By MITCH ABRAMSON
Published: December 20, 2005
NY Times
To start a high school football program from scratch, first assume that the prospective players know nothing about the game.
Teach them the rules. Teach them how to launder the uniforms (take the pads out first). And warn them that it is, as they say, a contact sport.
''The game was a lot more physical and violent than I thought it was going to be,'' said Joshua DeBaptiste, 14, a receiver for the iHawks, the new team at Information Technology High School in Long Island City, Queens. ''A player from Flushing knocked me back and his helmet hit my thumb. It hurt, but I never thought about it the rest of the game. I never thought of quitting.''
Now that the season is over, two New York City high schools that started football teams from scratch this year, Information Technology and Flushing High, are sitting back, pleased with the results, though their seasons consisted of only one game, against each other. Flushing defeated Information Technology, 36-0, on Nov. 20.
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