One of the great things about NSU is the sense of teamwork among the coaches and student-athletes from the various sports. Case in point – last Thursday morning.
Football coach Scott Stoker and I were cruising toward Bossier City, for the regular Demon QB Club Luncheon at Ralph & Kacoo’s Seafood Restaurant, being chauffeured by the incomparable Britt Brittain. For the first time this season, Stoker was able to get away from his office before 11 for our hour-long trip north.
For the first time this season, we were going to arrive before noon, giving Stoker and the media time to do interviews and allowing everybody a comfortable visit inside while waiting on our meals.
Then the tire blew. Britt saw a small piece of metal in the road, thought he had avoided it, but it must have been so light that it blew into the left rear tire about two miles south of the Ajax exit. There we sat, at 11:17, stranded, with a coach who needed to be in Bossier City 40 minutes later and with no way to cover the 40 miles to get him there.
Enter our heroes, Jennifer Graf and Brittany Uffelman, head coaches of the Lady Demons basketball and volleyball program. Graf just bought an SUV from local dealer Calvin Braxton, and still has her Jeep. She answered our call for help, and got Coach B to drive the SUV up for our use getting Stoker to Bossier City, as Graf led the way to us in the Jeep.
Somehow the two coaches got across town to Graf’s house and up I-49 20 minutes to us in about 35 minutes – there must not have been any state troopers in the neighborhood that morning. We jumped in Graf’s new vehicle and Britt steered us to Bossier City in time for Stoker to walk in at 12:45, visit with the supporters and media for 20 minutes to brief them on the upcoming game, and all was well that ended well.
Assists are stats in basketball and volleyball. Credit coaches Graf and Uffelman with big ones!
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