Mica Mountain starts football amid pandemic

Mica Mountain runs drills on the second day of football workouts

HAVE THE EXCITEMENT OFSTARTING A NEW TEAM AMIDCOVID-19.

A NEW FOOTBALL.STADIUM, A NEW WEIGHT ROOM, INFACT, A WHOLE NEW ATHLETICCOMPLEX.

9:29-9:31.

THESE ARETHE BEST FACILITIES IVE EVERBEEN AROUND.

BRETT DARLING ISTHE THUDERBOLTS FIRST HEADFOOTBALL COACH.

HE WASCIENEGAS DEFENSIVECOORDINATOR.

6:48 - 6:51 THECHANCE TO START A BRAND NEWSCHOOL, TO START A BRAND NEWTRADITION.

HES DOING SO WITHSOME FAMILIAR FACES.

SOPHOMOREJACOB FORD PLAYED FOR HIM LASTYEAR WITH THE BOBCATS.

23:25HE DOES REALLY WELL WITH THEFOOTBALL TEAM AND I THINK HESGOING TO MAKE THIS TEAM REALLYGOOD.

I LIKE THE WAY HECOACHES.

I LIKE THE WAY HERUNS THINGS.

HES AN OVERALLGOOD COACH NAT BUT WITHCORONAVIRUS, TEMPERATURECHECKS ARE AS MUCH A PART OFSPORTS AS XS AND OS.

ONEHAND, ITS AN ADDED CHALLENGE.8:24 WE HAVE A BRAND NEWSCHOOL, SO ITS A LITTLEHARDER TO FIGURE OUT, EXACTLY,HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET KIDSON A CAMPUS WHO HAVE NEVERBEEN ON A CAMPUS.

BUT ON THEOTHER HAND, THERE ARE NOSENIORS IN DANGER OF LOSINGTHEIR FINAL SEASON.

9:46- 9:51WE HAVE KIDS WHO HAVE SOMETIME, SO WERE LOOKING FORWARDTO GETTING THEM ON THE FIELDIN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

ALLRIGHT, SO WHATS THE BEST CASESCENARIO.

THEY GO FROM PHASE1, HERE, TO IN PERSON LEARNINGIN THE SCHOOL, WHICH WOULDMEAN THEY CAN THEN THROW THEBALL AROUND, AND HAVE FULLBLOWN PRACTICES 11:10 WERESTARTING LITTLE TRADITIONS.HOW WE APPROACH THE FIELD.

HOWWE WALK ONTO THE FIELD.

HOW WEPRACTICE THE EARLIEST MICAMOUNTAIN WOULD FIELD A VARSITYTEAM IS NEXT YEAR.