by Shannon Nesseralla, Student Reporter
Saturday’s in the fall have always been known for college football. With the cancellation of the fall sports season’s we won’t have the game day experiences this year.
Due to these cancellations, the football team has scheduled a fall spring game on Saturday October 24th. This will be the first football game of the semester.
The players have been dealing with the cancellation very well, said coach Sebastian Esclante.
“We have this game so that our players can have great opportunities to compete in front of the community,” Esclante said, “It is also a great way of us to bing the community together and show them some them some great football and our appreciation.”
This game also gives the players the opportunity to show the coaches all the hard work they have put in so far.
Senior Sunday Deng is excited to finally hit the field for a game, he said “Football is what I came to this school for and not being able to play this year was really disappointing but being able to put my pads on and show out on Saturday is definitely something I’m looking forward to doing.”
This group of players is always competing with each other, Esclante mentioned.
They see the field and weight room as a way to compete with one another and they pride themselves on being able to do better than yesterday.
Chima Ozz commented “This game on Saturday is going to be so important to the football team. It finally gives the the opportunity to play against each other with a crowd supporting us. So many of us are here for football and having this game is really going to encourage us all to keep going and working hard.”
The football season is such an important thing for the college and missing out on it is a huge disappointment for many people, but all the practice time is only going to help the players excel even more.
“We couldn’t be more happy as a staff at our players because they have came in with amazing attitudes and outlook to get better every day.” Esclante said “They came in everyday to get better and continue to grow as a program. They are on a mission to better themselves in every way.”