you have to work really hard and there are alot of easier things for kids to do than show up every day to lift and run
This is not something new. Lack of participation has been occurring for about the last ten years, becoming worse each year. At a nearby 2-A high school that used to be a state power there would be 100 to 120 plus kids showing up for varsity-jv combined. Now you might get 60. You might think your school has escaped this trend, you haven’t, it just hasn’t arrived yet. Very sad, but very true.
Amen! Adapt or die.Adapt or die. There are plenty of things to blame.
0-7 at East Rutherford with last game being a forfeit because players quit during the Shelby week.What kind of record did he have at ER? The article didn’t say, and how long was he there?
East had very low numbers and ended the season on a forfeit because they didn’t have enough players to participate in practice to play.. weird situation for sureNew Coach was named today.... Brint Russell. Most people probably know the name, and he was the Head Coach at East Rutherford this past season.
Padget had a few rough years in the beginning I remember but turned it around the last couple of years. Russell should build off that momentum.Joey Robinson’s record till the last 15 years was horrible so give him some time.