HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

Bell’s Commitment to Health and Hillsborough – Part Two

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BCP: You play for a team with 100-plus years of tradition. First off, what does that feel like?

DB: “It’s hard to answer that question. It’s an amazing feeling. It’s amazing to keep that tradition of the many generations before me going.”image

BCP: What does it mean for you that you get to call yourself a Hillsborough Terrier?

DB: “It’s awesome. My dad’s five brothers went to Hillsborough, and my dad went to Hillsborough (for a little bit before he went to Brandon). It’s a great feeling to keep the family tradition. We were all on the field providing providing for our teams.”

BCP: Hillsborough High is known for it’s beautiful architecture, it’s IB program, and a few other things outside of football. Outside of football, what is your favorite thing about Hillsborough?

DB: “I love the people at Hillsborough; the staff, the faculty. They not only love football, they love being in the school period. It’s a great community.”

BCP: What legacy and what tradition are you trying to leave in your senior year?

DB: “Don’t be afraid to be the person to be all ‘ra-ra’ person. Be yourself, be a leader by example, start providing, the team will start following behind you, they’ll want to be around you. This past Friday night, we were getting stuffed by Durant, then the O-Line got a good block, I ran the ball and got the score. It got the crowd roaring, and all that energy fell down onto the entire team. By then, nobody can stop that energy with the team, nobody can get rid of the confidence that we’ve got going.”

BCP: Give me the feeling you experience when you look at your name at your locker one last time, huddle at the field-house door, hit the “play like a champion today” banner, exit the field-house and run onto the field at Chelo Huertas. Describe the energy you feel.

DB: “I’m really a ‘calm mad’ person. While I’m in those last 5-10 minutes before the game, I’m calm on the outside. Focused. But on the inside, I’m going wild, you know, it’s my last year, with all of my brothers around you, I’ve got all that adrenaline inside of me. It’s a calm before the storm feeling, like, ‘I’m calm in the locker room, but you better watch out on the field.’”