25 Teams in 25 Days: West Harrison Hurricanes

No place to go but up at stop number 19 on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days where the West Harrison Hurricanes are more than ready to go from learning how to win to actually winning in year three of the Quincy Patrick era.

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- no place to go but up, at stop- number 19 on news 25's 25 - teams in 25 days... where the - west harrison hurricanes are- more than ready, to go from - learning how to win... to - actually winning... in year 3,- of the quincy patrick era.- and what's any good underdog- story... without a reference to- another underdog story... of- biblical- proportions.- - 25 teams in 25 days... brought- to you by gulf coast business - furniture and supply... your- source for covid-19 supplies an- all of your sanitation needs.

- nat ---> "down, set go!

Good, good, good, good, good, good, - good, good, good!"

"david as a young man was appointed and annointed to be - - - - king.

But he wasn't king the- very next day.

He had to wait - and work and be patient to be - king, so we have to - work and be patient to be one - day hopefully put some wins on- the board."

As a football program in just - its 12th year of operation... - - - - west harrison has been fighting- an uphill battle, since 2009.

- and even though goliath isn't o- the schedule... the hurricanes- are also fighting the - reputation, of 11 straight- - - - losing seasons... to this day.- "everybody expects us to be the worst team on the coast.- everybody is- expecting us not to excel.

I'm- just taking that to heart and - - - - letting them know that there's- nothing that's going to stop- us."

"these guys just haven't won.

They don't know how to win, and- that takes winning- to learn how to win.

So to lear- how to win, you have to win.

So- - - - hopefully that will show up in- the record book this year."

After winning two games, in - 20-18... the hurricanes took- a step back, last season... - posting an overall mark, of jus- 1-10.

- however... west harrison made a- - - - statement at pass christian, in- week 4... with a 41-38 victory,- over the pirates... who actuall- went on to have their best- season... in school history.- "we went to the pass christian game knowing that we were going- to win.

We went - to all of the other games - thinking what if, what if, what- if."

That second guess work really - showed up, in non-- district play... during a four-- game stretch in which the canes- scored... almost 39 points per- contest.- in fact... their 254 points - scored, throughout the course o- the - entire season... is a new schoo- record.

- "we've just got to be open-minded because i feel like- some we just let get away from- us last year, and this year we- just need to play better and- finish games."

- - - "really, we're learning from last year and that's making us- better.

Like starting off - the game quick, finishing it, - different things like that."

"last year, we started the firs quarter like we didn't know wha- we were going to expect.- and then later on, we started - knowing that we could play with- these guys.

Now it's- just our mentality, we're there- first quarter all the way to th- fourth."

- - - this year... the offensive- production is gonna have to - come from somewhere else... - following the departure of- now p-r-c-c running back llanes- dickerson... who- led the entire state, with 17 - - - - total touchdowns... through the- first four weeks of the season.- "couldn't really tackle him, he was just gone."

"llanes was a dog.

When i gave it to him, i knew something goo- was going to- happen."

"llanes still checks on these guys every day.

He's texting, - - - - he's calling, he's facetime-ing- he's xbox live-ing them."

"i was just talking to him yesterday, and he told me after- his jamboree game his - senior year that he was sad and- i was like why were you sad?

He- was like because- he wasn't working hard enough.- and so a guy that says he wasn'- working hard- enough and how good he is shows- us no matter how much practice- that we have, - we could always be better."

Sounds a lot like west- harrison's motto... now...- standing for no - opportunity wasted... as this - year's class of 12 seniors -- - none- of which missed a single summer- workout, by the way -- continue- to embrace its one shining- moment... just like david.- "even in our district we're the little brother.

We've got - d'iberville in the same school- district, harrison central in - the same school district so eve- in our school district- we're the little brother.

But - that's not going to change unti- you win some ball games.

But ou- guys, they're bought in, they'r- locked in and they're ready to- go."

"we fight it every day.

We're all we've got at this point, so- we've just got to prove - people wrong."

"the underdog, it makes me want to go harder.

It gives me a - bigger reason to prove- them wrong."

- west harrison lost road games a- bay high and vancleave, due - to covid-19... leaving the- hurricanes with a jamboree at - gautier, on friday... followed- by their season - home opener, against long