The Liberty Blue Jays kicked off their 2014 season by playing two very good teams. The Lee Summit West Titians, the number one team in the state, and the Kearney Bull Dogs another very competitive team that came out swinging. The Jays have two losses for the season so far but they are still staying positive.

The starting running back for the Jays took a moment to reflect on the Lee Summit game. “I think we could have come out stronger the second half, and we could have also started the game a lot stronger. We just had to get the jitters out and by the time we did, the score already too far ahead,” Senior Devon Bryant said.

Players are staying positive with the way the Blue Jays season is going so far. “We fixed a lot of mistakes that we made Friday, so were going in with a new game plan and have better plans set up.” Junior Nick Kern said. “We know what to do. Were confidant and were going to get the win,”

Running Back Coach John Neldon believes, “the first two games were disappointing but we knew they were going to be hard games. Lee Summit west is the number one team in the state, and Kearney is a tough team. But with every game you learn to move on, to take the things you learned and build on it for the next week,” Neldon said. “This week we play Raymore-Peculiar who is another good team, top 20 in the metro. It’ll be another tough week. We’re just going to have to tighten up some of the mistakes we’ve made, and a lot of errors we make we can fix. The errors are mental errors and we can control that, so we’re going to go back to the drawing board and try to fix it and get better.”

In sports it’s always good to keep your head up no matter where you are in the season, because the harder you work the more likely you are to win. Freshman Robert Rawie has figured this out first hand. As a freshman Rawie has been brought up to play varsity. “One of the guys went down so they just decided to pull me up.” Rawie said. “I just have to work hard everyday to be at the position.”

Sophomore Tony Murray has also figured out that working your hardest shows results on Friday nights under the lights. Murray gives a lot of thanks to the coaches who have been able to work with him nonstop on and of the field. “They push us really hard and make us do a lot of different things,” Murray said.

It’s always good to know that the players are not only confidante in themselves and their teammates, but also the coaches. “The coaching staff is really good. They all have experience and all know what they’re doing and they know how to coach the players well.” Bryant said. “They just have a great eye for there players and they want to see them succeed.”