Published Nov 10, 2009
Tulsa area team showing home-schoolers can play
Dave Lomonico
MDHigh.com Publisher
As they walked off the football field following the game, members of the Tulsa (Okla.) NOAH Jaguars football team went their separate ways.
They had to: They are all home-schooled.
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Sports provide one of the fabrics of high school life. Not wanting to miss out on that part of the experience, a group of home-schooled athletes in the Tulsa area formed one of the most unique high school teams in the country.
They don't have their own field, let alone a locker room. But they do have coaches, plays, uniforms - even cheerleaders. They also have plenty of victories and even a few college prospects.
To them, that's all they need.
"People underestimate us a lot," standout player Caleb Gastelum said. "We play regular high school teams and they don't understand that we are athletes. We are football players too."
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