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Article: Grunts, Groans Signal The Arrival of Autumn; High School Football: A Rite of Passage
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 4, 1987
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It begins this afternoon, officially. High school football.
It's been coming to this, you may have noticed. Out behind almost
any high school lately, young men in football gear have been sweating
and grunting and popping one another. Getting ready for the season.
Now it's here. Things begin anew.
Behind Georgetown Prep the other evening, big kids were coming
across the lawn from the dining hall on their way to the gym and a
meeting. A football team meeting. They all looked like they'd been
lifting weights-big chests and arms. Prep didn't lose any games last
season and this group, while cheery, seemed intent, as if it meant to
have just as good a season as last. Practice hadn't been all ...