<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The Airline Vikings were playing for the state football championship in 1972 against Neville on a bad night for football in Monroe.
But after the team had gathered itself, head coach Jack Gray called his seniors together.
Gray, who coached the<wm> team to two state championships in his coaching career before moving into administration the previous fall.
“Time for one last stand,” he growled.
“Okay boys,” he growled, handing out assignments.
As he stood at the team table the team of guys, the usual chatter of students died. Not one person raised a finger, it was a tense moment.
“Let’s make it one big practice, and spend the rest of the day in sweatshops,” Gray stated clearly.
No response from anyone</wm>, the team reluctantly went about getting changed in.
As they changed and got changed Gray walked out of