The Glendale Falcons offense is living up to the preseason expectations this season.
A large part of that is the senior duo of quarterback Cole Feuerbacher to receiver Wyatt Andrews, a connection that is years in the making.
“Since the second grade we’ve been playing at the YMCA, and then in middle school we started playing together. As high school went on, we kept building and building this connection and now everyone is really seeing it I feel like,” Feuerbacher said.
Andrews is having a breakout season. Through two games he’s gone for over 400-yards.
“He’s really stepped it up, I mean it’s hard to guard him. His routes, he’s got the best route running I’ve seen out of anybody at a high school level. He’s hard to guard. Put two guys on him, three guys on him and he’s still going to find a way to get open,” the Glendale quarterback said.
Another important part of his game is his gloves.
“I look down at them pretty much every play but especially when I score. I wear a glove, one of them says ‘Momma this one for you’ and the other has a little heart on it,” Andrews said.
That’s because this season is about more than just catches and yards. Wyatt is dedicating this season to his mom. An important figure in his life he lost after the district championship game last season in Lebanon.
“On the ride home, she had a seizure, and it popped a blood vessel in her brain which resulted in a brain bleed. So, she was airlifted from Lebanon back to Springfield and then she was in a coma for nine days and then ended up passing away,” said Andrews.
With a bigger purpose to play for, Wyatt has scored six touchdowns in his first two games.
“He’s always thinking about his mom. He scores these touchdowns for his team, but he scores them for his mom,” Feuerbacher said.
“When I score, I just kiss them, put my finger up to the sky and just think about her,” added Andrews.
“Means a lot for him, I think he’s dedicated the season to her I know, and I think he feels she’s watching him. She’d be his number one fan,” said Wyatt’s dad Jonathan Andrews.
Wyatt’s number one fan may not be in the stands physically.
“It’s been the first season of football with him without his mother,” his dad said.
But she’s never too far away.
“When I catch the ball the first thing that happens is the ball touches my hands. That’s what it means to me is my mom touching me,” Wyatt said.
“It means a lot for him to come to that idea realizing that when that ball touches those gloves it was from his mother that would touch it first. I’m very proud of him, and I know she’d be proud of him,” said Jonathan Andrews.
An example of strength that would make any mom proud.
