Brothers lead way for high school football team

NAPLES, Fla. – Since they were kids playing successful the backyard, Jaden and Hosea Booker person ever loved playing shot and competing together.

“It’s precise competitive. I’m telling you, it’s precise competitive,” said Jaden.

But that brotherly enslaved has present made its mode onto the precocious schoolhouse shot tract astatine Palmetto Ridge ever since Hosea took implicit the starting backmost duties this year.

“You tin archer they person a unsocial enslaved and they’re some phenomenal shot players,” said Bears Head Coach Chris Toukonen.

In fact, the 2 are truthful competitory they adjacent person a stake this season.

“We made a stake connected who could unreserved for much yards this year,” said Jaden. “And I already cognize I’m getting that.”

That stake has surged the Bears’ discourtesy disconnected to a blistery start, too.

In Friday’s week-two nonaccomplishment to Palmetto Ridge, the Booker brothers combined for each 5 of Palmetto Ridge’s touchdowns and would person collected a sixth with nether a infinitesimal to play had the touchdown walk from Hosea to Jaden not been called backmost for a penalty.

“We’ve been doing this since I was successful the 6th grade, the moving back, backmost situation,” said Jaden.

“I cognize wherever helium is going to beryllium connected the field, however heavy helium runs his routes. It’s beauteous obvious,” said Hosea.

That brotherly enslaved has the Bears successful a bully spot adjacent if brothers volition sometimes beryllium brothers.

“We’re ever trash talking. Always trash talking,” admits Hosea.

The Bookers and the Bears proceed the 2021 play connected Friday nighttime with a roadworthy crippled astatine Lely.