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But joking aside, I showed my girls the BFS article with that cheerleader Amy Miller jerking all that weight overhead and that really sold them on the program. They were like,  Whoa! <br> I have to tell some of my athletes that they may not be great yet, but that with hard work they could be. And you can see it in their eyes. They re hungry and have a beautiful attitude, and I just know they re going to be in the BFS magazine when they win the state championship, with a title like  From 1-9 to State Champions. That s going to be one heck of a story. <br>Coach George, we believe it!and watched as Conrad loaded up his equipment. The other boys asked him what he was doing and he told them that he was going home. When they asked why, Conrad replied,  I don't do these things, and I don't stay around it. The next day, I told Conrad that I was more proud of him because of the previous night than because of all the awards he had received and the great grades he made. I was proud of him because I knew that I could always trust him to do the right thing. <br>Conrad was looking good at football practice as his ninth grade year started, but the coach used the senior quarterback during the first two games. He was very disappointed, but did not give up. I was relieved, however, because I still questioned his ability to handle the varsity contact.<br>The third football game came, and the head coach decided that it might be good if the senior quarterback was moved to running back for a few plays. The coach decided to give Conrad one offensive series at the beginning of the game. Well, in five plays, we scored with Conrad running in the touchdown on an option play  his first varsity touchdown. Needless to say, the coach left Conrad in as quarterback the rest of the game. That night he passed for 220 yards and earned the starting varsity quarterback job. That season, Conrad passed for 780 yards and ended up seventh in all of Southeast Missouri in passing. <br>At every game, the other team saw the  Freshman Quarterback and was determined to  take him out. He took a lot of real hard hits, but he always bounced back up. He really could handle the contact well.<br>Conrad turned an ankle in basketball and rehabilitated. He returned and hurt his ankle again. The doctor said that he could not play anymore basketball that year, so he started throwing and running every day after school.<br>After football, Conrad unfortunately sustained an ankle injury and was prohibited by the doctor to continue the basketball season. Determined not to let that set him back he continued hard with his training and when track started Conrad was the fastest boy in the entire school. He was running the 110-meter high hurdles, the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, the 100-meter dash, and the 200-meter dash. I expected him to do well in the hurdles and to score a few points in the 100-meter dash. But at his first 6 meets, he got 1st in the 100-meter and was undefeated. He ended up running an 11.32 100-meter and qualifying for the state track meet in the 100-meter and in the 4x100 relay. He placed twelfth in the State in the 100-meter and was the only freshman there in sprints. For the year, Conrad led the team in points,