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The Tale of Jack Boyer

Posted on May 15, 2013 at 02:18 PM.

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My dad always told me "High school will be the best time of your life. Never forget the memories you make there." My parents divorced years ago, and I have been living with my mom ever since. My dad doesn't live far off, just about 20 minutes away in the big city of Port Boyerton. Though I don�t like the city, and don�t like making the trip on the A line train that runs between Jackson Pines and Port Boyerton. I see my dad a few times a year, and we talk on the phone sometimes, but it seems that our conversations always revolve around two things: fishing, and football.

A little about myself, I am a freshman in high school. I live in Jackson Pines, a small tourist town in the state of Vaughnland, one of the 16 states in the country Aquatova. Jackson Pines is nestled just about 20 minutes from the commercial, industrial, and awesomeness hub of our country, Port Boyerton. This whole region was founded around Port Boyerton, and without it, we would have almost nothing. People are always visiting Jackson Pines for its beautiful fir trees and when the snows fall, it is the perfect scene for skiing and winter festivities. However, it seems like there are a lot of people coming and going, but not many staying here for the long haul.

The school that I attend, Jackson Pines high school is a single A (A) school, we only graduate about 100 students a year, and we struggle in almost every sport, except bowling (Three time state champions since 1990!). We are officially the Jackson Pines Blue Jays, however, our local newspaper has apparently grown tired of writing the word "Blue", so we have unofficially become simply, the "Jays". Jackson Pines High School football... We are how you might say, "bad". Our football team has only won one conference championship, and that was way back in 1999. While that might not SEEM bad, please remember there are only 6 teams in the conference. Oh, and in the last four years, our football team had a combined record of 13 - 27.

In the 23 years of athletics in the state of Vaughnland, 19 years saw the trophy go home with either Port Boyerton North or South. It�s almost not fair for us to be competing against the other schools in our conference like Port Boyerton North, and Port Boyerton South, who have graduating classes in the 400 - 500 student range and combine for 4 state championships since 1990 (The most recent being Port Boyerton South winning their first state title in 2010.

You might be asking, "Well, why did you only play 40 games in the last four years?" or "Why do you only go back to the year 1990?" Well, here in this region of Vaughnland, we play an 8 game football season. Whoever wins OUR conference, "The old World Conference" goes on to play the winner of the "New World Conference" for the 9th game of the season. Typically, both of these teams will make the district playoffs regardless of the outcome of that game, but it�s always nice to take home the "synergy cup trophy" for beating those new world guys, on top of the Old world conference championship trophy. My school has only one trophy in their trophy case, the 1999 old world championship trophy... That team went on to lose in the Synergy bowl to Diamond Falls by a score of 17 - 27. Diamond Falls went on to win the state Championship that year, while we got upset in the first round of the district playoffs by a lowly Enterline Point team.

But that�s enough about the past. let�s talk about now! Again, I am Jack Boyer, a freshman at Jackson Pines High School, and a fairly successful halfback. I have played all my life, and love everything about football. My dream is to playcollege football in my home state of Vaughnland for the Vaughnland State Lions in Port Boyerton. Maybe If I am on the team, we can finally beat Vaughnland University team that seems to make the ACAA Tournament year in and year out. After college, If I am good enough, I want to get drafted to play in the AFL (Aquatova football league) for the Port Boyerton Bombers, the professional team that plays in Port Boyerton. But that could be a long way off!! haha right... like I'll ever play pro football..... Anyway, Coach says I have a great shot at starting for Jackson Pines this year... AS A FRESHMAN!! I don�t know what to think! I'm so nervous, but I am working out with the team every day so I can hopefully make an impact! I wear #11 in honor of my cousin who came to JPHS before me and was an all-state fullback, obviously, he also wore #11. Our first game is in a few weeks against a HUGE school, the Sarita City High School Lemurs. Yes, the lemurs. I know, what a stupid name, but they are a perennial powerhouse and honestly, it would be one of the biggest upsets in state history if we could pull off a victory against them. I just hope we can at least keep it close in that game...Oh, let me write my schedule in case i lose mine....

JACKSON PINES HS 2013 VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
GO JAYS!!
Week 1 @ Sarita City (AAAA)
Week 2 ENTERLINE POINT (AA)*
Week 3 FORT SCULLY (A) *
Week 4 @ Port Boyerton North (AAAA)*
Week 5 QUIGGLE TECH (A)*
Week 6 @ Port Boyerton South (AAA)*
Week 7 @ Mackle Valley (AA)
Week 8 Dietz Mountain (AA)
Week 9 Synergy Bowl
PLAYOFFS!!!

Our local newspaper the Jackson Times predicts a 2 - 6 record this year, with wins over Fort Scully, and Quiggle Tech, the two punching bags in our conference. I don�t know... I just want to get our first winning record in 7 years. We will see what happens I guess. Anyway, its getting late, and I'm getting tired... I have to be up early for practice tomorrow, then school afterwards. Good night all, GO JAYS!!