October - Giles High School
October - Giles High School
October - Giles High School
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Get to Know Your Key Spartan Players<br />
by Janie Milliron<br />
We all know that the <strong>Giles</strong> Spartan varsity Football team is a quirky and energetic group of guys that is always eating. What<br />
makes a team this way? The players that line the field every week are the building blocks of this determined team. So the question is,<br />
are the players as quirky and energetic off the field? We interviewed<br />
five key senior players to find out.<br />
McCoy, Ray, Farmer, Robertson and Dowdy have very<br />
interesting insight into the world of Spartan football.<br />
Often times football players get a lot of dates. How many dates<br />
have you been on since football season started? Do you have a<br />
special someone?<br />
Ray: I’ve been on a couple, but all with the same girl, my beautiful<br />
amazing girlfriend, Rose Glarner.<br />
Robertson: My beautiful special someone is Elizabeth Daddazio!<br />
We go out to eat every once in a while =]<br />
Who is your hero?<br />
McCoy: The water boy!<br />
Ray: My Uncle John, he played for West Virginia University and<br />
the Colts. He was an amazing football player and one day, I want to<br />
be as good as he was.<br />
Robertson: My oldest brother in the Marines is definitely the person<br />
I look up to.<br />
If for some reason you could not spend your afternoons at a<br />
grueling football practice bleeding your heart out, what would<br />
you do instead?<br />
McCoy: Hunt, fish or ride my four-wheeler<br />
Dowdy: Watch football<br />
Do you have any advice for upcoming Spartan Football Stars?<br />
Robertson: Don’t quit and keep working to get better whenever you<br />
can.<br />
Ray: Keep working hard and listen to<br />
all the coaches, they know what they<br />
are talking about.<br />
Do you have any last words for our<br />
readers?<br />
McCoy: I may not be a grizzly bear, but<br />
I’m a bunny rabbit and I can scoot!<br />
Farmer: I’m a grizzly bear and I eat<br />
bunny rabbits.<br />
We know that big manly football players need to eat. So tell us,<br />
what is in your stomach right now?<br />
Farmer: 3 waffles, 4 eggs, 4 pieces of bacon, 3 Salisbury steaks,<br />
mashed potatoes, rice, gravy, 2 hotdogs, 2cheese burgers, fries, a<br />
glass of orange juice, a glass of chocolate milk and some Powerade<br />
Robertson: Mashed potatoes! Mmmmm!<br />
What does football mean to you?<br />
McCoy: It means a lot. I put a lot of hard work, effort and time into<br />
it.<br />
Robertson: Football is like another family but we share one specific<br />
hobby.<br />
Dowdy: Life!<br />
Do you have any special rituals before a game to pump up?<br />
Ray: I just try to relax and not get nervous.<br />
Dowdy: I write “WFO” on my arm and listen to “Stomp” by Young<br />
Buck.<br />
Has your strength and size ever hurt anyone off the field?<br />
Farmer: No, but I once broke a guy’s leg on the field.<br />
Robertson: Yes, when my friends and I are messing around but I<br />
never try to purposefully.<br />
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