We are Fulshear FOOTBALL

By Cedric Fears, Yara Meekins, and Natalie Martinez

Our football team at Leaman Junior High are hard-working students on and off the field. Instilling a work ethic where students are required to find a healthy balance between academics and athletics serves as a foundation for our Chargers and a skill-set that will help them succeed throughout their educational journey as athletes. With the help of our coaching staff, taking on challenges such as installing a high school offense at the junior high level was another goal to prepare our athletes for high school expectations.

The season has its successes and its misses. Our 8th Grade A Team made it to the championship which is further than where 8th grade got last year. Their toughest challenger was Wright Junior High. With one dynamic player that dominated the field, our Chargers had a difficult time slowing him down. Just to put into perspective how good he was - five touchdowns in one game. F-i-v-e.

Seventh grade teams made it to the playoffs and fought hard, but ended up losing in the first round. With losses comes opportunity for growth and learning what can be done for the following year. The coaches of our team said that they used positive reinforcement to help the kids on the field and tell them to do their job on the field. Coach Andrews and Coach Soehnge said that the thing they love about coaching football is being able to help young athletes presume their passion. The coaches learned that the kids could do more than they think they with the right mindset

When celebrating victories and season highlights, Coach Moore said that the best play at the championship game was the Seth Jones run that led them to a touchdown. Being able to look back at a season and be proud of one’s accomplishments is what all the coaches want their players to embrace. “Working as a team leads to successes and the team can accomplish their goals,” said 8th grader Joel Scarlatella. Alexander Martin chimed in and said that the highlight and best memory has to be playing as a team and working through both losses and victories. Not every season is going to end in a trophy, but if players can close out a season and be proud of what they contributed to Purple Track, then hold your head up high, boys. You made us proud.