BARNSTABLE – In the sports activities leisure world of the WWE, the professional wrestling large fashions a dominant household faction known as “The Bloodline” led by Roman Reigns with ancestors down the road together with Dwayne Johnson, Jey and Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, and the old fashioned Wild Samoans.
Tajardo France would make Reigns, The Rock, and the remainder of the Anoa’i household tree blush together with his personal dominant hierarchy at Barnstable High School.
The final chapter of the France Football Family has all the time been the multi-faceted weapon combating to be the pinnacle of the desk in a sea of 16 descendants – 10 coming by Barnstable – as they’ve jumped over ropes and run by would-be tacklers down the hallways for the Red Hawks for over a decade.
The probability to run the entire present is lastly right here for Tajardo France.
“I’d say my awareness on the field is what I do best, but I could work on (defensive) pass protection and reading the plays,” mentioned France. “I’m a frontrunner on the sector and I can get teammates motivated to do what they should do.
Tajardo is the fifteenth within the line of 16, however the final of the gridiron grinders to take it to the sector, and he’s making one of the best of it by making the household proud on and off the sector. Four of his brothers, Tedaro, Theodore, Joseph, and Thaddeus have additionally graced the turf at W. Leo Shields Memorial Field.
Despite breaking his leg twice up to now two years, sarcastically in Week 10 in every of the 2021 and 2022 seasons, France has compiled 1,500 dashing yards, 725 yards receiving, and 27 touchdowns in restricted enjoying time because of his accidents.
This season alone has the senior captain laying the smackdown for the Tribal Chief and head coach of the Red Hawks, Ross Jatkola, with 592 yards dashing, 10 finish zone journeys, and a pick-six out of his security place creating complications on each side of the sector for the remainder of the Cape and Islands Atlantic Conference.
“Being a captain is one of the best traditions in high school football. Speaking of Tajardo, it’s how he carries himself on the field,” mentioned Jatkola, who additionally highlighted France’s resiliency all through his profession. “He shows up every single day, looks you in the eye when you talk to him, he sits in the front of the meetings. He’s a leader by example and does everything the right way.”
“We grabbed our captains and asked what being a Barnstable captain means to you. Walking off the practice field, he stopped, looked us dead in the eye and said, ‘Everything.’ ”
France didn’t blink a watch both when requested for his position fashions instructing the artwork of studying the ropes as he talked about older brother Jadaro. Jadaro, graduated in 2020, was not the stand-out star Tejardo is for the Red Hawks however the senior identified that his brother now serves our nation within the Air Force and is stationed within the United Kingdom. The delight was palatable as he all the time needed to be like Jadaro regardless of his accomplishments on the sector.
France is extraordinarily happy with his household’s love for the sport, the Barnstable soccer group, and one another. The oldest member of the France soccer steady was in a position to carry Barnstable to the 2012 Super Bowl however fell simply wanting the title belt in a 20-19 loss to perennial champion, Everett
“Looking up to all my brothers and seeing (football) is something that runs in the family, and I just have to be better than them. With all they do for me – it motivates me,” mentioned France, who was a league All-Star as a junior and ran observe with the intention of sprinting once more this spring.
As for this week’s Round of 16 matchup with North Quincy, France shouldn’t be wanting previous the 3-5 Raiders within the first playoff predominant occasion for Barnstable. And whereas targeted down the road on the championship belt in Foxboro, the two-way offensive and defensive star is retaining it one sport at a time.
“We just want to keep doing what we do, and all stay together as a family,” mentioned France.
NAME: Tajardo France
SCHOOL: Barnstable High School
AGE: 18
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5’11’’; 170 kilos
POSITION: Running again; large receiver; Safety on protection
NICKNAME: TJ
FAMILY: (Father, mom, brothers, and sisters) – Tedaro, Sr. (father), Jane (mother), Josephina (sister), Jadaro (brother), Jeselle (sister), Kayla (sister), Theodora (sister), Jane (sister), Theodore (brother), Claire (sister), Joslyn (sister), Joseph (brother), Alex (sister), Thaddeus (brother), Kaylie (sister), Tedaro (brother).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Cape and Islands Atlantic All-Star as a junior; run observe for Barnstable; gained a Super Bowl on my Pop Warner Midgets staff.
FAVORITE PERSONAL MOMENT IN SPORTS: Last yr once we beat New Bedford and we had Matty B in the long run zone.
FAVORITE COURSE IN SCHOOL: English 4
LEAST FAVORITE COURSE IN SCHOOL: Economics
FAVORITE PIGOUT FOOD: My dad’s lasagna; my dad cooks a imply lasagna.
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Jujutsu Kaisen
FAVORITE MOVIE: Colin Kaepernick documentary
FAVORITE MUSICIAN: Drake
FAVORITE VIDEO GAME: Call of Duty
FAVORITE SMARTPHONE APP: Instagram
FAVORITE TWITTER ACCOUNT TO FOLLOW: ESPN @espn
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Seattle Seahawks
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Marshawn Lynch
HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A GAME: Get out of faculty, iPhone is on listening to tight music, stroll by after faculty however then I get an hour to myself. Go residence – seize a chunk, zoned in. For breakfast – it’s one thing like bacon, eggs, pancakes and cargo up.
IF YOU COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD IT BE: Coach Jatkola – I simply need to see what he’s going by each day as a coach – get inside his head.
Source: www.bostonherald.com