Coach Richard Baker reported that 39 kids between 3rd and 6th grade have signed up for the Junior Football League team for its second year. This was their third camp of the year; they had one other camp in Worth County and then Coach Baker took 20 kids to the Bearcat Youth Camp where they learned football skills there.
Although the team lost 12 players, they gained 14, including another speedy third grade class to go with last year’s speedy class. There are twelve 6th graders, ten to eleven 5th graders, five to seven 4th graders, and the rest are 3rd graders.
Another camp will be held this Saturday, August 2nd. There will be guest speakers, food served, and the camp will be more intense than the first three. Junior footballers from around the league will come and participate in the camp along with Worth County’s kids. Baker said that his players improved greatly from the first two camps and that they would continue to improve.
Coach Baker talked about the importance of his players being good citizens. "I want you to be good students, athletes, and citizens. I don’t want to hear any complaints about you not doing your homework," he said to his charges. "Schoolwork has to come first. And I don’t want you mouthing off to any of the kids from other towns."
Worth County will host two games this year; they only hosted one last year.
"I can’t thank the donors and contributors enough, especially with the high cost of fuel," said Coach Baker. "I can’t thank the school enough for letting us use their facility, and I thank all of the kids and parents for all of their hard work. Without their support, none of this would be possible."
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