I am expecting to be mysteriously run over by a black Lexus for this one, but here goes....
The Fan of the Week from the Francis Howell game is none other than our favorite "Video Guy" Don Happe!
He probably doesn't even think of himself as a "fan", but that makes no difference here because those of us who get to watch him do what he does as it relates to CBC Varsity Football know beyond a shadow of a doubt just how big a fan he is!
I first met Don back in 2004 when our kids were on the freshman football team. I noticed that he was one of the few Dads who attended every single game. For the entire freshman football season, I don't believe there was even one game where I did not see Don Happe. Then, quite mysteriously he seemed to disappear off the face of the earth or at least off the face of CBC football games. I wondered many times what had happened, but in these days of families disintegrating right before our eyes, I did not feel comfortable asking for fear of the answer I might receive.
I did not cross paths with Don again until the beginning of the 2007 season when I discovered to my absolute joy that he was indeed still around and always had been! It turned out that Don had become his alter-ego, "VIDEO GUY"!!! Instead of being in the stands where I was so used to seeing him, he had climbed up to the top of the press box and was making the game tapes that have been instrumental to our Cadets and Coaches in their attempts to improve their game.
Additionally, Don provides direct, to the point, in your face feedback to our Cadets about their performance on the field which I have it on good authority is considered by many Cadets to be more valuable than the feedback they receive from any other source. There is no sugar-coating in his delivery, and every word he speaks to these Cadets might as well be gospel.
Good fans support their team and make them want to step up their game. They may be very vocal and found screaming at the top of their lungs in the stands or they may be quietly taping a game on top of the press box. Or, as is the case with Don, they may be found on top of the press box screaming at the top of their lungs while taping the game! Wherever they are found, and however they demonstrate their support, good fans always but always do whatever they can to make their team better; for that Don Happe, you are this week's CADET FAN-tastic Fan of the Week!!!
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