By Cooper Chadwick
The atmosphere of high school football is the most exciting thing for senior kicker Hunter Milum of Minneapolis.
Friday night lights, as some people call it, has all the feels, the popcorn and hotdogs from the concession stand and the bright lights shining on the field. The sense of community, that is what Milum loves the most about football season, how everyone comes together to watch the Lions play football.
To prepare for this season Milum continuously hit the weight room to get stronger and went to lots of kicking camps to improve on his specialty.
“I worked on kicking all summer by practicing at home as well as going to kicking specific camps in Omaha (Kohl’s & Kicking World), Lawrence (KU), and Manhattan (KSU), and I even made it to the National Kohl’s Scholarship camp in Gatlinburg in Tennessee,” Milum said.
Milum has also been wanting to specifically get better at point after touchdown attempts as well as kickoffs.
“Just getting the ball through the uprights and, for kickoff, getting the ball where the coaches want it, is my goal,” Milum said.
Having a good kicker is very vital for a team to win games and Milum last year made 24/29 of his PAT’s to help the Lions win games.
Milum is also team oriented in hoping that they can host some games this year in the playoffs and make it past the first round as well.
