BLANCHARDVILLE - Logan Green has had his father, Larry, serve as his football coach since fourth grade.
The relationship between the Pecatonica-Argyle quarterback and head coach has grown stronger through football practices and with time spent away from the gridiron.
Logan admits that being a high school quarterback and playing for his father isn't always easy.
"I think it definitely has its moments," Logan said. "I just want to do my best for the team and him. The standards are a little bit higher. There is no other feeling like it. There is no way to reciprocate it to any other sport."
Logan Green started playing tackle football in third grade in Blanchardville.
"It certainly has it's moments of greatness and frustration," Larry Green said. "It's great to be able to coach him and share all of the great memories and moments.
"I'm a little harder on him than most kids. We can talk football at practice, and we have a rule when we get home it's family time. Sometimes it's hard to disconnect when we go home. Sometimes when we talk football, Mom has to step in too."
Logan Green has developed into one of the top quarterbacks in the Six Rivers Conference.
He passed for 1,101 yards with 15 touchdowns and four interceptions last year and helped guide the Vikings to a WIAA Division 6 state quarterfinal where they lost to Melrose-Mindoro 21-17 on a last-second Hail Mary touchdown pass. Pecatonica-Argyle finished 11-1 last year.
This season the Vikings are 2-0 and are averaging 35.5 points per game. Logan Green has passed for 135 yards with one touchdown.
"We just have that connection through football," Larry said. "We know what each other is thinking if we look at each other."
Larry Green has noticed a big change in his son as a player in his final prep season.
"He is a better student of the game," Larry said. "His IQ of football is better. He knows where he wants to go with the ball and knows where people will be on the field."
Logan understands if the Vikings want to get back to reach their goals of repeating as conference champions and making a run to state it starts with the game against Black Hawk on Friday night.
"He (Larry Green) has very high expectations for this group of seniors, and we have high expectations for him when we come to practice so we absorb his coaching," Logan said. "I think the key is all 11 guys on defense playing hard and reading their keys. We have to stop (Black Hawk running back) Brody Milz because he's a fantastic runner. If we can do that we will be all right."
The relationship between the Pecatonica-Argyle quarterback and head coach has grown stronger through football practices and with time spent away from the gridiron.
Logan admits that being a high school quarterback and playing for his father isn't always easy.
"I think it definitely has its moments," Logan said. "I just want to do my best for the team and him. The standards are a little bit higher. There is no other feeling like it. There is no way to reciprocate it to any other sport."
Logan Green started playing tackle football in third grade in Blanchardville.
"It certainly has it's moments of greatness and frustration," Larry Green said. "It's great to be able to coach him and share all of the great memories and moments.
"I'm a little harder on him than most kids. We can talk football at practice, and we have a rule when we get home it's family time. Sometimes it's hard to disconnect when we go home. Sometimes when we talk football, Mom has to step in too."
Logan Green has developed into one of the top quarterbacks in the Six Rivers Conference.
He passed for 1,101 yards with 15 touchdowns and four interceptions last year and helped guide the Vikings to a WIAA Division 6 state quarterfinal where they lost to Melrose-Mindoro 21-17 on a last-second Hail Mary touchdown pass. Pecatonica-Argyle finished 11-1 last year.
This season the Vikings are 2-0 and are averaging 35.5 points per game. Logan Green has passed for 135 yards with one touchdown.
"We just have that connection through football," Larry said. "We know what each other is thinking if we look at each other."
Larry Green has noticed a big change in his son as a player in his final prep season.
"He is a better student of the game," Larry said. "His IQ of football is better. He knows where he wants to go with the ball and knows where people will be on the field."
Logan understands if the Vikings want to get back to reach their goals of repeating as conference champions and making a run to state it starts with the game against Black Hawk on Friday night.
"He (Larry Green) has very high expectations for this group of seniors, and we have high expectations for him when we come to practice so we absorb his coaching," Logan said. "I think the key is all 11 guys on defense playing hard and reading their keys. We have to stop (Black Hawk running back) Brody Milz because he's a fantastic runner. If we can do that we will be all right."
