Fans of country singer Kenny Chesney have heard the song before. Boys of Fall, moving music video and documentary dedicated to high school Football players, talks of what it’s like to play high school Football. The roaring crowd, the smell of fresh cut grass, the feel of the uniform and the closeness of the huddle.

When Kelley Hurrell, a football parent this year, heard the song, she felt that she had to share the feeling the video inspired. “My thought was, ‘How we could bring that feeling around’.

“Francis Howell North with all the future, present, and past players coming together at Homecoming?’” Hurrell said.

Hurrell presented it to Football coach, John Brune and Activities Director Mike Janes, both who approved it in the hopes of thetradition catching on.

“I heard it and it irritated me that I wasn’t playing,” senior Dan Boschen said. “And then I thought about it- If I wasn’t playing, I would be flipping burgers every Friday and not playing under the lights.”

The lyrics were enough to move Boschen to make the decision to play on the Football team after taking a break from the team last year.

“I think it really brings together the fact that all the boys are coming back home to FHN on Homecoming to be under the Friday Night Lights and to run back on that field again with that roar of the crowd and the cheerleaders.” Hurrell said. “Hopefully it brings people together. It’s a celebration of the special bond.”

To view Kenny Chesney’s music video “The Boys of Fall” click here.

Sam Dulaney and Taylor Berra