Despite four straight losses, football Coach David Reese says he is not giving up hope on his team.
He says he’s counting on what he calls his “Fab Four” players to lead the team into a successful, winning season.
His Fab Four consists of running back Vincent Hicks, line backer Isaac Price, receiver Aaron Love and running back Aaron Baker.
Together this fierce foursome weighs only 680 pounds. And one – Love – stands a mere 5 feet, 8 inches but is the team’s top receiver.
Love’s coach says, “He has great hands. He don’t drop nothing.”
The quick quartet defy the stereotype that football players are big and brawny super-sized athletes who have I.Q’s equivalent to their shoe sizes.
Baker, who weighs 155 pounds and stands 5-feet, 10 inches tall, says, “We are a lot smaller than other players, which may put us at a disadvantage, but we are faster. Overall, the team this year is not disciplined, which is the cause for many of the losses.”
Love, who weighs 165 pounds, says, “Compared to other players I am definitely smaller, but being smaller does not handicap my playing ability because I have more speed, which gives my team an advantage, especially when running the ball.”
But the Fab Four and company have yet to live up to their name. The football team has lost every game this year, including the first home game on the new artificial turf field. The Jays have nodded to Lake Orion (36-6), Seaholm High School (6-26), Clarkston 14-0 , and Pontiac Northern (27-26).
Pontiac Northern was their closest game. The Jays were ahead at halftime but Northern then scored a touchdown, inching ahead by one point.
Besides the Fab Four, other strong team members are junior quarterback Brandon Summers and starting linebackers Tim Fort and Andrew Harris, both sophomores.
“I plan on having a very successful season because we have a very athletic team,” Summers said.