By Dave Schroeder <\/p>\n
The Freedom High School football team is making an unprecedented playoff push. The Irish never made it out of Level 2 until this year. <\/p>\n
Freedom's football history is pretty bland. There are no state championships to speak of. In fact, just 3 years ago, the Irish went 0-9. <\/p>\n
\"My first year here helping out we went '0' for the season. That's tough. That happened, so there's not a whole lot of expectations,\" head coach Clint Kriewaldt said. <\/p>\n
Kriewaldt, who made the opening tackle in Super Bowl 40, is in his first year as head coach at Freedom. <\/p>\n
With no outside expectations, he has guided the Irish within one win of reaching the State championship game. <\/p>\n
\"You know, back in Pittsburgh when we won it we were the #6 seed. No one gave us credit. We had to go on the road and went on to win the Super Bowl. Coming in here we were the #8 seed, no one gave us a lot of credit; no one gave the Steelers credit that year.\" <\/p>\n
Inspired by their new coach, the Irish have run free. <\/p>\n
Senior running back Nathan Peters has rushed for 2,000 yards this season, and more than 200 yards in each of the last two games. <\/p>\n
\"It's the best offensive line I've ran behind. It's great. The holes are there, and I just have to run through them,\" Peters said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The rest is here: <\/p>\n
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