Football: Behind the scenes with Carson High

I spent Saturday with the Carson High football team. From 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., I went on the bus, listened and observed in the locker room and on the sideline.

What was most memorable wasn't how well the Colts played in their 14-10 upset of Santa Ana Mater Dei. What I'll remember most is what a great group of teenagers.

They were not intimidated or nervous, they listened to their coaches, they respected each other, they behaved and they loved their music. I thought I was traveling with a bunch of private school kids, which obliterates all the stereotypes from the City Section.

With my video camera rolling, here's what I saw:

-- Eric Sondheimer

Comments

[BHS PILOT ALUM 78]

Let's go CARSON! Yeah...Class before rivalry y'all!

[Curtis Lund]

As a 1979 Carson High Alumni, I couldn't be prouder of what this video says about these new CHS players and their coach.
We had coach Volnagle who was a great coach and we won a lot of games, but we never had the discipline that I've seen displayed here.
Go Colts! You made me very proud!

[Miller]

ES,
Inspiring piece on Carson Football. WoW.

[Trinity]

Good start for Carson....MD Coaches need to go back to the drawing board again. Try to get it right this time. MD has a great team/No more excuses please!

[joe]

i so agree with the above comments.

I found this great biblical quote about a guy name Elijah.

Isaiah. 40:3-5… Isaiah speaks of Elijah saying, “A voice is calling, Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley; Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

My interpretation is that certain guys named Elijah are called to right, or make, the path a level "playing field."

Just testifying about a well writ old testament story and a "coach" (teacher/profit) who is trying to make that "verbum" the day to day reality.

[Hey Zeus]

Carson-Narbonne will be a dogfight later this year

[Mission Viejo]

Wow, what an amazing coach! I am officially a Coach Asante fan! I hope they win every game except when they play us in 3 weeks. Carson is a class act!

[AnotherBraveDad]

Blown away by the comraderie.

That goes a long way in high school athletics.

Good luck to this team the rest of the way.

[CityFan]

Great piece ES. Congrats Carson!

[Mr Salty]

Clear the track!
Powder Blue and Black rollin through!
Roll on Mighty Colts!