Hot Springs Savage Heat warming up for season's start
Savage Heat assistant coach Andew Lightnam works with linemen during season opening practice this past Friday in Hot Springs. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Savage Heat football players step through and agility drill then run up the hill during their first practice of the 2024 season last Friday in Hot Springs. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Running is a must in 6-player football and the Hot Springs Savage Heat do lots of it during practice. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
There was a quiet confidence, augmented by an aura of optimism, as the 2024 Hot Springs Savage Heat football team hit the field for its first official practice of the season.
For most six-player teams, having two returning starters from an 8-1 team the year before would generate hope by the bucket full. The Heat boast five returning seniors who started all or part of the 2023 campaign, including four who made the six-player all-state teams.
And, for extra measure, the Heat added a 6-foot-3, 220-pound foreign exchange student from Brazil who will handle kicking duties, putting his soccer experience from his native country into play.
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