Gear Up

by | May 3, 2012 | Blog

My high school has won ten Illinois State Football Championships, making it the second most successful program in our states history. The primary reason for their success is in their ability to recruit top talent throughout the city of Chicago. As a freshman I decided I would attempt to “walk-on” the team along with thirty other hopeful young men. At our first practice we discovered that the scholarship recipients had already been practicing for over a month and were dressed in full gear. We