Recorded in Cozad, Nebraska.
This snapshot was gathered in conjunction with the Museum on Main Street program at the Smithsonian Institution and its "Stories from Main Street" initiative. The project is intended to capture Americans' impressions and stories about their small-town and rural neighborhoods, waterways, personal experiences, and cultural traditions, and work histories.
How do sports bring people together in your town?
"Sports help bring people together in my small town. Mostly, sports helped me figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. I started playing football when I was in eighth grade, and I helped student manage basketball after that. I didn't have nothing to do after school, so I always ended up helping with injured kids and players and all kinds of stuff. I enjoyed that, and once I hit high school, I kinda found out, hey, I really like helping injured people at the sports. Now, I kind of focus on that, if someone's hurt than I do the actual game itself, and sports just kinda helped realize that. I wouldn't have realized that if my friends hadn't talked me into going out for football in eighth grade, so, thankful for that."
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