In the last five seasons, Torrington High School’s football team has gone 35-15, and with that, comes raised expectations as the march back to Laramie and War Memorial Stadium began Monday for the Trailblazers.
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TORRINGTON – In the last five seasons, Torrington High School’s football team has gone 35-15, and with that, comes raised expectations as the march back to Laramie and War Memorial Stadium began Monday for the Trailblazers.
“People, obviously, have become accustomed to winning, and our kids have only known that,” coach Mark Lenhardt said. “Once you get to a certain level, there is an expectation of where people expect you to be, but we try not to focus on that too much.”
It’s about taking things one day and one step at time for the Blazers, all while trying to ignore the hype that comes with reaching the Wyoming Class 3A State championship game a year ago.
“More than anything, kids are kids and I don’t know if they know about all that kind of stuff,” Lenhardt said. “It seems to be more what the media and the coaches and everyone tends to put more on than that. We really try to come out and take it one day at time.”
After a strong summer of camps and lifting weights, Lenhardt believes they can jump right into things and start installing different aspects of the game quickly in the coming days with the experienced team.
“It’s been a really good summer. I’ve been pleased with our guys. They’ve worked really hard, especially the guys on the line of scrimmage,” Lenhardt said. “It’s nice having an experienced team. When you bring guys back after a good camp, you feel like you are further ahead than you would be with a younger crew.
“Hopefully, we can find a way to install things a little quicker and get into our game plan against Glenrock in the next week or so,” he said.
The 7 p.m. road kickoff against the Herders on Friday, Aug. 31 will come quickly.
“When you look at a practice scheduled throughout the season, we essentially have two weeks before the first game,” Lenhardt said. “Then we have eight games. You are looking at a 10-week deal. We don’t have a lot of time to mess around. We have to be prepared as coaches and players have to be ready to come practice every single day.”
Fall Sports Preview
In addition to the three area football teams, volleyball and cross country teams also began practice on Monday. Tennis and golf began practice last week, and the Blazer tennis squad opens its season Thursday at home against Rawlins at 1 p.m.
Look for the Torrington Telegram’s special Fall Sports Preview section coming out at the end of August.
