[ cheering ] robie: this place was a boomin . you couldn t get through this town down there. but it s dead now. about eight or ten coal mines shut down at one time. coach: let s go! it s the same halftime speech every single week. quentin: there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. daniel whitt: overdose capital of the east coast. quentin: but there s more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. coach: when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left, don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that should burn in your heart. do you understand me? we got some ground to make up. and once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting cold
coach mike: at least five. anthony: wow. anthony: coach mike anderson is second in command. coal in anybody else s family? yeah? cole: like trash man, that s a real common job in my family. coach larry: don t feel bad. trash men make more money than teachers do, chavez. anthony: fred fat back minco, micah woogie mclaughlin, and cole chavo anderson are in many ways typical mount view players and students with the hopes and dreams of, well, any other high school students. anthony: homecoming. coach larry: it is. anthony: how big a deal is football in general, and this game, and what you guys do? coach: you know, a lot of these kids understand that there are not a lot of resources here. before you can kind of feel the dreariness that kind of lingered around the community. but now, you know, with these boys winning, the work ethic they re putting in, you can feel the support. you know, like, we did a few community outreach programs this summer. they feel that sens
receive. bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. in jesus name i pray, amen. all: amen. [ applause ] coach larry: let s go eat, y all. coach: these kids, you know, they got long days. they wake up, what, 4:45-5:00. they don t leave off the hill from us until about 7:00 after practice, so they go through a lot. anthony: how many generations of coal in your family? coach mike: at least five. anthony: wow. anthony: coach mike anderson is second in command. coal in anybody else s family? yeah? cole: like trash man, that s a real common job in my family. coach larry: don t feel bad. trash men make more money than teachers do, chavez. anthony: fred fat back minco, micah woogie mclaughlin, and cole chavo anderson are in many ways typical mount view players and students with the hopes and dreams of, well, any other high school students. anthony: homecoming. coach larry: it is. anthony: how big a deal is football
practice, so they go through a lot. anthony: how many generations of coal in your family? coach mike: at least five. anthony: wow. anthony: coach mike anderson is second in command. coal in anybody else s family? yeah? cole: like trash man, that s a real common job in my family. coach larry: don t feel bad. trash men make more money than teachers do, chavez. anthony: fred fat back minco, micah woogie mclaughlin, and cole chavo anderson are in many ways typical mount view players and students with the hopes and dreams of, well, any other high school students. anthony: homecoming. coach larry: it is. anthony: how big a deal is football in general, and this game, and what you guys do? coach: you know, a lot of these kids understand that there are not a lot of resources here. before you can kind of feel the dreariness that kind of lingered around the community. but now, you know, with these boys winning, the work ethic they re putting in, you can feel the suppor
teachers do, chavez. anthony: fred fat back minco, micah woogie mclaughlin, and cole chavo anderson are in many ways typical mount view players and students with the hopes and dreams of, well, any other high school students. anthony: homecoming. coach larry: it is. anthony: how big a deal is football in general, and this game, and what you guys do? coach: you know, a lot of these kids understand that there are not a lot of resources here. before you can kind of feel the dreariness that kind of lingered around the community. but now, you know, with these boys winning, the work ethic they re putting in, you can feel the support. you know, like, we did a few community outreach programs this summer. we went down to the park and they painted, and they feel it, they feel that sense of pride. anthony: how has this football program changed your life? micah: it gives me something to do to stay out of trouble. coach mike: some of these guys have changed 100%. they had no gu