Tyler Melchior played football for Bosse High School for 5 years. He developed talent that earned him All-State selection in the region as well as as the nickname, "Touchdown Tyler". Though talented, he played on an inner city school with only about 25 players on its roster. The team struggled, because of its size as well as other factors, and barely managed to win two or three games per season. Coming from that, it seems unlikely that a football player would continue on to play division 1 football. He will step onto the football field as a nobody with only his body as a testament to his abilities. Yet this spring Touchdown Tyler will give it a try as his former teammate, myself, did. I will be a character in this story, as I have agreed to help him train for his tryout and succeed where i failed. It is a story about taking the final shot toward greatness before we must become conforming members of society and the bonds that form toward common goals.
Why does my subject matter?
The subject of my piece fits into a category of people from small places with big dreams. This is more than just wanting to be on a team. We want to show the world that Bosse High School is more than just anothe struggling school. It can produce greatness. This will be the main focus point for the story; showing how my subject is reaching for a goal that in all logical aspects should be far out of his reach. The challenge is to make this goal about more than football. It must be about an internal journey that all people go through, regardless of which star they are reaching for.
What sources will be encountered?
Myself, Waylon Schenk, a football coach closest to Tyler, Wayne Harvey, who has known Tyler nearly his whole life, and any IU football coaches that will talk to me.
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