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By Steve Franklin
Rappahannock News Staff Writer ■'L tfdo* °n a late AugT morning. The hot summer f; sun has almost reached its peak in the cloudless blue sky over . Rappahannock County. ; The temperature is nenrmg n , triple digits for the sixth day in a row. With the season-opening ti (football game just two weeks . i away, the Rappahannock County Panthers march onward with ..football camp.
For three hours, 42 boys doni ning helmets, shoulder pads, and cleats have pounded away at each other, fighting pure exhaustion in preparation for their season-opener versus Luray. They’ve gone through warmups and hitting drills, learned plays and new formations. Even , had a little time to scrimmage.
Before breaking for an hourlong lunch, Coach Mike Williams summoned his boys to the end line for conditioning drills.
‘The team that’s stronger in f .the fourth quarter wins,” Coach Williams yells as he positions his whistle in his mouth. “And we’re going to be strong.”
It’s time for the “Snake Drill.”
The players line up along the sideline. The whistle blows. Start.. mg at the goal line, the players Jpg across the field. They reach . the other sideline, then move up rto the five-yard line, then 10: yard line, 15, and so on. The drill .continues in a snake-like pattern until they reach the oppo’ site goal line. Twenty-one times they cross the 53-yard field.
Twenty minutes later, most . have finished. Some have cut comers — skipped a line or two. Some have walked when Coach Wiliams turned his back. And ’ others have flat-out quit. ’ ! But out on the 20-yard line, one kid keeps churning. Making sure he touches the sideline every time. Making sure he finishes the 1,113-yard run just 1 • like most of his teammates.
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