This Tennessee highschool soccer staff might have simply discovered an unstoppable defender so as to add to its unit.
A black bear was proven galloping throughout the sphere of Gatlinburg-Pittman (Tenn.) Excessive Faculty in a video taken by head coach Brad Waggoner on Monday. Within the tweet displaying the bear operating throughout the sphere, Waggoner posted the caption, “Simply one other day in The Smoky Mountains.”
Gatlinburg, the place the varsity is situated, is a mountainous city that serves because the gateway to the Nice Smoky Mountains Nationwide Park, in line with USA TODAY. Waggoner advised WBIR that the bear began within the residence stands, ran throughout the sphere, and exited the customer stands after struggling to search out its manner out for about 10 minutes.
Simply one other day in The Smoky Mountains…#WeAreGP 🏈 pic.twitter.com/q5mEkZfQky
— Brad Waggoner (@CoachWaggonerGT) August 14, 2023
This occurred earlier than apply began, in line with WBIR, and there are not any reviews of accidents. It doesn’t seem the bear did any injury to the sphere — which can be good as a result of the Highlanders are kicking off their season this week.
Final 12 months, the varsity Gatlinburg-Pittman staff went 11-2 however fell within the quarterfinals to the eventual champion Alcoa (Tenn.) Excessive Faculty. The Highlanders will look to enhance upon that season, returning a number of key gamers like senior quarterback Brady Hammonds, who threw for 35 touchdowns to only 4 interceptions final 12 months; junior operating again Tegan Avera, who broke 2,000 dashing yards as a sophomore; receiver Carlos Orr, who had 1,035 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns; two-way star Whitman Whaley, who posted 1,387 receiving yards, 19 touchdowns, 77 tackles and 11 tackles for loss; and linebacker Luke Burkett, who led the staff with 97 tackles (all stats in line with MaxPreps).
With gamers like that, possibly the staff doesn’t want any extra bear-like ferociousness in spite of everything.
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