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Coming Friday: Gator football
September 2nd, 2009 at Wed, 2nd, 2009 at 4:32 pm by markklaasTalented football players are getting another chance to extend their playing days. The Northwest Community College Football League gives them that shot. Reporter Shawn Skager provides an interesting look at how the league is giving players, both young and old, a chance to play and the opportunity to perhaps hook on with a four-year college program. Auburn graduate Zac Tate, who was named to the South Puget Sound League North All-League team as an offensive lineman in his junior and senior years, is trying out for a linebacker spot on the roster. “I got a phone call from dad, and he said, ‘Get to the tryouts,’” Tate said. “It’s ridiculous how good some of these kids are, it’s surprising they didn’t go anywhere. … My goal is to go to WSU,” he added. “And I want to get an education in case I don’t make it in football. I need something behind me. And it gives me more years to play football.”
Keith Hernandez, former Marine and war veteran, goes through drills at Gator practice.
markklaas Mark Klaas, editor of the Auburn Reporter, is an award-winning journalist who has worked in the newspaper industry for more than 25 years. He previously worked as a reporter and editor in Idaho, Oregon and California before moving to the Puget Sound in 1993. He lives in King County with his wife, Sara, and children, Derek and Elizabeth.
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