By Hayden Swope
Kapaun Mt. Carmel’s Peyton Gosch knew coming off the excitement from last season’s successes was going to be difficult. Walking into a new season, Gosch and the rest of the Crusaders prepared all offseason to get that feeling again.
“I’ve been preparing for this upcoming season since the beginning of the summer,” Gosch said. “Our team has been working out at six in the morning Monday through Thursday every week the whole summer. I’ve also been trying to put on some weight and order to be able to move on the bigger defensive tackles.”
In hopes of following in last season’s footsteps, Gosch set a list of goals not only for himself, but his team too.
“I want to improve my route running ability as I relied on scheme to get me most of last season, but this year we do not have as many weapons so I will have to step up and become a bigger weapon and in doing so create more separation in the secondary in order to get open,” Gosch said. “I want to have more than 300 yards receiving and I would like to have five touchdowns.”
With the big switch over the offseason from Class 5A to Class 4A, Kapaun will get to meet some new faces and challengers, but Gosch has no doubt heading into the fall.
“I believe that we can make it to state again this year and we are moved down to 4A this year,” Gosch said. “I would like the team to have only two or less losses going into the postseason. I would like to be first team All-City and first team All-State.”
