Kicking into the 2023 season,

the Marlow High School foot-
ball team competed in their first

game on Friday, Sept. 1.

The Outlaws came out victo-
rious over the Chickasha Chicks

with a score of 37-14.
Junior Jacob Crowson has
played football since seventh
grade and believes this season

will continue to be a huge suc-
cess.

“I think I played decently
well, but there’s some things I
need to fix and I can always get
better,” Crowson said. “My goal
is to be the best I can be and

bring us another state champion-
ship by being coachable and giv-
ing 110 percent effort the whole

time.”
While the team has been
building on their skills since last
season, offensive coach Matthew
Weber officially started practices
at the beginning of August.
“We make 99 percent of our
improvements away from Friday
nights,” Weber explained. “Our
guys continue to lift and train
on their own, as well as making
improvements daily in practice.”

The start of the football sea-
son also began a start to the sea-
sons of various organizations

around the school, these organi-
zations including cheer, Bootleg-
ger, Blue Crew, marching band

and even a few small events
for the upcoming philanthropy
week.

Starting the year by spread-
ing school spirit, the MHS Cheer

Squad organized a pre-game
performance with students at the
elementary school.
The cheerleaders spent the
week leading up to the game
teaching the girls a dance to be
performed under Friday night
lights.
Junior Mya Boyster was
one of the cheer members that
worked with the students, having

been on the varsity cheer team
for all three years she has been in
high school.
“I love seeing them excited

to dance and grow as our fu-
ture cheerleaders,” Boyster ex-
pressed.

Supporting the football team
alongside the cheerleaders and
through a halftime performance,

the MHS Bootleggers also per-
formed for the first time this sea-
son.

The game had support from
the cheers of the Bootlegger
and Cheer squad, but were also
encouraged by music from the
band.

Sophomore Caleb Slaugh-
ter plays on the drumline of the

band, and believes the marching
band improves the games.
“I think the band adds a whole
separate culture to football

games to make them more ap-
pealing and enjoyable,” Slaugh-
ter explained. “It makes the

games more enjoyable to people
who may not like football and is

also a huge hype booster for peo-
ple who already love football.”

Not performing during the
game but still supporting the
team, the MHS Blue Crew
spread word of the theme, found
ways to elevate it and loyally
watched from the stands.
This week’s theme, “Let’s
Glow Outlaws,” asked audience
members to wear different types

of neon clothes, ranging from
brightly colored vests to face
paint.
Sophomore Blyss Womack
attended the game and noticed

that the school had a lot of ex-
citement for the new season.

“The whole student section
was wearing neon, and they were

all excited,” Womack said. “Ev-
eryone was packed in and had

pom poms and shakers.”
With all of the attendees of
the game, the Student Council
used it as an opportunity to kick
off their annual Marlow Outlaws

Reaching Out to Others (MO-
ROTO) week.

They had two events at the
game, a silent dessert auction
and a kids football kickoff.

StuCo vice-president and ju-
nior Trace Ribble believes that

MOROTO week is off to a suc-
cessful start, moving closer to

their goal of raising money for
children’s Christmas presents.

“Both events exceeded ex-
pectations,” Ribble said.

Marlow football has proven
to be a time to bring students and
community members together to
support their school on and off
the field.
The MHS football team will
move on to compete against the
Comanche Indians.
This game will be a home
game and will occur on Friday,
Sept. 8.