The 2011 football season has come to an end, but the spirit never dies. Ending the season means out with the old and in with the new, but what really does beginning a new season mean to the players? “You will never get that same team back again,” Sophomore Allen Moeller said. This also means that the seniors will be gone. Besides keeping the spirit of the seniors in their hearts, they will remember the fun memories with the seniors.. “After practice on Oct. 27, all the seniors jumped in mud and surrounded Coach Hernandez and hugged him so he got all muddy,” Sophomore Jared Hogue said. Students and teachers continued to congratulate the team players for their season, as they have since the season began. After winning a game this year, the team’s spirit rose high because they hadn’t won a game two years before this one. With high confidence, the team is psyched for next year’s season. “We’re excited to get in the weight room and start next season,” Sophomore Alex Kastroll said. All high school students on the team feel differently for the upcoming season. “It’s not like your first year; you have a little bit of experience that you have to build from, but you still have to build more,” Sophomore Jordan Gaus said. “It honestly bothers me because I can’t say I’m going to come back next year and do better and improve as an individual,” Senior Adam Erret said. For the past few years, the team has taken a trip to Quaker Steak and Lube at the end of the season. The athletes consider this as a bonding experience. This year, with 47 contributors, the team consumed 2,300 wings. Junior Joseph Stanyard ate 85 wings alone, taking first place for number of wings eaten. The whole month of October was Breast Cancer Awareness month. To support the cause, the team placed pink in random places on their bodies. Since every high school game has a different pink-out night, the team wore pink every Friday and Saturday game they attended.. Sophomore Jared Hogue said that the most common place to put the pink on their bodies is their wrists. “We usually tape our wrists and ankles. We wear wristbands and some players even wear towels,” Hogue said. Being his second year coaching at Freedom, Hernandez is proud of his team. “I’m proud of the kids that stuck it out for the year, for working hard and persevering through hard times,” Coach Hernandez said. “When you’re not winning, it is tough to stick to what you believe in, but they did, and I’m proud of them for that.”