HAYS – The Fort Hays State Tiger football team wrapped up spring practice with the annual spring scrimmage at Lewis Field in Hays.
This year marked the first scrimmage in three years after last year’s scrimmage was canceled because of the weather and the year before was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tiger coach Chris Brown said he liked what he saw from the group throughout the spring.
“The group came in with a whole different attitude,” Brown said. “This spring, these guys worked hard, they grinded every single day. I don’t think we had one single bad practice through the entire spring and that says something about these kids and their commitment to this program.”
After suffering back-to-back losing season Brown said this group is ready to forget about the past seasons and move forward.
“They took true ownership of this team and what we were doing,” Brown said. “You could just see the growth in some young kids that were freshman, sophomores and juniors now stepping up and being the guys that need to lead this program and get it back to where it was.”
The Tigers open the season at Northeastern State, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on Aug. 31 at 6 p.m.
FHSU’s first home game is set for Thursday, Sept. 7 against Pittsburg State.