Written By: Arjun Venkatesh

Photo by: Photography club

Edited by: Madeleine Homer and Ava Puhlmann

Contributor: Mr. Beaupre

The Blakelock football season started with TAB losing all of their games, however they experienced successes like the first touchdown in four years, and incredible team performance. This football season, TAB left a legacy for the school. 

TAB’s legacy started with forming a football team in the start of September and resuming practices. Without any breaks, the football team practiced until their first home game against Frank J. Hayden High School. Blakelock lost 0-58, but persevered in hard times, and kept training to prepare for the game against Garth Webb Secondary School.

The most exciting game of the season was an away game against Iroquois Ridge High School. When morale was low, it was Coach Kana’s speeches that inspired the team. His message was to forget about past losses, and show everyone who the Tigers really are. 

The offense went up before the defense, and together as a team, everyone in offense blocked and confused the opposing team while Matthew Woodcock made the first touchdown in four years. It was a great team effort executed perfectly by Blakelock Tigers. “Well, less than perfectly…” adds the Tigers’ Line Coach Mr Beaupre (“Bo - pray”), “It was a complicated play that we had never really run effectively in practice, but we ran it anyway and it worked. All part of the plan, boys.”

After the series was over, defense was up and they did as well as offense. TAB’s Brandon Tran caught a fumble from Iroquois Ridge’s offense, giving the possession to the Blakelock Tigers.

As the offense ran to the field, they were heavily doubted, but the Tiger’s offense proved them wrong. Tariq Csepreghi made another touchdown, giving TAB a total of twelve points. Finishing it off was Alex Herrington, Blakelocks quarterback, who made a rare two point conversion in a tough situation. After the game was over, giving pride to everyone at Blakelock and making the final total fourteen.

As a result of this game, the team became more motivated as they practiced hard for the next game. Despite the score, this game was a success for TAB, as the defense made fantastic tackles and intercepted fumbles from the other team. 

After an impressive series and progress making a football team from scratch, the football legacy of TAB is finally beginning.