Park View High School blog updated: Sept. 10

The Minuteman by Steven

About: Steven is a senior at Park View High School where he is on the golf and lacrosse teams. Give this Patriot a minute and he will give you the latest on Park View athletics.

Sept. 10 Post
The busses are running again, Starbucks’ are full of teenagers looking to wake up before yet another day of classes, and my backpack weighs about 25 pounds already. Everything is business as usual…except the Patriots are off to an 0-2 start after dropping a heartbreaker to the Jefferson (WV) Cougars.

Neither the new Bermuda grass field nor the debut of Patriot Nation, Park View’s official student section, could bring our team a victory in a rain soaked contest that went into overtime. The Patriots gave up a 36-22 lead late in the game as the rain picked up, and boy did it come down. After tying the game near the end of regulation, Park View had one more chance to march downfield for a victory, but unable to complete long passes, they were stopped short, falling 42-36.

The first two games can tell a lot about a team. In Park View’s first match-up against the Herndon Hornets, sloppy play and poor judgment by some players led to a loss to a team that did not play exceptionally well. We did improve a great deal on Friday; the offense clicked together on more than a few plays, and a kickoff return for a touchdown by Josh Jones turned the momentum in favor of Park View early on after a Cougar touchdown. The defense also played better, though there were several gaps in coverage that lead to big gains by the opponents. All in all, though we lost the first two games, we are not in that bad of a position. There is still a long time before district play opens up, and I’m sure everyone knows Coach Andy Hill will be able to iron out some of the weaknesses this team has shown and get the Patriots in the hunt for a district title. Oh yeah, and receiver Tommy Sedeski has been out and won’t return for several weeks, but when he returns, defenses around the district will have one more threat to deal with.

Is Park View in a bad position at 0-2? Not really. Are there many correctable problems that will be worked out in the coming weeks? Of course. And can we expect to see a number of “W’s” next to Park View in the standings column of the local newspaper? You better believe it.

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