Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Despite starting 0-4, Northwestern finished the season 4-6.
The Northwestern High School varsity football team ended its fall season last week on a much different note than it began. Despite a rocky start to the season, which commenced with four straight losses for the Wildcats, the team managed to turn around their losing ways towards the end of the year. Last Saturday's game ended in a 7-0 victory over the Bowie Bulldogs. The win brought Northwestern's final record to 4-6 for the year. "We put some good plays together, and that showed in our Bowie game," said Northwestern Athletic Director Terri Dendy. The victory, however, did not come easy. In fact, it was preceded by a great deal of defeat, as the Wildcats opened their season with a 28-6 loss against the C.H. Flowers Jaguars, which was the …
Friday, October 29, 2010
Whether it's due to indifference or frugality, the bottom line is people simply aren't attending football games at Northwestern or Parkdale High School.
Baseball may be America's pastime, but football is America's sport. The high school quarterback, varsity captain and homecoming king, with his cheerleader girlfriend latched to his arm, is an iconic American image. Street stickball left the conscience of this country along with Carter Administration. In its place came Joe Montana, Gatorade, Brett Favre and John Madden video games. In a time where a Monday night matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans, two of the NFL's bottom feeders, gets higher television ratings than the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies, there is simply no evidence to support the case that this country is not football-obsessed. …
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Wildcats lost to DuVal by a final score of 34-7 on Saturday.
It came down to preparation on Saturday. According to Northwestern head football coach Bryan Pierre, it was as simple as that. The Wildcats (2-6), who were downed by the DuVal Tigers (3-5) by a final score of 34-7, didn't put in the necessary work this week to defeat even a team with an identical record coming into the game, Pierre said. "We talked about them being 2-5 and us being 2-5. Both of us were still in the hunt to try and be .500 on the season," Pierre said. "DuVal practiced. …They knew what we were going to do. They got prepared for us. We didn't get prepared for them, and we deserved to lose today." Northwestern actually struck first in the game, scoring on their opening drive on a 4-yard run by sophomore running back Gerald …
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Panthers won their second straight game on Saturday.
On a day that certainly did not feel like the start of the fall season, as game-time temperatures hovered around 90 degrees, Parkdale (3-1) came into Northwestern, won the turnover battle, and eventually won the game, defeating the Wildcats 33-21. The loss left Northwestern (0-4) still winless on the season. Junior running back BJ Yates got things rolling on the opening kickoff, returning the ball the length of the field for a Panthers touchdown. After a successful two-point conversion, the score was quickly 8-0 in favor of Parkdale. "All week long [we said] 'Don't kick it to number 5.' That's what we wanted to do, but the first one, we kicked it straight to him," said Wildcats Coach Bryan Pierre. Moments after the initial score, Parkdale…
