Miami Northwestern Bulls are #1 in the Nation
Sunday, September 16, 2007
The community is extremely proud of the victory of the Miami Northwestern High School Bulls over the Southlake Carroll (Texas) whoever they are. The victory was rewarding as the Miami Northwestern family has taken its lumps publicly over a scathing sex scandal and poor standardized test scores of most of its students.
An administrative and staff shake-up coupled with sanctions for its athletes provided the impetus for the Bulls to prove they are champions. Head football coach Billy Rolle, doing his second stint at the school must now live up to the challenge of the students rising to the academic challenges also.
The celebrity professional athletes on the sidelines at the football game --- Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin and others---were reminders of just how important athletics is to economically-disadvantaged students. It's time for those same athletes to reach back, in a significant manner, to teach the young athletes how to survive the game of sports to survive the game of life.
The Bulls are now the #1 football team in the nation and the natural target of every other football team. The Bulls played discipline football against another great team and in foreign territory. Prayerfully, adults, especially men used this football game as more than the athletic competition itself. Prayerfully, the athletes, band members, cheerleaders and other students used the trip as a learning experience. The educational opportunities in every academic subject area are astounding.
Now, the Miami Northwestern football team can take that same demonstrated discipline and ability to prove their prowess in the classroom. They can do it with the right guidance and instruction. Congratulations, Miami Northwestern.
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