As I mentioned in my initial blog post, today I arrived at the football building to set up the game for the high school football game that was played there. The Skyhawks field is also home to their local high school, the Westview Chargers. Westview was 0-3 going into the game tonight against Battle Ground Academy, a school from Franklin, Tennessee, which is just 20 miles south of Nashville. Hours before the game began, I went around the field and set up the pylons in the endzones. Other things that I completed were taking out the chains and first down markers and placing them in the location where they would be used by the officials for the game. In addition to that, I got to put the U.S. flag on the flagpole and raise it prior to the game. It was a cool experience because I had never done that before. I realized that there is a lot that goes into preparing for any game. The equipment managers there told me that they essentially do the same things prior to the high school games there as well as the Skyhawks games. Another task I completed was turning on the scoreboard and ensuring it was in working order because sometimes in the past, the scoreboard did not want to work properly. After the game concluded, which Westview lost, 31-10, I went around the field and took up the equipment I had previously helped set out for the game. In addition to that, I helped with the cleanup of the trash and other tasks that needed to be done, such as helping the guys that filmed the games carry their things into the football building. From this experience, I learned that there is so much that goes into putting on a football game, even a high school one, and that the people that get everything ready to go are underappreciated by those that don’t understand what all their job entails. Next week, I will be back to help the coaches with various things when the team arrives back from Hawaii.
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November 2016
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