Football seeks second straight home win against Memorial

Drew Gager, Staff Writer • September 13, 2019

Seniors Austin King and John Ponder tackle Sulphur Springs wide receiver Bryan Sanchez for a loss.

After winning its first game of the season against Sulphur Springs (0-2), the football team (1-1) will look to win in front of the home crowd for the second consecutive week on Leopard Friday against the Frisco Memorial Warriors (1-1) tonight at 7 p.m.

Junior defensive back Shawn Robertson discussed areas of improvement to be addressed in week three.

“Coming off of last game we can definitely improve on eliminating big plays in the run game and big plays in general,” Robertson said. “If we make teams drive the length of the field against us, then it will be much easier to get stops and create turnovers.”

Sophomore running back Noah Naidoo emphasized having a strong first half.

“We’re not going to dumb down our skill to match memorial,” Naidoo said. “Our job is to go out there and give them the business in the first half. We’re not here to play ‘Pattycake’ with them. We plan to put up 30 points in the first half and get out of here with a win.”

Junior Luke Mayfield said he believes the team is close to putting the puzzle pieces together and showing the community and fans how much talent this team has.

“As a team, we’re working on playing together,” Mayfield said. “We have a lot of talent, and we’re starting to figure out how to put it all together. After the first two weeks, our word is consistency. We have to be more consistent and we will be just fine.”

About the Contributors

Drew Gager, Staff Writer

During his first year with The Red Ledger, sophomore Drew Gager will contribute as a staff writer. His hobbies include golfing and playing video games. He loves to watch football and wants to be a NFL analyst when he grows up. He joined The Red Ledger staff so he could pursue his dreams to be on ESPN and talk about football all day long.. His favorite movie is “Hateful Eight” and he doesn’t have a favorite actor because he believes Samuel L. Jackson, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington are all the best actors of all time. He plans on going to Oklahoma University to major in journalism. After Drew has made five hundred billion dollars doing something (to be determined), he will spend it all on junk food. Drew is a part of a big family at home. He has two sisters and one brother at home, and he knows being a part of The Red Ledger family will be a great experience.

Shae Daugherty, Section Editor

It’s Daug·herty, /Dortee/, Daugherty. It’s not that hard. Coaches never get it wrong, and that may have been what drove her to sports photography in the first place. When she isn’t leaving sticky notes all over the newsroom, she’s in the heart of the sideline with a few cameras and a small bag of SD cards. She spends nearly all her time with the Sideline Team, causing trouble or residing in the studio. Her favorite part of football season is the two hours before any game, when the photographers go to dinner, or at least they try to. Shae’s sustained many injuries during her five year run as a sports photographer due to her inability to see players charging at her. Ironically, the Photo Editor is legally blind, and will crack numerous blind jokes, at the disapproval of one Benjamin Nopper. Her goal this year is for The Red Ledger to finally win the Pacemaker, and nothing will stand in her way. Coming in right at 5’10”, she certainly doesn’t need heels, but she wouldn’t be caught dead without them. Let her leave you with this one piece of advice–keep your heels, head and standards high.