It’s Friday night and a football game is in full swing. We all know who the coaches are and who the players are, but the team managers aren’t as well known. Seniors Tanner Skym and Alan Czajkowski and Junior Jake Regan are the stars of Antioch Community High School’s football managerial team. Regan has been a manager since his freshman year, Czajkowski joined the team this summer and Skym has been managing for two years.
Photo by Arlenne Lozano
You can always find the managers on the sidelines during the football games. They make sure that the water bottles are filled to help keep players hydrated and that someone is around to film the game for the coaches and players to use in the future. You can find Skym and Czajkowski on the field filling Gatorade bottles and running them to the players during time out’s in their cowboy hats.
“We wear the cowboy hats for fun. They’re kind of a tradition now,” said Skym.
Managers are necessary in the fast paced football games.
“The football team is busy with the game they can’t just run out and get water. That’s what we’re for,” said Skym.
Managers have an even bigger duty than just keeping the football players hydrated; they have to film the practices and games for the coaches and players to watch later.
“Without managers to film, the players wouldn’t be able to see the mistakes they’re making in the practices and games,” said Czajkowski.
They have to make sure they are on the dot at all times while filming.
“We have to make sure that we pay attention when filming, if we miss the tiniest bit of film it can negatively affect the football team,” said Skym.
Being a manager has more benefits than just getting front row at the game and hanging out with the football players. The boys do this to hang out with each other, their friends on the field, and maybe for something for themselves.
“Being a manager is something that I can put on my resume,” said Czajkowski.
“I love being able to eat the food, the interaction with the team, coaches and other managers,” said Regan.
Friday night meals are a tradition for the football players (and the managers) put on by the football moms.
“The meals on Fridays are so delicious!” said Skym.
The managers volunteer to help out the football team in their own spare time. They are the little known faces of the football team.
