Soph Emerson Rota (L) has his temperature checked
by Hank Hansen's dad before Vike footballers
boarded the bus for Big Bear Friday morning,
Aug. 2 (Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
Fun. Enjoyment. Anticipation. You could feel the building excitement among Viking football players Friday morning, August 2, as they went through check-in's for Big Bear team camp before a last practice on the LJHS campus.
The practice was scheduled for an early 7 a.m. At that time, roster members were lined up for temperature checks from Greg Hansen, father of Hank Hansen, current senior, and Dane Hansen, his older son who played for the Vikings earlier this decade.
Several of the players were first-time camp attendees, others coming back for a repeat of an earlier team-building weekend they experienced in their sophomore or junior years.
The big event is the hike, up an incline and among team members on Saturday afternoon. Various assistant coaches and players had stories to tell about their treks up the mountain in earlier years. You'll hear about those later or elsewhere.
The food is decent, the recreation includes basketball and other sports. The hike, reportedly, is a competition of who gets to the peak first--but there is debate on that point.
Some "heavy" talk is scheduled with the intent of getting real and getting close, as seniors, juniors, and sophomores seek to get closer and build some cohesion to face the upcoming Fall season.
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