Growing Up Green: Newark Catholic Football and the 1985 State Championship | William B. Evans

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	Growing Up Green: Newark Catholic Football and the 1985 State Championship William B. Evans Trafford Publishing, 2006 - 342 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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With seven state championships to its credit, Newark Catholic High School has one of the top prep football programs in the state of Ohio. Learn about the program, its traditions and how the 1985 championship season came to be. Over 300 pages with photographs, box scores, year-end statistics and more.

I read it in 2 days

Evans does a great job of sharing his memories (and those of his teammates) about the 1985 season.

I was a freshmen at Newark Catholic that year and I can remember specific incidents very well (especially the stink bombs).

But Evans does more than just share his memories- he lets the reader experience a little bit of what it must have been like to play high school football in a small town in Ohio, to win a state championship, to play for the legendary J.D. Graham, to reach a life-long goal.

I'll remember my days at NC fondly and I will never forget the magic that J.D. Graham worked with average kids. Though I never played football for the man, he probably impacted me more than any other high school teacher I did have (with the exception of Jim Grove).

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