‘It’s Here’ – Midnight Practice Gets Players Fired Up For Football Season

August 4, 2018

Are you ready for some football?

At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the stadium lights were on and the excitement of the upcoming football season was definitely in the humid air as the Northview Chiefs hit the wet grass of Tommy Weaver Memorial Stadium in Bratt.

Welcome to Midnight Madness, Chiefs style.

Saturday was the first legal day for contact and full gear under FHSAA rules. And Northview Coach Derek Marshman was wasting no time.

“It’s here. It’s time for some football. It’s been a tradition here since 2016,” Marshman said. “We’ve had a great summer. The kids are excited; the kids are fired up.”

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“We have a lot of key guys returning to key positions. We have a lot of experience returning,” he said of a team with 14 seniors, over triple last year’s number. “We are excited about it. We’ve got a great coaching staff. It’s been a great start so far.

It’s still a couple of weeks before preseason games in Florida.

Northview will host Vernon in a kickoff classic on Friday, August 17 before playing Lighthouse Christian School on August 24 and Choctaw on August 24

Down the road in Cantonment, the Tate Aggies will host Pensacola High on August 17 before Choctaw visits Pete Gindl Stadium on on August 24.

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Pictured: “Midnight Madness” — the season’s first full contact practice that began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday at Northview High School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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