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Sometimes Sports are Just Sports

 This may or may not make the final cut of my book. I was writing about some events this weekend and what had started as a joyous Friday night at my home school district became a weekend of heartbreak in the area after what happened at another school.


Sometimes We Need to Realize That Sports are Just Games

 

Friday nights in late summer and early fall are sometimes a big deal for high school students and their families. As the long-time band announcer for my local high school, it is a time of year I always look forward to.

This past Friday night was originally supposed to be the homecoming game for the local high school. The schedule had to be changed a bit because of the uncertainty of the opponents being able to field a team. There was talk around the league that they may have had to forfeit this game, so homecoming for the local school was rescheduled. The opponents, which are rivals of my local school district, were able to field a team and the game was played.

The game was played and at stake was a rotating trophy. This trophy had been in possession of the opposing team for the past 10 years. Our team has been showing steady improvement and were the heavy favorites on Friday.

It was a very physical game, and the referees were making sure that emotions were not going to get the best of the student athletes. They were very liberal in the use of the penalty flag, but only once was the penalty unsportsmanlike conduct. Our team won and brought the trophy home. The community is witnessing that the future is bright.

Thanks to social media, news travels fast. We all soon learned that another school, one that we have participated in athletic events with, had a tragedy on the field.

This school was celebrating their homecoming. As the homecoming court was being introduced, one of the senior attendants collapsed on the field. She was rushed to a hospital and both teams were notified at halftime that she had passed away. The game was suspended, and the homecoming dance was understandably canceled.

I do know that tomorrow is guaranteed to no one, but inside me, I say that that is not supposed to happen to a teenager. Friday night is supposed to be a night of good memories.

I cannot imagine the thoughts and feelings of the families or any of the people that attended the game. One thing I do know is that football is just a game.

It is only just a game

Tomorrow we will wake up the same

No matter the score

We won’t get any more

Life’s more important than momentary fame


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