Coleman Community shows its Pride for Football

Despite the Coleman football team currently sitting at a 1 - 6 record for the 2016 season, the school, students and community members of Coleman seem to have the "small town pride" in full affect. Corey Harwood, a teacher at Coleman High School is not from Coleman and is in his first year at the high school. He saw the passion the community has for the football team right away when he started, "football is huge in Coleman. Every teacher talks about the football team during the week and I also have the pleasure of working with the head football coach." Harwood said.

Despite the 1 - 6 season Mr. Harwood also expresses the spirits of the team have not wavered as well. "I have not seen so much devotion in a team before, not many teams would be still putting in the work that they do day in and day out." Mr. Harwood compared the difference between a small town program and a bigger program, "Coming from a bigger high school where I am from, the school spirit was very good when the team was successful, In Coleman its different, they may be a small school but the players, students, coaches, and the whole community show just as much pride and never give up no matter who the opponent or how the season is going. That is what makes this place so special."

The future for this Coleman football team is very bright. There are not many seniors on the team, but the underclassmen are very talented and have shown a lot of promise throughout the season. The hunger of this team to prepare and compete has only gotten stronger as the season has gone on. I asked what the future has in store for these underclassmen and Mr. Harwood responded with, "If these underclassmen develop and put in the work that the coaches ask, the ceiling for these kids is very high."

These Coleman Comets have a bunch of talent. They have the support of the coaching staff, school, and community. The future is extremely positive for these kids to be successful and everyone looks for this team to finish this season strong with some W's!