Ezzy's Education by Garrett C Murch

Author:Garrett C Murch [Murch, Garrett C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885046725
Publisher: Garrett C Murch
Published: 2022-08-03T07:35:37+00:00

Leadership

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Kelile “K” Lewis trotted out of the huddle and lined up at left tackle before the opening snap of Friday night’s homecoming game. More than two thousand fans had come to Schmaltzy Stadium: the most in recent memory. Many held signs reading “Save Ebbing Football.” A few fans yelled, “We want Trunk!”

News of Lucinda’s plan to end the Ebbing football program was all the talk at the local bars and restaurants, at Credo’s hardware store, at Dr. Lore’s pediatric office, even at the new, cash-only coffee shop, Cultivar’s. A consensus had grown in the town and fast.

“That Lucinda girl must be crazy.”

“I know the sport has some issues, but…”

“Fuck Lucinda!”

“I’m not a football fan but I’d hate to see the game taken from our boys.”

“Is the Ebbing school board allowed to get rid of football, too?’”

K was determined to play well and to win. Man, I love this game. We’ve got to win this one for the fans, for the game. He bent down with his helmet up and placed his hand on the ground.

“Hut! Hut!” Trunk Langston took the snap and, stepping back into the pocket, tripped on his own feet and fell to the ground. No defender from the Milltown Daisies had touched him. “Shit!” he yelled, slamming his right hand—his throwing hand—into the ground. “Ow!” He grimaced. He looked into the stands. The chants for him had stopped.

K eyed Trunk as they both entered a new huddle. Please don’t fail us, you prick. A player gave Trunk the next play to call. Trunk said, “I can’t believe that bitch slipped Katy Perry into the pre-game music.”

Wide receiver Rory Clark laughed.

“Something funny, Rory?” Trunk asked.

“Not at all, Trunk,” Rory said.

“Your small hands better catch the ball tonight.”

“Enough,” K said.

Fifteen minutes earlier, while the teams had been warming up for the game, “Whatever It Takes” by Imagine Dragons had been playing on the PA system, the vibrating speakers loosening the paint flakes on every structure they were attached to. Then, the song abruptly stopped playing and was replaced by Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake.”

“Screw this play call,” Trunk said. “Small hands Rory, you line up at right slot and run a quick slant to the middle. You’re not going to drop the ball, are you?”

“That’s not even a play we have,” Rory said.

“Do it. Break!” The huddle broke and the team headed to the line of scrimmage.

K rolled his eyes inside his helmet as he bent down. There’s a reason we don’t have that play. It would be suicide for Rory. Trunk’s going to sink us.

“Hut!” Trunk took two steps back as Rory ran two steps forward before turning at a forty-five degree angle toward the middle of the field—and the Daisies’ middle linebacker. Trunk threw the ball as hard as he could, a perfect spiral straight as a laser at Rory, who was only five yards away. The ball went through Rory’s hands, hit his helmet, popped into the air, and was caught by a diving Daisies defender for an interception.

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