One of the pleasures of the fall season is high school football, especially in Mooresville. Since Mooresville’s school system is a rare city system, the students and parents are all from within our small community, kind of like when I was growing up in Troutman before school consolidation in Iredell County. This means that the whole community comes out to support the team which over the years has had some great seasons. We’ve got people who come to the games who never had children in the local schools, but they just like the community feel of the whole spectacle. It doesn’t hurt that Mooresville has a very nice stadium. It has been quite a few years since our daughters were in school here, but we keep buying season tickets because, 1) we like to participate in this community gathering among many friends, 2)we’ve got great seats which many would love to have, and 3)I love the hot dogs sold by the band booster club. Check out he view from our seats (click to make ‘em bigger):
We’ve moved to 4A football this year and have a new coach to boot, so this may be a “building year” as they say. Never-the-less, you’re not a true fan unless you’re a fan through thick and thin. Last week, we had a great first half against Bandys. Unfortunately, they made the team come back and play another half which didn’t go nearly as well. Bandys whacked our boys pretty hard. This week we played Alexander Central with the bright spot being a loss of only 5 points. Next week will be West Rowan, always a good team, at home. My brother, Steve, teaches history at West Rowan, so that will make the contest a little more interesting. He’s a good brother, but he does brag a bit about their team. I won’t hold it against him.
That will probably be a good game for me to concentrate on the hot dogs.
