By Hayden Swope
Wellington’s Axl Norris knows a little about hard work in the offseason, and he’s been doing just that to prepare for his upcoming senior season.
“I’ve been preparing hard for the upcoming season team workouts every morning and attending multiple camps in the summer to prepare me and make myself better,” Norris said. “I’ve been focusing on improving my speed and strength for this summer. I’ve been working out every day and working on my speed.”
While every athlete is hoping to grow throughout the season, Norris has an even bigger goal he’s hoping to achieve towards the end of the season.
“The main goal for this season is to make the state championship and win it,” Norris said. “The whole team is locked in and we all believe it is possible. Some individual stats I’d like to accomplish are six or more interceptions on the year and have more tackles for loss than I did last year, which was 11.”
Norris is excited to see where this fall takes him and the Crusaders, and is even more excited to get to spend it with the teammates he’s grown up with.
“I’m super stoked for the whole season this year,” Norris said. “We have a great group of guys that are all brothers and we always have an amazing time with each other. Our team has a lot of talent and I’m excited to show everyone what Wellington football is going to do this year.”
