Logan Waterman
Staff Writer
After
three straight 9-1 seasons for the NHS Football team the bar was raised going
into the 2018 season. “The past few seasons have definitely raised the bar for
us duplicate the success of those teams” said junior football player, Michael
Borys. “We all feel pressured to do so”. However, the streak of 1 loss seasons
came to an end shortly after starting the season 1-2. With a 39-27 loss to Pope
John Paul in week 2 and 38-37 overtime to ANC. “
It was a tough start to the season, the program
has started off with 2 losses in a fairly long time.” It was the first time
since the 2012 season since the Lions started off with the record. The 2018
Lion’s backs were now against the wall knowing if they lose another game their
chances to be in the playoffs could slim.
“Our coaches told us we needed to win out, and
we knew we could easily” Mike Borys stated. Entering the rest of the season and
league play the Lion’s knew they could begin to dominate like the BAL they
usually have done. And that’s exactly what they did.
The Lions finished the rest of the season 7-0
and ended up with a 3rd straight BAL championship going 5-0 in the league. “We
were excited about the rest of our season but knew our true season started in
the playoffs” Borys said modestly.
The team claimed the third seed in the playoffs
and are gearing up for two games with familiar opponents, Pope John Paul and
Conwell Egan.
