Diary of a Football Mom

From: Katie Bausler
Length: 05:30

A mother's unexpected angst over her son's last football season . Read the full description.

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Dsc0172_small The last frontier has no college or pro football team, so for the pigskin devoted, high school is it. And as Katie Bausler finds, having a son on the defending state champion Juneau team is about all a mother can take. Football Mom and producer Katie Bausler processes an uncomfortable obsession with her son Kanaan's last days as a high school football player. In the end, a realization that these grid iron warriors are just kids after all. Featured nat sound: Manic sideline football Mom, menancing opposing high school band, fervent field announcers

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The last frontier has no college or pro football team, so for the pigskin devoted, high school is it. And as Katie Bausler finds, having a son on the defending state champion Juneau team is about all a mother can take. Football Mom and producer Katie Bausler processes an uncomfortable obsession with her son Kanaan's last days as a high school football player. In the end, a realization that these grid iron warriors are just kids after all. Featured nat sound: Manic sideline football Mom, menancing opposing high school band, fervent field announcers

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Lawrence Hoeschel

Posted on September 09, 2010 at 09:54 PM | Permalink

Good Piece

I heard this, and had to use it for my radio news show here at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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Featured on "AK", Alaska Public Radio Network's weekend human interest program.

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DIARY OF A FOOTBALL MOM
KATIE BAUSLER
TRT-5:30
11-21-06

MY STOMACH IS IN KNOTS. AT 4 A.M., I WAKE UP SHUDDERING AT THE THOUGHT OF THE NEXT GAME. I DON?T PLAY. I DON?T COACH. I AM, A FOOTBALL MOM. IT?S A DUBIOUS STATUS I DIDN?T ASK FOR. I WAS STUNNED WHEN MY SON, KANAAN, LEFT THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. PLAYING FOOTBALL REQUIRES A UNIQUE INTENSITY. SOMEHOW, I GET SWEPT UP IN IT.

SOUND: KATIE SCREAMING LIKE A MANIAC ON SIDELINES

I CONSIDER MYSELF SOMETHING OF A PACIFIST. I SOUND LIKE ANYTHING BUT ON THE SIDELINES.

UP ON SOUND

FELLOW JUNEAU FOOTBALL MOM ERIKA FAGERSTROM HAS THREE SONS PLAYING THE GAME. I ASK HER IF THE AGNST IS WORTH IT.

FAGERSTROM: you just know how much they worked for it?the coaches pull out of them..life skill can take anywhere. :43

WHAT FASCINATES ME IS HOW THE GEAR AND THE GAME FACE MAKE ORDINARY TEENAGERS S...
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MY STOMACH IS IN KNOTS. AT 4 A.M., I WAKE UP SHUDDERING AT THE THOUGHT OF THE NEXT GAME. I DON?T PLAY. I DON?T COACH. I AM, A FOOTBALL MOM.

LEAD: THE LAST FRONTIER HAS NO COLLEGE OR PRO FOOTBALL TEAM. SO FOR THE PIGSKIN DEVOTED?HIGH SCHOOL IS IT. AND AS KATIE BAUSLER FOUND, HAVING A SON ON THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION JUNEAU TEAM IS ABOUT ALL A MOTHER CAN TAKE.