Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2009, Page 96

Description:	4 a*Junior Hilary Fornefeld cheers at a home game. Going tonationals made all the practices worth it, Fornefeld said.Junior Aileen Driscoll and senior Julia Puntarelli run togethat Sectionals. The two run together in practice and in megethereejg^^^Senior Andy Connell races in the North Invite. For Connell,being on the cross country team was a release of energy.<DCDpassionateWhen 2007 graduate Josh Tieken went to study at Indiana StateUniversity in the fall of last year, he realized he had made a mistake.Being away from Bloomington and the school community didnt feelright to him, and he missed being a part of Cougar Football.He decided to come back.When I found out I had an opportunity to coach, I knew I couldntpass it up, so I applied to IU and hoped that I would get in, Tiekensaid.After being accepted, Josh Tieken was reunited with his two youngerbrothers, father and mother through theNorth football program.Because Tieken played football fromfirst grade until his senior year, he said itwas strange at first not being able to play.However, he gradually grew to appreciate the opportunity to coach his youngerbrother, sophomore Jake Tieken, and to do so alongside his father,Danny Tieken.Jake said his father Danny has been coaching football for more than25 years at several schools, including Brown County as the most recentbefore North. Currently he is the offensive coordinator for the team.Jake, part-time varsity player and junior varsity quarterback for theCougars, has been playing football since he was about five. He is alsoa catcher for the baseball team.A TIEKEN FAMILYTRADITIONThe youngest of the Tieken tribe, freshman Nathan Tieken, doesnot play football now but is a team manager. Although Nathan usedto play football, he decided that playing in high school was not thedirection he wanted to take.However, he still wanted to be a part of the program and go to allof the games with the team.I still love [football], but [playing] is just not for me, Nathan said.Rounding out the Tieken familys involvement in Cougar football isMindy Tieken, mother of Josh, Jake and Nathan and wife of Danny.Mindy attends all of the games and isthe class representative for the class of2012 on North footballs 12th Man Clubboard.Mindy also takes pictures of the teamduring the games and sells them on an online photo website. She then donates all ofthe proceeds to the 1 2th Man Club.Its kind of weird sometimes to be on the field with nearly my entirefamily, Jake said.Although they fight on the field every now and then, the Tiekens dontbring the fights to the house. In fact, Jake also said that its convenienthaving his family so involved with Cougar football.They help me out more since I know them so well, Jake said.by JustinaGranta 96 a fall sports n
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