played more than 10 games since 1974, when they played 12. ―These kids have worked as hard as any group I‘ve seen to get here,‖ said Coach MacFarland, ―and I could not be prouder of the way they‘ve stuck together as a family.‖ This idea of the ‗family‘ is one that has carried the team through tough times. Senior captain AJ Scott echoed MacFarland‘s thoughts:

―It gets rough out there. Sometimes it gets real rough. But we‘re brothers, and as long as we stick together, we can over come anything thrown our way.‖

Over the course of the last three seasons, several team records have been talked about, and the numbers have been compared to the last 30-odd years. A quarterback has broken decades-old TD records, only to have them broken again the very next year. A running back has rushed for a thousand yards for the first time in 30 years, only to have a rusher gain nearly 2,000 just two seasons later. Scoring records, yardage records, kicking records-- none of them have been safe as the Truckers pick up speed each year.

The 2011 team earned the first winning record since 1977 which paved the way for a matching 7-3 record the following season and then an outstanding 9-2 rec-ord for the 2013 seniors. If you‘re doing the math, in the last three years, these seniors have been involved

in 23 wins. That‘s the most wins for a Trucker football team over any three year span since 1974-76, when the team won 26 games beginning in the state title season of ‗74. The math also tells you that

this year‘s team played 11 games– the first season in which the Truckers have

The Trucker 10-4 Loadin’ Up for the Long Haul

V O L . 3 , I S S U E 2 N H S F O O T B A L L N E W S L E T T E R

From the Coaching Staff, the

Faculty and all of

Norwalk—Thanks for a

Great Season, Seniors!

Colton

Anderson Logan

Bosely Larry

Case Ross

Clark Justin

Cook Joseph

Hinckley Grant

Hull Jordan

Johnson Lance

Leto Garret

MacFarland Tyson

Pryor Austin

Scott Jon

Suter Kodi

Williams Keaton

Wineman

The 2013 season saw the Truckers

explode on offense. Over the

course of the 11 game season, the

Truckers averaged 47.6 points per

game including breaking the 60

point mark twice. Here are the

records broken this year and the

(previous marks).

Points, Season– 2013 Truckers @ 524

TD‘s, Season-- 2013 Truckers @ 72

Rushing,Team-- 2013 Truckers @ 3,203 yards

Season Rushing- Breck Turner @ 1 ,910yards (Brad Mason 1,610)

Game Rushing- Breck Turner @ 308 yards (Eric Kirk 260)

Rush TD‘s Game- Breck Turner @ 5 (Crabtree, D.Sweet, C.Sweet)

Rush TD‘s Season- Breck Turner @ 33 (John McCarty 21)

Rush TD‘s Career- Breck Turner @ 51 (Brad Mason 31)

Season Scoring– Breck Turner @ 224 points (John McCarty 126)

Career Scoring– Breck Turner @ 308points (Brad Mason 212)

Season Receiving– Joseph Hinckley@ 791yards (Chris Harkness 722)

Pass TD‘s Season– Jordan Johnson @ 26 (Jake Fetherolf 22)

PAT‘s Game- Grant Hull @ 7 (Tie with Michael Finch)

PAT‘s, Season- Grant Hull@ 63 (Michael Finch )

Tackles, Season-- Jared Cook @ 155 (Tie with Scott Lawrence)

Punting Avg, Season-- Griffin Rinner @ 42.1 (Jeff Orwick 39.8)

P A G E 2

Fall Sports Get Jump on All-Sports Trophy!

Fall sports at Norwalk are

starting off the year at

supersonic speeds.

Volleyball won the NOL and

had a deep State Tourney run.

Boys soccer won the league

and both the girls and boys

teams had post season wins.

Girls Tennis won the NOL

and had players do well in the

tourney. Quentin Howell ran

CC all the way to state, and

football finished 5-1 in the

NOL.

VARSITY FOOTBALL

Edison W: 56-13

John Hay W: 56-36

W. Reserve W: 44-7

Tiffin Col. L: 24-20

Ontario W: 40-12

Sandusky W: 48-34

Bellevue W: 51-39

Vermilion W: 62-6

Shelby W: 64-13

Willard W: 51-16 Round 1@Tiffin L: 34-28 2OT

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Truckers Ride Fan Support to Playoffs

Over the course of the 11 games this year, the Trucker Football team has seen amazing support from family, class-mates, and fans. With some pretty long trips to games this year, the Trucker Faithful always loaded up and followed

the buses to every game. The visiting stands have never looked so small at those schools as when Trucker Nation showed up in force to support the team. ―It‘s been amazing this year to see as much blue and gold on the road as we do at home,‖ reflected senior captain Garret MacFarland. ―We couldn‘t have come as far as we did without all the fans showing up and cheer-ing us on.‖ The entire Trucker Football Family would like to thank everyone in the schools, all the parents, and all the fans who have given us nothing but support over the season. The crowd at the playoff game was the biggest we‘ve ever seen at one of our games, and we‘ll do our best to give you all a chance to do it again next year!

2013 Football Results