Between Friday’s Meet the Blazers event for soccer and volleyball and Saturday’s event, over 850 area youth participated in Meet the Blazers this year.
“It is great,” Junior safety Chris Caspari said. “Everybody is excited for the season to start. The kids, they just look up to us, and we are just doing our best to be role models out here and just have fun with them.”
“It is great,” Junior safety Chris Caspari said. “Everybody is excited for the season to start. The kids, they just look up to us, and we are just doing our best to be role models out here and just have fun with them.”
Nearly every drill during Saturday’s event involved tackling. Some of the participants skipped tackling on the dummies and took to tackling members of the team, like senior offensive lineman Edmund Kugbila.
“It is fun being out here with the little kids,” said the 6-foot-5, 347-pound offensive guard Kugbila. “It is all for them.”
Every drill finished with a dance, too.
“I usually just give the ball back to the referee,” Caspari said. “I just act like I’ve been there before, but if I had to choose a dance, I would do a little shoulder lean or something like that.”
The annual event allows Blazer fans, young and old, to get an up close and personal look with the team and interact with the players they watch on the field.
The Blazers open their season next Saturday, when they visit Saginaw Valley. The game will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Due to the length of the trip, the Blazers will fly out of Valdosta on Friday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
“It is fun being out here with the little kids,” said the 6-foot-5, 347-pound offensive guard Kugbila. “It is all for them.”
Every drill finished with a dance, too.
“I usually just give the ball back to the referee,” Caspari said. “I just act like I’ve been there before, but if I had to choose a dance, I would do a little shoulder lean or something like that.”
The annual event allows Blazer fans, young and old, to get an up close and personal look with the team and interact with the players they watch on the field.
The Blazers open their season next Saturday, when they visit Saginaw Valley. The game will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Due to the length of the trip, the Blazers will fly out of Valdosta on Friday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
