This year at Springville Junior High we have two eighth-grade Football teams. One of the teams that plays for us is undefeated, that team is the red team—the Quality Cleaners Vikings. The other team is not far behind, that team is the blue and green team—the Reams Bagders.
Practices for football start at 5:30p.m. and end at 7:30p.m. everyday, and sometimes on Saturday early in the morning, at the SJHS field. Josh Elison, an eighth-grade football player, said, “The hardest part of football practice is the after-practice conditioning.” Some of the drills the football teams do at practice are hitting drills, passing patterns, running, and conditioning. Jantsen Thorpe, another eighth-grade football player, said, “Practices are hard, a lot of hard work goes into it.” Sometimes the coaches will put them into offense and defense teams, and they will scrimmage against each other. Brennen Rymer, another eighth-grade football player, said, “Practices are very hard but they are worth it once you get to the actual game.”
The Quality Cleaners Vikings last game was against Payson; they beat them 21-0. Jantsen Thorpe, an eight-grade football player, said, “The games are going really good, our team is undefeated.”