Our Boys

[close] The football team in Smith Center, Kansas, has won sixty-seven games in a row, the nations longest high-school winning streak. They have done so by embracing a philosophy of life taught by their legendary coach, Roger Barta: Respect each other, then learn to love each other and together we are champions.

Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen
In Bookstore everywhere on 8/18/09.

WE ARE REDMEN!

"Our Boys is about far more than football. Its an inspiring story about how a coach and a community are building young men with the simple values of love, patience, and hard work. This is a great book."—Joe Paterno, head football coach, Pennsylvania State University

"Our Boys delves into the heart of America in a manner that reminds me of The Last Picture Show and Friday Night Lights. Joe Drape crafts a terrific tale that will make you laugh, cry, and think. This is a story about small-town America that will make you shout."—Jim Dent, author of Twelve Mighty Orp