COLUMN: Football season is here at last
The 2023 Prep Football preview section was in the papers yesterday and Football Xtra is back in today’s, which can only mean one thing — football is back!
No, the Steelers aren’t playing this week (at least not a game that matters, anyway), nor are Ohio State or WVU going to be on TV this Saturday, but for many in the Ohio Valley, the football we care about even more is back — high school football.
Our local players, our neighborhood kids, kids we’ve seen around our small towns and communities, kids from the families in the next pew at church, and for some of us, members of our own families are ready to take the field to represent school, community and team.
it has been a long summer of hard work for these kids, summer camps and two-a-days, scrimmages and hard work in the weight room, and tonight begins their journey.
As we head to the various stadiums tonight, tomorrow and — for West Virginia — next week, remember how much work those kids and coaches have put in, how much time they’ve sacrificed all summer so we can watch them play the game we all love.
I’ve often said and been told we live in one the best football areas in the nation — here’s to another great season of enjoying it!
Welcome back!