Let's hit the West Valley for this week's edition of The High School Highlight. It brings us to Raymond S. Kellis High School, home of the Cougars. The Cougars are coached by Shawn Copeland and they are currently 2-1 this season.
The team has already surpassed it's win total from a year ago. This was easy to do because they went 0-10 last year. They have been able to turn the program around because of players that stuck it out through the tough times. Players like senior running back Anthony Ramirez.
Ramirez had 463 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns in the season's first two games. Those yards helped the Cougars start 2-0. They lost last week to Agua Fria and look to bounce back tonight when they host Verrado. He had 290 of those yards last week and broke the school's single rushing record. The record was 214 yards set back in 2007.
Ramirez has been playing football since he was eight years old and is aspiring to be a firefighter or a personal trainer. He has a 2.265 GPA which he is continuing to improve daily. He also would like to play football in college and knows his performance this year will help him reach that goal.
Ramirez is accomplishing two things so far with his great start to the season. Number one he is giving his teammates the great season he promised. The second accomplishment is he is helping put Raymond S. Kellis on the football amp in Arizona. Kellis has already gotten attention they don't normally get and will continue to do so as long as Ramirez is running the ball.
Ramirez is nicknamed "The Ram" for his ability to run people over every time he carries the ball. Ramirez hopes to "Ram" Kellis into the playoffs and make other teams respect him and his teammates.
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