SVC Player Profile: Two-time Punter of Year is a jack of all trades
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
He is a jack of all trades, including being a master at one.
Paint Valley senior Garett Tyree plays wide receiver, linebacker, kicker and punter. He is a two-time Scioto Valley Conference Punter of the Year, but his path to being a top-notch athlete began in the fifth grade.
"When I was in the fifth grade, Coach Hollon asked if I wanted to play football. I said yes, and I went from there," Tyree said. "I stayed playing football because it was fun to be on the field with the team."
And with this being the last stop of Tyree's high school football career, he has goals he wants to achieve.
"I want to get Punter of the Year again for the third time, and that is thanks to Coach (Dave) Mahaffey," Tyree said. "As a team, I want us to win the SVC and go to the playoffs.
"In the offseason we've lifted, conditioned, and we've done everything to be SVC champions."
Tyree said punting takes hard work and discipline, along with having a good coach and the punter and snapper being on the same page.
"When I am punting, all I want to do is get good height on the ball, so my team can get downfield and make the tackle," Tyree said. "You have to listen to and do everything the coach tells you to do, and you have to have discipline. But sometimes if the ball is snapped high or low, you hurry more. In that situation, you have to have a football instinct."
Paint Valley football is special not to only Tyree, but to the community, as they pack George Knisley Field each home game during the football season.
The community has come to expect a certain style of football, and Tyree, along with his teammates, want to keep the tradition going.
"Paint Valley football is hard-hitting. We just want to go after the other team and show them what Paint Valley football is all about.
Besides making his own mark in the history of PV football, Tyree is expected to be a leader of the Bearcats.
"Garett is a special athlete and is a smart kid. He's been in the mix here since he was a freshman," PV head coach Pete Hollon said. "He has become a better football player each year, and the young guys gravitate toward him for his personality off the field and for it during game situations too."
Tyree also plays basketball and baseball, but said his favorite sport is football.
"I love the fact one person can't win the game, but the entire team has to come together as one to win," he said. "Sometimes it is tricky to play three sports because you have to make time for all of them. I make time so I can play all three."
But the feeling of football and playing for the Bearcats all goes back to Friday nights, under the lights.
"It's hard to explain. The feeling of playing under the lights and with all the fans around. I went to the games when I was younger, and when you walk out onto the field, out of the locker room, and see everyone and the band is playing, then you know what it is like to play football for Paint Valley."
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Paint Valley senior Garett Tyree plays wide receiver, linebacker, kicker and punter. He is a two-time Scioto Valley Conference Punter of the Year, but his path to being a top-notch athlete began in the fifth grade.
"When I was in the fifth grade, Coach Hollon asked if I wanted to play football. I said yes, and I went from there," Tyree said. "I stayed playing football because it was fun to be on the field with the team."
And with this being the last stop of Tyree's high school football career, he has goals he wants to achieve.
"I want to get Punter of the Year again for the third time, and that is thanks to Coach (Dave) Mahaffey," Tyree said. "As a team, I want us to win the SVC and go to the playoffs.
"In the offseason we've lifted, conditioned, and we've done everything to be SVC champions."
Tyree said punting takes hard work and discipline, along with having a good coach and the punter and snapper being on the same page.
"When I am punting, all I want to do is get good height on the ball, so my team can get downfield and make the tackle," Tyree said. "You have to listen to and do everything the coach tells you to do, and you have to have discipline. But sometimes if the ball is snapped high or low, you hurry more. In that situation, you have to have a football instinct."
Paint Valley football is special not to only Tyree, but to the community, as they pack George Knisley Field each home game during the football season.
The community has come to expect a certain style of football, and Tyree, along with his teammates, want to keep the tradition going.
"Paint Valley football is hard-hitting. We just want to go after the other team and show them what Paint Valley football is all about.
Besides making his own mark in the history of PV football, Tyree is expected to be a leader of the Bearcats.
"Garett is a special athlete and is a smart kid. He's been in the mix here since he was a freshman," PV head coach Pete Hollon said. "He has become a better football player each year, and the young guys gravitate toward him for his personality off the field and for it during game situations too."
Tyree also plays basketball and baseball, but said his favorite sport is football.
"I love the fact one person can't win the game, but the entire team has to come together as one to win," he said. "Sometimes it is tricky to play three sports because you have to make time for all of them. I make time so I can play all three."
But the feeling of football and playing for the Bearcats all goes back to Friday nights, under the lights.
"It's hard to explain. The feeling of playing under the lights and with all the fans around. I went to the games when I was younger, and when you walk out onto the field, out of the locker room, and see everyone and the band is playing, then you know what it is like to play football for Paint Valley."
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