Real Sports with Chris

Sports are my life, passion and first love. I had nothing else but football and friends when I grew up. My friends and I played nothing but football during my teenage years. The game played a major role in my life and carried me to bigger and better things. I had dreams of playing professionally for the Philadelphia Eagles but remember it was only a dream.
During the summer time, we played football almost every day on our block. It was the best feeling when we played and practiced to make each other better by the time we got to high school. I was considered very talented by my friends and of course I fed off that. When we played football games against other teams, there was a lot of emotion put into it. I was known as a dangerous receiver and I was very proud of it. I scored most of my teams’ points and won us plenty of nail-biting games.
When I got to high school, it was very hard for me to adjust to the official way of playing football. I had to learn the game all over and it took me a while to fit into the format. My freshman year helped me realize that I had a lot to learn. I took time off away from football to run track, which I got really good at by my junior year. In my senior year, I was officially on my high school football team roster. I had a chance to play defense for my team and my coaches called me a “playmaker”. At that time I was happy with myself and it fueled me to push for more.
Chris W., 19, corps member, Wolf Block team at Creighton K-8