The Best Day
Yesterday, I had the incredible privilege of watching as my high school's football team took home the state championship trophy, capping off an incredible undefeated season. And I couldn't be any happier. In all honesty, yesterday was one of the best days of my life. The excitement and hype lasted from when I got out of bed in the morning to when I collapsed into that same bed 19 hours later, exhausted but still exhilarated from the day's events. So allow me here to explain exactly what made yesterday so great. In order to understand some things, you'll need a little bit of background. I go to Bingham High School. Bingham has a long and fairly consistent story of success and triumph in most areas, but especially in football, and especially in the past few years. Since 2006, Bingham has won the state football championship six times, including yesterday (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016), which is quite an impressive record. Last year, Bingham was expected to ...