Issue 1, Volume 12
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Coaching opportunity allows brothers to work together<br />
Story by Zach Gish<br />
The smell of fresh cut grass is in their air<br />
during practice.<br />
Mr. Josh Cole, Mr. Todd<br />
Stewart, and Mr. Jordan Cole<br />
are on the field for another<br />
year here at Clay, coaching the<br />
eighth grade football team.<br />
These coaches are not just<br />
ordinary coaches, Clay has a<br />
pair of brothers on the<br />
coaching staff.<br />
The Cole brothers grew up<br />
in different times according<br />
Mr. Josh Cole.<br />
Coach Josh Cole and Coach Todd<br />
Stewart stand on the sidelines during<br />
a home game. Photo by Max<br />
Engelkin<br />
“When I was 13, (Mr. Jordan Cole) was<br />
going into kindergarten," he said. They didn’t<br />
interact a lot as kids. They have a<br />
unique situation with their<br />
teaching jobs that have enabled<br />
them to coach together for Clay.<br />
“When there was an opportunity<br />
to coach with my brother, there<br />
was no thinking about it,” Mr.<br />
Josh Cole said.<br />
Mr. Josh Cole played<br />
quarterback in high school, and at<br />
Taylor University in college.<br />
With all the coaches’<br />
experience, they have lead their<br />
seven teams to a 41-15 overall record.<br />
Mr. Josh Cole explains to the players over<br />
and over again that the coaches at Clay like to<br />
win games.<br />
“As a coach, it’s my job to push the team<br />
harder and get better day in and day out,” he<br />
said.<br />
Mr. Josh Cole wants the team to understand<br />
that life is short and that you will remember<br />
middle school games for a long time.<br />
“The coaching is very helpful,” Peyton<br />
Brown, eighth grade, said, adding that their<br />
feedback is always consistent with each other.<br />
Eighth grade players reflect on season so far<br />
Story by Will Pippen<br />
Westfield, Noblesville, Carmel, Creekside,<br />
Fishers, Riverside you better buckle up and hold<br />
on tight because the 8th grade Trojan football<br />
team is coming for you.<br />
"We have worked hard so far this season,<br />
practicing about 11 hours a week," Clay QB,<br />
Peyton Brown explained. Eleven hours a week<br />
is a lot of practice. Brown said that he needs to<br />
work on his feet work a lot during practice.<br />
Brown has been working all summer and still is<br />
today.<br />
Zach Gish, cornerback and wide receiver<br />
for Clay, explains that he wants the younger kids<br />
to look up to his record and wants his legacy for<br />
middle school to end on a good note.<br />
Gish says that Coach Cole pushes the team<br />
hard and expects good things out of them. Time<br />
management is hard for Zach but he does well<br />
and works hard.<br />
Sam Saliba, wide receiver and linebacker for<br />
Clay says that his favorite part of football is<br />
stapling people to the ground.<br />
The team has 8 games this year and are<br />
hoping for a winning record. Peyton says that he<br />
wishes to go 7 and one this year. Gish also says<br />
that coach Cole takes coaching very seriously<br />
and is good at what he does.<br />
Jake Weaver, linebacker for Clay explains,<br />
“it's 0-0, we are losing.” He says the quote<br />
means that if the team isn't winning, their losing.<br />
Gish and Saliba say that that the quote Jake<br />
came up with is very inspirational and really gets<br />
them motivated.<br />
So far, the Trojans have won against Carmel<br />
Middle and Noblesville East. They have lost to<br />
Riverside.<br />
The Trojans look forward to having a good<br />
season under a coaching staff that takes pride in<br />
their work and they think it'll be a ton of fun.