Article: Some kids just want to play the game While he has more brain than brawn, Carroll senior McArdle says he still wants to help this year's squad.

RIVERSIDE -- Last summer, during another weightlifting session, Carroll High School football coach Steve Bartlett asked player Jon McArdle what position he wanted in the fall.

"I said, 'Coach, I just want to play on Friday nights,' " McArdle said last week on a quiet bench after a Carroll practice. "Of course, it wasn't fulfilled last year. But this year, I have another shot."

McArdle, like hundreds of high school football players around the area, has worked this summer for his shot. For every player, though, there are different goals and different pressures. Some want a scholarship to Ohio State. Some want to impress the girls. And some just want their names called for duty.

McArdle has ...

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