Day one at Hurst L.D. Bell brought comfortable temperatures (mid-80s) for the Blue Raiders football team and a solid, productive practice said head coach Gary Olivo.
“Things were snappy, quick and the kids pretty much knew where to go,” said Olivo, starting his fourth season at L.D. Bell. “Everybody was here and most everybody was here on time. And we had a nice cool day.”
As far as his objectives for the first practice, Olivo said it was all about learning and working on execution. He also made mention of getting the sophomores, who weren’t at the high school last year, up to speed on the pace of high school football. Most were at one of three junior high schools that feed into L.D. Bell, but did come up to the high school at the end of last school year for spring practice.
“We worked on that,” Olivo said. “It’s a faster speed, the practices are faster and the tempo is a little better. We’ve already headed them in that direction a little bit and now, they learn to keep up.”
The Blue Raiders, who come into the year with back-to-back playoff appearances, will have a split practice schedule through Thursday, which includes a practice, an hour break and a second workout.
-- Angel Verdejo
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