Don’t get me wrong, we are a very good team, but sometimes it is hard for me to consider our team at the same level of the teams when Josh Petruccelli, Jaylen Anderson, Drew Schiano, and Luke Farrell were playing because I looked up to those players and teams so much. I knew that with South Range graduating a very large senior class, Cardinal Mooney moving up a division, and Garaway moving down a division, there was a clear pathway in the playoffs if we worked hard and played to the best of our abilities. I would tell them that we would be pretty good - maybe not the best team, but we would go the furthest. What incredible foreshadowing that was! Some of my favorite football memories are from youth football, and now I get to share the memory of winning a state championship with those same teammates and Coach Schiano.īefore the season started, people would ask me how good our team would be. I remember being at Ritley Field for youth football practices, the coaches would tell us to work hard and be disciplined now because that is what it takes to win a state championship in high school. I have been playing with most of these guys since second and third grade, and Coach (Marc) Schiano (the wide receivers coach) has been my coach since kindergarten.
Brayden Richards, senior captain, RB/WR/DB/KR
