UTPB football increases to help the city while water supply problems

UTPB soccer players were in a familiar territory on Wednesday morning, although they drove into the asphalt instead of the lawn.

The falcons play most of their games in the Astund Broadband Stadium, but in the middle of continued water problems in the city of Midland, they have set up on the Ostparkplatz in order to distribute the spread of water packs in bottles.

At the same time, the crime served as a way to do good and prepare for the greatest week of the week for training the offseason.

“We have Max-Bank on Thursday and then on Friday and then Max Squat, so hopefully it will help to raise all these packs of water,” said Franco, a 5-foot 12 pound junior linacker from Arlington. “I can about 350 lbs. And then I hope that I can reach 550 LBs.”

A 24-pack in bottle water weighs about 25 pounds. While the football players make the transport and the cargo just look like, the decision to report voluntarily was easier.

“We heard that Midland had a water problem, and Coach asked us to come over and help,” said Franco. “We jump on every chance to report voluntarily, ourselves in our day. We love to play football here and many people come out and support us. Midland needed our help today, so we came out to support them. “

UTPB soccer players weren't the only ones who lifted bottles in vehicles. Several members of the Midland fire brigade were on site to support the city, as did West Texas Food Bank, which drove in 16 pallets of bottle water.

“We are doing a lot of community service with West Texas Food Bank,” coach Kris McCullough told the reporter telegram. “In this semester we are already a soccer team as a football team as a football team. Our boys recognize that our community UTPB gives so much, and our boys see it as an opportunity to give something back. “

McCullough said that volunteer work builds up team spirit and that these skills after football lead well into life when the players enter the workforce.

When you talked about Franco: “He is someone that every trainer dreams of,” said McCullough. “He never has an apology. He only gets out and does the work. “

The experiences on Wednesday made his post-football prospects a little more interesting.

Franco studies shops and considers pursuing his master in public administration. Ultimately, he strongly thought about becoming a fireman in Odessa – that is, he was able to work with the Midland team.

“I met the fire department in Odessa, but I have never had the chance to talk to someone in Midland,” he said. “They are all really down -to -earth boys and answered every question I had.”

He has not yet committed himself to a department.

“At the moment I'm a free agent, but it would be a dream to either work for Midland or Odessa.”