When a physical, demanding sport collides with a brutal, poverty-stricken town, true character is revealed, and the devastating realities of high school kids are shown to those who live in a sugar-coated world. The Manassas High School football team is full of new talents that are apparently worthless when a different players is shot, imprisoned, or drops out of school on an almost weekly basis. That is just a glimpse inside the misfortune that the kids of this film are enduring day in and day out. Some parentless and some virtually homeless, it seems as if the only way out of a constant state of need is a miracle, or death. Released in 2011, Undefeated has much more to offer than the typical football documentary.
It is a cool Friday evening, 20,000 people are filing into a stadium, the highly anticipated game is between Odessa's Permian Panthers and Midland Lee's Rebels. This game between two local High schools, exemplifies the football-heavy atmosphere that is characteristic of West Texas as described by Buzz Bissinger in his book: Friday Night Lights. In the book, Buzz Bissinger writes a sociology account of Odessa in 1988, Odessa is a town in West Texas that depends entirely on oil for its income. The book becomes an account of the players of the 1988 Permian Panthers football team. Buzz Bissinger portrays how the game of football can bring a community together and how it can grow into an obsession, as evidenced by the dynamic characterization of the game of football and the intimate details of how the game football affects the players themselves.
December 3 2015 was the Newton Railers seventh grade basketball team second away game. I was waiting all day for the basketball game it seemed like the day was endless. Finally 2:50 came up on the clock to let me know it was time to leave class and get ready to get on the bus. I got all my gear and got on the bus. I put my headphones on a got pumped for our game.
The book is about the hardships of football and the dedication to perfection that it requires of its players. High school football is huge in Texas. The Permian Panthers was no ordinary high school team. To play on this prestigious team was an honor every boy in town hoped to achieve; every father hoped for their son. This town was so obsessed with football that they did not even blink when the football team chartered planes for away games at the cost of $20,000 while the teachers could barely afford textbooks.
The Salem State Spirit Squad is a student activity associated with the athletic & recreation department. We provide entertainment by performing dance routines and cheers that raises the overall level of excitement at home sporting events. We collaborate with other student organizations on campus and perform at various events throughout the year. Our members include students of all different skill level and experience. The Spirit Squad gives students an opportunity to become a part of a cheerful and passionate
This weekend we get to watch a Detroit Lions game! We’re driving down to the West branch to spend some time with our friends. I can’t wait it’s going to be so much fun! My family traveled down near West Branch where we stayed for the weekend with our friends, Brent, Ronda, and their son Brendan.
With the high school having the top prospects, they ended up going 12-0 (12 wins and 0 losses). This brought social change because this team brought the community together. In Texas, before the oil boom, the main jobs were farmers and ranchers. These jobs aren’t in very close proximities, so there wasn’t really a community. In Wink, football brought them together.
My church plays in the Turkey Bowl Flag Football Tournament every November. This was not only a time to bond with my youth group, but to also create friendships with other church teams. However, there was a problem: my team consisted of players from age 13-20; however, the 13 year olds had little-to-no flag football experience. Consequently, they got less playtime and slowly became discouraged However, as a leader I wanted to show them otherwise: I coached them, helped them, and give them a new perspective on the game.
On the Friday we moved in to Vail, at our hall meeting, our RA asked who wanted to do a flag football team. Most of us were interested and so our whole hall made a team. The games started in September and continued to October. They were almost every week. We did really well and won a lot more games than most of us thought we would.
A team in Concord, Calif., has had a win streak of 151 games. North Atlanta High School 's team can barely pull off three wins this season. The Spartans have had plenty of perfect seasons. North Atlanta closest time ever in the school’s history was to getting a perfect season was going 7-3 in 2010.The team from California doesn 't know the meaning of defeat. North Atlanta barely knows the feeling of winning.
When we first moved here my mom went to one of the high school football games and was amazed by the spirit of the fans. She then found out that it was because the football team had won the last two games and they are supposed to be a losing team. Also at this time my brothers and I had been telling my mom for years she needed to quit smoking which she had been doing since she was 13. So, we designed a contract. The contract stated that if the Wabash High School football team had a winning season meaning they had to win 5 games that my mother had to quit smoking.
In early September my family and I took a trip up to State College, Pennsylvania for the Rutgers Penn State game. Even though it was not the outcome I wanted for my Scarlet Knights, we still had a great time. Just being there for only a couple minutes, I quickly learned that when you travel for an away game with your desired sports team, you are going to feel like the minority. Kickoff was at eight o’clock in the evening, so that meant my day started at eleven in the morning in “Happy Valley.”
The popular home team broke out from their tight huddle and separated throughout the field. Their anguished faces concentrated on the last quarter; they are only 5 points up. The earnest and intoxicating energy transfers into the equally tense crowd. The fierce competition begins to boil up into the fans. Someone yells a blind comment within the rage and before anyone knows it, fights break out throughout the crowd.
Every long stride strained my burning muscles. I gasped for breath but received no air. Sweat seeped into my eyes, stinging them with salt. But, I felt no pain; actually, I could not feel anything. I could hear voices, but I could not articulate any words.
Though I was born in New York, I 've lived in the same smallish town in Georgia for the entirety of my cogent memory. I know the street names and which back roads to take on traffic-filled days. Football is basically the center of life here in Grayson, and not going to home games results in being in shunned much akin to Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. Consequently, football becomes a part of your life whether you want it to or not, and my Friday afternoons are generally spent putting together a DIY outfit for the theme of the game.
