Visit to Felton Middle School

Marshall with 3 of the students in Heather's classroom.


November 25th Heather Musil asked Marshall to be a part of her Incentive Program for her 6th graders at Felton Middle School in Hays, KS. She was hosting a raffle for the students who had earned tickets for good behavior. The students were then able to put their tickets in drawings for different prizes. The big prize this month was a football signed by Marshall Musil! So, the day of the giveaway Marshall and I went to FMS to surprise the 6th graders....and boy, were they excited!
As the students filed into the cafeteria there were constant whispers of "Hey, that's Marshall Musil" followed by pointed fingers. A few brave souls even held out their hands to give Marshall a high-five.


Marshall helped Heather give away all the items in the raffle--leaving the football for last. Marshall signed the football as the lucky winner watched--which is how Heather intended it. So cool!


After the football was given away and the program was over all the kids rushed to front wanting autographs from Marshall. The kids were just so excited to have Marshall there, you could tell their appreciation was genuine--which made the whole experience worth-while!

Guy's Weekend

The weekend of November 22nd Jerry and Chris accompanied Marshall to OU's last home game of the 2008 season--which just happened to be the OU vs. Texas Tech game!

The boys had a great time during their Guys Weekend and Marshall enjoyed showing Jerry and Chris all facilities at OU. They made it back to the plains of Kansas on Sunday, droopy-eyed, but glad they made the trip.

Marshall's only comment about the game was:
"It was LOUD!"


Getting these 3 to take a decent picture is almost worthless....





All 3 looking at the camera!

The End

I waited a long time to actually make this post, mainly because I never wanted this day to come. After defeating St. Francis, LaCrosse moved on to the Sectional round of playoffs, where they faced Smith Center. It was a match-up we'd dreamed about since Marshall's sophomore year--our last meeting with the powerhouse of 2A. Unfortunately, Marshall's senior year ended on a loss 32-14, Smith Center.


LaCrosse vs. Smith Center was the game of the State that week. In reality, it should have been the State Championship. But as it was, we had thousands of football fans in LaCrosse for the battle on the gridiron.

Grant Meech and Catch It Kansas did 2 spots on the game. The link is posted here:

http://catchitkansas.com/Global/category.asp?C=107685

The videos are titled: Streak Still Alive as Smith Center Beats LaCrosse
and Football Highlights Smith Center 32, LaCrosse 12

Enjoy these videos as the last high school highlights of Marshall's Leopard career.

Next update,
Guy's weekend and a trip to the OU/Texas Tech game!

You Want Me to Sign What??

The next round of playoffs put the Leopards on the road to St. Francis for the Regional Championship where they again pulled off a victory.


Again, after this game Marshall was approached for signatures. It was less surprising this time, but I was still in awe watching fans come up to him with pens and programs. My little brother…signing autographs! I guess sometimes we just don't realize how many people from across the state follow news of the Oklahoma signee from LaCrosse, KS.

Here’s one pictures I snapped—I was trying not to be too obvious. The boy in the green had his shirt signed and all the other young man had was his shoe!



Congratulations to the Leopards on this win and thanks to all the fans who drove hours to be there and support the boys!

May I Have Your Autograph, Please?

The Leopards 1st game of the playoffs featured Stanton County and LaCrosse at our home field. The Leopards prevailed as Bi-District Champs and advanced to the Regional round.



After the game a group of Stanton County fans (mainly young men) gathered around Marshall and asked for autographs. This was probably the most surreal experience any of us had encountered during this recruiting process. At first, Marshall was a bit baffled. He even told us afterward that he messed up his signature on one boy’s program and flipped it over to redo it. He’s definitely going to have to work on the “messy signature” thing.


It’s hard to describe the experience of watching your little brother give autographs during his senior year of high school football, but I hope it’s something we have to get used to as he continues his career!



This is little Leopard fan Mollie Jo. She loves her cousin Marshall and always wants pictures with him after the game. She's too cute not to show off!

Reminder

Just a small reminder as we all continue with Marshall on his amazing journey. I mainly created this blog to follow Marshall’s recruiting news. Of course, during football season that meant that sometimes the news of the Leopards overlapped with what I would consider “recruiting news.” It would be near impossible for me to keep a running tally of both. Although, if that were a real job (Meredith Musil—publicist for Marshall Musil) I would take it.

So, for those of you who were looking for more news on the football team, I’m sorry. My main purpose here is recruiting news. Enjoy!!