Varsity Football Playoffs

Sports

By Katlyn Mathers
Husky Herald Reporter

  All great things must come to an end, but sometimes you get the chance to extend your time. Luckily, captains Mike Mahaffy (‘16), Tyler Westbrook (‘16), Nick Miller (‘16), and Shane Sheridan (‘16) have the chance to lead Port Huron Northern’s varsity football team into playoffs.

  “As of right now, playoffs are very manageable! If we win our last two games, we are in. This has been our goal since day one and we almost have it,” Mahaffy says.

 Out of the last two games Port Huron Northern's varsity team will face, one of them is the team's rival.

  “Our last two games are against Sterling heights on October 16th,2015 and Port Huron High on October, 23rd, 2015. We are very excited for our rival game against Port Huron,” Westbrook said.

  If Northern makes playoffs, it will be exciting since this has not happened in a while.

  “2010 was the last time Northern’s varsity team made playoffs,” Miller said.

  One would expect harsh conditioning, and extended practices, but Northern is going to stick to their roots.

  “Practices will be more intense. I would say they will not be ran different, we just need to keep the intensity up,” Westbrook said.

  With the final games ahead, fans need to cheer louder and show more spirit than previous games.

  “The biggest thing fans can do is get rowdy when we are on defense, especially 3rd and short, and 4th and short,” Mahaffy says.

  The team this year has really stepped up to the plate, and is fighting harder than ever.

  “Seniors are fighting harder than they ever have because it could possibly be our last games. And this year we have more young starters in comparison to years in the past. With no doubt in my mind, next year's team will be just as successful as this year's,” Westbrook said.

  The season is almost over, and the spirit has rose higher than previous years.

  “Overall the season was good. We have done things that have not been done in a while; the last time varsity won 4 straight games was around 1995. And to be the most recent year to complete that at Northern is really amazing,” Westbrook said.