Correction: Voting ends Thursday, Nov. 15, at midnight. KUT News has since corrected this post.
Reagan High School鈥檚 football team is in the running for a $25,000 grant.
The Reagan Raiders are currently bringing up third place in . An online video series highlighting struggling high school football teams that push on despite the odds, Reagan鈥檚 installment in the 鈥淯nderdogs鈥� series 鈥� 鈥溾�� 鈥� documents the school鈥檚 attempt to rebuild.
The Raiders took home state championships in 1967, 1968 and 1970. But recent years haven鈥檛 been as kind to the team, which went 0-10 in 2011. 鈥淭he Long Road Back鈥� follows new coach Keith Carey and his team as they attempt to rebuild.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a group of kids over here, and there鈥檚 a school and a community that had a football team that they couldn鈥檛 really look to for that source of pride,鈥� says Carey, who joined Reagan in February of this year. 鈥淪o I thought it was a great opportunity to come over and do something that was really meaningful, for a group of people who are frankly just a wonderful group of people.鈥�
Carey led Reagan to a 2-7 season this year. 鈥淲e won two, which was two more than last year,鈥� he says. 鈥淥ur goal was to win one 鈥� and we doubled that 鈥� so we鈥檙e headed back in the right direction.鈥�
鈥淯nderdogs鈥� viewers can of the 10 teams profiled in the series; the team with the most votes wins a $25,000 grant. Carey says the prize 鈥渨ould be huge,鈥� adding that it wouldn鈥檛 go solely to Reagan鈥檚 football program, but toward underwriting all of Reagan鈥檚 sports programs.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been in third place for a long time in the voting,鈥� Carey says. 鈥淭exas is a big state. I think if we rally 鈥� we have a chance to pull off a big win here. It would be huge for Reagan and East Austin, and it would, I think, just be an awesome win for all of Texas football.鈥�
Voting ends Thursday, Nov. 15, at midnight.
Here鈥檚 Reagan鈥檚 installment in the 鈥淯nderdogs鈥� series, 鈥淭he Long Road Back.鈥�
