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HEALTHY EATING CHOICES  Getting  fueled  back  up  af-

ter a workout or a big game is important.  First, if you haven’t been  hydrating  during  your workout  or  the  game,  make sure  you  replace  the  fluids lost during activity.  Within two hours  from  ceasing  activity you should have a good meal to help  facilitate  recovery and prepare  you  for  your  next workout. If it is going to be two hours or more before you are sitting down to some calories, think about a recovery bar.   It is important for your recov-

ery for you to get a good dose 

of protein after activity such as meat or beans. This helps the muscles  to  recover.  Antioxi-dants like vitamin C from fresh veggies like broccoli are great to  help  rid  the  body  of  tox-ins. Eating  carbohydrates  like fresh fruit will help restore gly-cogen  levels  in  the  muscles.  An ideal ratio of carbohydrates to protein is 4:1, four grams of carbohydrates  to one gram of protein.    If  you  are  going  for the  recovery  bar,  look  for  the 4:1 ratio.  Keep fats to a mini-mum  for  your  recovery  meal, so no  fried  foods and  try  and 

steer clear of pizza. Things like grilled chicken breast and  low fat  meats  like  turkey,  buffalo, or  ostrich  are  low  in  fat  and taste good.   Most  importantly,  listen  to 

your  body  about  what  you need  for  recovery  after  the game.    Even  consider  writing down  what  you  are  eating  to see what works for you.  Keep-ing a food journal and tracking your  activity  to  estimate  calo-ries used and calories burned is a good place to start. Prop-er  nutrition  will  help  you  stay healthy,  injury  free,  and  keep 

you  motivated  to  train  and compete at a high level. 

 Sample Post-Game Meal:

4-8 oz. grilled chicken breast

110 cal. • 1g fat • 0g carbs,20g protein

1-2 Cups Rice                          205-410 cal. • 1g fat,88g carbs • 9g protein

1 cup steamed broccoli62 cal. •  0g fat • 12g carbs

6g protein 

Totals: 582 Calories • 2g fat

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STARTING FROM SCRATCHBARAT ACADEMY BEGINS ITS FIRST SEASON OF VARSITY FOOTBALLOn  a  warm  October  after-

noon, the Barat Academy foot-ball team is practicing like any other high school football team in the area.There’s  players’  stretching 

on  the  sidelines  while  oth-ers are busting  their  tails  run-ning  wind  sprints.  Coaches are barking at players to push 

themselves  to  the  next  level and  it seems as  if  it’s another day in the world of high school football.But that’s not necessarily the 

case  for  the  Eagles  of  Barat Academy.  For  this  is  the  first season of varsity football in the school’s four-year history.For  head  coach  John  Mor-

rison,  building  a  high  school football team from scratch has been one the biggest challeng-es in his coaching career. Mor-rison  had  coached  at  some of  the state’s  top  football pro-grams with  coaching  stints  at Waynesville, Kearney and Lib-erty High School, before com-ing to Barat, where he teaches 

Biology.“It’s  been  a  huge  chal-

lenge,” Morrison said.  “Every-where  I’ve  been  there’s  been a  program  already  in  place that  already  has  it’s  tradition, so  building  a  program  from scratch, like we’re doing here, is really a challenge.”With  just  22  players  on  the 

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Eagles  roster,  many  players see  time on both sides of  the ball. That  has  then  led  to  un-fortunate  injuries  to  several players  as  Barat  is  slated  to dress  just  14 players  for  their October  23rd  game  against Principia. “This is our first varsity sea-

son  and  we’ve  faced  a  lot  of adversity,” Morrison said.  “We have just 22 players and we’ve had to deal with a lot of injuries. We’re trying to do our best and play  competitive  football  and be able to field enough kids to play a game.”So  how  hard  has  this  first 

season been on the Eagles?Try to imagine losing not one 

player  to  an  appendectomy, but  two.  It’s  those types of  in-cidents that can challenge any seasoned coach.“This  has  been  the  most 

challenging  year  of  coach-ing  football  in my career as a coach,”  Mor-rison  said.  “We lost  two  kids very  early  in the  season  be-cause  they  had their  appendix removed. We’ve just  had  weird things  happen this season.”But  it’s not all 

doom  and  gloom  for  the  Ea-gles;  one  thing  that  Morrison has  seen  the Eagles  improve on is the team’s cohesiveness as well as  their desire  to step up  their  play  in  order  to  help out a teammate.“We  definitely  have  come 

together  as  a  team  as  the season progressed,” Morrison said.  “The  boys  care  about each  other  and  they  go  out there and play  for each other. They’re definitely a family.”Barat  has  two  seniors  on 

this season’s roster in running back/cornerback  Stiles  Jack-son  and  offensive/defensive left guard Braden Dalaklis.For Jackson, joining the foot-

ball team was not really in his plans. It took some convincing 

from  Morrison,  who  encour-aged him to give football a shot and he’s been a key player on the team ever since.“Last  year  I  wasn’t  really 

thrilled  to  play  because  I’m  a basketball  player,”  Jackson said.  “But  coach Morrison  re-ally talked me into playing.”Jackson  also  noted  that  it 

takes a special kind of person to go to practice every day and then  play  every  Friday  night with the understanding that the Eagles might  not win a game this season.“Being  the  first  team  at 

Barat,  it’s really hard because we  catch  a  lot  of  stuff  from the  soccer  players  about  us not  being  too  good  because we  haven’t  won  a  game  yet,” Jackson said. “But I  think that it  takes a really strong person to play and know that you very well might not win every game, but you’re out  there  just play-

ing for fun.”For  Dalaklis, 

the  inaugural season  of  var-sity  football  at Barat  Academy has  been  a learning  experi-ence  not  only about the game itself,  but  also the  intangible 

factors in football such as dis-cipline and working as a team.“This  year  we’ve  learned  a 

lot,” Dalaklis said.  “We had  to learn discipline and respect for each other because you can’t have a team if you don’t have respect and discipline.”The  regular  season  will  be 

winding down soon for the Ea-gles and while their record may not show success,  the coach-ing  staff  at  Barat Academy  is proud of this year’s team.“We’re  really  proud  of  our 

kids,”  Morrison  said.  “Despite all of the adversity that our kids have  gone  through,  they’ve kept  their  heads  up  and  had a  positive  attitude  and  we’re proud of them for that.”

I think that it takes a really strong person to play and know that you very well might not win every game, but you’re out there just playing for fun.”Stiles Jackson, senior

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