JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)================================================== " }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?t2.c4E F bRf+d+'$q$T6g\w(~+YsR J68r&Y\tV6@u0lVEd;6D(,ǞocWޤ lnu*>T ! i$Gkf $$??ݦ=|/8,9Q/-RV ze ihI$V+GJ%s1߀zU hUCg6Ԟt(9Ztf87 ǽGz 9S#?aV#eZlW8PaW(AAMVKkCBè Q @*$qcnT⚓*[G *+:U+VqPr zݞRsJוZ'wq lq~:Ӗ5bHtImu(ܯly.HT ,0qϵ2HFr>'bc)-WhAP+SR~_Y-cW5?_c4mhy`r:m嬗S$(\5qiZLo?~>Qì:J4jHWGҀYɬtYQֱ.ee ԤJXaHX##keaqM֤+cE^';Q{tpڦLf[|i7HxtEᕻ̘WAWE72sVtYwhKVfj+rH퇓Vt-:,Ly9G J :]#3-HT-!X#d!l`Q{45F%ItYL Ee`Q LzbGmPrks{ymnR5)a7VE `8Xv5+RϹl;vET)+#+; j)nn0Oaڻlz4Q[$\p P:#vqZvwc`nSj̿E,OIcѭ+q.s&laG+ C2md( ^Z ( p+T`)zu&%7cMc8$X?p ۡhl1o-5C&r at}n-ؼ&YjVRW ƽk;H!v4ǜ" 8ܵ^osAǥ75/O%iv'Bu|={$WYs0ާЎҖP6մr5p܉ǣ| jtqSlne$-c+I& \tֵIDh޸/QQ땗 w+e$k""#{d3ci&c'=DàYb  hFk'Ͷ!oEvCt5itc/yX….c0v:t+sÚ~2zZ:$73(OzoUS n}jKCBd]>nZNVKĘ,C܇o(er~Zy1]G8 ZTރ* r2xQZI${Zu ^Ozɱ #bznDO 3oNY=fթWR_nGE۟ sM;ӱ*\eָLJWdon,LneWFT-Y_zCdeD\!E[Z+xf8N0{Z+Ghy$kYDK!ڝ3fx櫎8=hSV:@`9R8VmTZ#q3UrAq<]ݕ#B֣G5䛯8=]+٣((%ա>l8Ab0H r?J+uMٟ>"vɎ+u_I\!zE I_8 LNFMh4uzL=r3'iMEݤuң< |8k ö  `;=Q% p֒0Q,JJF6zp2ݎ=gIYEV$x@ W[}v,^Yb3ǽi6|CQ!@GJͺӕy/L^?ƛzʑPg+nň1sWpg-!Z`wY`,?+<9HY6RZut}ޠTd`bOEIFx8<ΥEeuhtfө# -0y#ҥ-NPȟ{oL\bc>ulmM%AS_ߥ$#5[ÚXGˌVUYW%m즍B֘@E9WZ-fZ Җ -NTO]zqQQth6!YF iS[Z :QmY0\Ǧݢ6 gIqϵEm{i$Vh58Efqj<7q"3 |}abΤ(2,C=X>"*`nSҚf#qݨ&hk?xp=kI_#OFtYC.r X j2C*xҋb~k6W=>%1}z5䑙e=i|T6ކ0>H o m!ZO+N*ox> o5N(JLo #+iڗQ81)EfNod6 YX |:?/n )K:cW/c6 Qo$FF(ԵVvFp`gk~JU+9RW^4"t!W}\W<[1}*E7tw'#WGCzhd[I&BQSUCr i3*3W:SI"QÌԠXh4d}ޤ݁e(y\!nyq,#JۘH4i?_5X)E69ۺ=)P~\`edm 0kv7Gݻgƃql+=kp+KIѤ)"E~U$։6Qqӓ\䍔wl(L-[7׶(fQ5=6B @ v,@AQ_lfp@ի$ӨeY!akZ`W5Wfv¨<(fs)[wl zӻH2M8 [(E`Ec?)\S1A#=(У#y5-'*Nv,#!\(PqM-^ FKEh"7u'[g8悫zLMBo`h (Ӛ=jW %0܍Ê*[jxR>0ÃU]؈j;4Y?VU eO263ֹ;.SC̘jay,ԡ=*[C|7nCv9dX-Gg6g.F!!]qN.f2B?F=I+}7lwwPy/! ަ.!0y8d<ڝ5rɹ? f,I=(+AOQ@ :uF;HaHH1H9JqޠZCTQcW3dCM2MQfv$sWJ7LiIO/ePϥSfvpXJmS0I82ndDG30Uw6qExGn(hN S!hM,Ҁ `r $U6q($b.|aH1uQE)RsH'SJEn4(9>~Կb82pM'y5soj bVL;­J,YuU;N g5sK֔`1N#cc)\X%g=Xtֺ>YqzDƹ{+ 搧)+R1}Wm[52`@w F3E[[In8M2%s^q2( ozs5OQ@[U31~kz-i񉮖9H e+8qjV !i`S8EQFM"&ba}WEV~Zݮ.I^f/',O&KHYػ&PiUszRVeIpQUi2}(Ɋt2p70}jN˞ޕrO2b 1JK0zWvzyG8'֨͗,YESBZ2iMcj8#/kbXD1o]% pJ"v!ȧL9U9 GIzV8jO FDrޔ&|1eWtҭBc- v\ XSzռC퇔݅fjcHTV+хqd9$sTЂʯ.K/! )aN1y#J?ȭi k L1w OA]Z/.l'هף)"8j(0OG Vj.[#|}rNWgu8&1AN q4H~@:z=V;p \5qrZV,U7V9[#j d8#K2-fh%QTRI8 fWI%|JУ8J(ԓъV*qX u(k)k.$+dsT5AlF=hU+6U[{70!sTEjS }HcX漈ŀ`[sƊdS]Myr :M{†bxg'xfs&CQjIJu d{R4RBFv+M8v0}r`޴r>F`UsơOsVyB(UeO+5~9ܭ鷵Rَ;ӑ 0fjOa ;f  sR,VK,A<] ݁@k _CkNZ]Ч  J{KYmǠ$Ok%AWI3Q׎rijB2=ȫP,Jx`h߈i2O%:*Tc,Hq)Tzi&rDbv <$x|Ɗ\ _`?7QII{Z鯮tĊ3;Jsj.D%j䁻9fG ;z4)&H+3;궁p$3qU!smҷuY8 I$դ# @]? Mieu)jAlisShL,5BXqJ]~][8W>p@O&Ws!l 4 HjR,W]^+9up3ZяQEƒF`Hs)X:VBi`Q=?Ek%>\g],t⼗`(8sիi6 鏽Ҥ] MZe͜z֚CW5آd nނ/0đ/js(K+d;h\A!4- ucQy|@aWLD*.zicӔkMQ1Is. /jIlu&tNVq#ҼC2uP{gܫ9hD9kZrpӋG(Ueͻ #< 4KxXKrdgn>UЬ_bGqc?Kb2Ÿ8J'YC/c+Ca)\tϮx54+ Bzh6:ro(W=KN溌g!O`Aiq` AG79Š4FF2^.+GP}C|e,zmSl FIRlA̓==A8 =jGW?;##ƍmdɁ)hVa̝i8mncq9ihYr2=1ZؐIG緙Q:DOQDr1keJOU/f[kDtj20RUA\y:4J8=)nV3b^o6N7$z5[bRrj)R{sG֢gl֣XJ0`=on 8#<\gh_Y]f.LLɷs3U/neX~fc=)2A,֊LWeK$PRGzӂ(.=pr:ȜQczI;U+|Nvi 筣  2њF4wJ8RwoZ>\i"B1SsUY>L)UÝ޹Y06(ۥ|pyָR2?j?̫1}M+{xMkҨUc3֜>b-Itm@AbX w\# ddt*84K&hM(s m^R2Q5Y@Z{tfɖVkhFGb +9tage of experienced players this year, East Providence finished the regular season with an 8-2 record, which earned them a place in the playoffs. Gorham describes the semifinal game as a  good ol fashioned mud fest against St. Raphael Academy. The game was highlighted by senior fullback Jamie Silva s 173 yards and three touchdowns on the slippery turf and a 26-21 victory. Finally, they found themselves in the championship game against the number-one seed, La Salle. <br>La Salle was riding a 24-game winning streak that included two state championships. When the game began, the more than 8,000 fans in attendance saw La Salle pick apart East Providence s five-man line until the Townies found themselves facing a 21-point deficit. But the Townies conditioning came through and the defense stopped La Salle from scoring again. Likewise, the offense did its part as their spread-option attack shocked La Salle with 35 unanswered points, winning East Providence the state title, 35-21. <br>On the bus ride home, the atmosphere was electric.  On any bus ride anywhere after that kind of achieveent, kids sing and chant a lot of different things, says Coach Gorham.  This year a chant came from the back of the bus that we ve never heard before. It was shouted with so much enthusiasm that you just felt the gratitude and belief the kids had in what they were proclaiming. It was the longest and loudest chant on that memorable day. It was  BFS! BFS! BFS! <br>In the post-season awards, four Townies earned first-team all-state honors, with Silva earning a full scholarship to Boston College. With all his players achievements and his own coaching success, it wouldn t surprise anyone if Coach Gorham pursued a job at the college level. But he says,  I m very happy where I am right now. I think I can have a greater impact on kids lives at the high school level than at the collegiate level. Coach Gorham enthusiastically acknowledges his players commitment to the BFS program as a major force behind their team s greatness.  Two players who were starters on the offensive line hadn t even played football the previous year, and three of the other members on the offensive line weren t even able to start on the Junior Varsity team. They got started with BFS. BFS made these young men effective players and allowed them to make a major contribution to our team.<br> I remember reading a quote attributed to the legendary coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry. He said,  Coaching is getting players to do what they don t want to do so that they can become what they ve only dreamed of becoming. With the BFS program it doesn t take much to get them to want to do it. There are immediate rewards: they are breaking records right away, automatically establishing new goals. It s so exciting and reassuring to know that there is a resource like BFS available to coaches to help them guide <br>their kids to become the players  hey have only dreamed <br>of becoming. <br><br>What the Players at East Provide3?R8Ŧ#5fu=GPIL9(bFoLpKwۃY 2٦>Ja&E3R[vw aSzCyk!^=JV-E-exs΂b- aw5|KbWݹ{}} _EdZ&?$|q1v̍ McV\jg)1}k7T%FJ̉FtG@^)kЩA,$@EJOg-QXPXjYz.BN`'3Wm2ʪ|E. 3Y{wi.TcR 9&Ħ{۵ՎOJ9ua6JHi $xrk+Зը^Y)IZ!ڱw&T$Y]T!H{Pzeވ&:YfJaDI\z"mz 4 rdG k[⹯b 摠>vѲ(l',ػ!1*ip&ry0dr GwlLjF96%_("X h7r?Ն]s&%̥dO\yãbLi^#H9ɑ 3ʛyQYV$" E?\{̷MȻË(D%0d-lOhDZ3E1ȴԖBŅͥz 矩Xt^eʙ x=LJ9bHs Joo/ffCRyL}B>;9!eFEDwOHV CM-N_TK,0 QB]j֞&dO3O&Dq&%t/'B;t "UvaմKdT |J|R԰`0["@I|}ɀf9T0s$ԶAWݒTK(VlRɼɕAE5|c<`x(L5jgb!Ҵh=% *$#2wbGd-CznS>7O޾d+CzoL*2-2r˰cۻY3SD"QKo Gbn;iY;|10v+)p$#ryJ# ٠RJF#ry哉{=4GOtjnQsND̺m7y5m_Kd^o$e8$Sn#DyLvғ*HecšV~lpӍłx "Jқ(&2\`9,bq]&R5͋a/7ʺVSn(CQ^vUEd]r~;9t0ɉ>cxy:5bEeS@ɔjn- UMcw򙱿5k gyL -q {nk-4}q-$gwo:iS:uvu[T7/cÓw{YOU_T*t&E 5Ղ|*ݪǗ$nm58J2Փ.傶B2RWPڪz"l bR/y(6wS6*x&ī&љ=xja' EFb$f&{qX[jfմ Lxٿf"/r"$왓&6=-oVT&)4omR|z{D `,&YbkٴݞOY(l^02EU[,X`3kޑG*(5dƾokUGef++]^.q˂m~3#vNzAM-eI2R1im/L;Ç1 P J"ivxW-b~Չ^ضbU4c$#Gm ߖ[8qPə嬜B&[.]`{rc^yZwT/QH8##7wY! AVyiF6C~ݩ癱 KB6,=YhR-Y޷-X,?lwx/\<@q;iT~y홅0&v[IO=Z{jTHc>Ǔ~x3L{Jc }?*RN_*aLpRJYމ\tR % D$HuG*h%aJT)QJ3SW$5iJ)|ibPX|u ZtxV) CRK&[k8XʰB