CL/G-LR’s Reece Vander Zee is ready to leave it all on the field in final season as a Lion

FROM FROM WINNING FROM WINNING THE FROM WINNING THE FOOTBALL STATE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, TO THEN FOLLOWING FOLLOWING IT FOLLOWING IT UP FOLLOWING IT UP WITH FOLLOWING IT UP WITH A BASKETBALL BASKETBALL STATE BASKETBALL STATE TITLE. BASKETBALL STATE TITLE. ONE PLAYER PLAYER WHO PLAYER WHO MADE PLAYER WHO MADE AN PLAYER WHO MADE AN IMPACT PLAYER WHO MADE AN IMPACT ON BOTH BOTH TEAMS BOTH TEAMS WAS BOTH TEAMS WAS REECE BOTH TEAMS WAS REECE VANDER ZEE, ZEE, AND ZEE, AND AS ZEE, AND AS HE ZEE, AND AS HE ENTERS ZEE, AND AS HE ENTERS HIS SENIOR SENIOR YEAR, SENIOR YEAR, HE'S SENIOR YEAR, HE'S READY SENIOR YEAR, HE'S READY TO LEAVE LEAVE IT LEAVE IT ALL LEAVE IT ALL OUT LEAVE IT ALL OUT THERE. LEAVE IT ALL OUT THERE. HE'S THIS THIS WEEK'S THIS WEEK'S SPORTS THIS WEEK'S SPORTS FOURCE CHAMPION. ON ON THE ON THE FOOTBALL ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, IT'S NOT NOT UNCOMMON NOT UNCOMMON FOR NOT UNCOMMON FOR CENTRAL LYON/GEORGE-LITTLE LYON/GEORGE-LITTLE ROCK'S REECE REECE VANDER REECE VANDER ZEE REECE VANDER ZEE TO REECE VANDER ZEE TO BE REECE VANDER ZEE TO BE MAKING BIG BIG PLAYS BIG PLAYS IN BIG PLAYS IN THE BIG PLAYS IN THE ENDZONE. BIG PLAYS IN THE ENDZONE. NATS TOUCHDOWN. TOUCHDOWN. BUT TOUCHDOWN. BUT HIS TOUCHDOWN. BUT HIS LOVE TOUCHDOWN. BUT HIS LOVE FOR FOOTBALL FOOTBALL GOES FOOTBALL GOES ALL FOOTBALL GOES ALL THE FOOTBALL GOES ALL THE WAY FOOTBALL GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO TO A TO A YOUNG TO A YOUNG AGE TO A YOUNG AGE PLAYING TO A YOUNG AGE PLAYING FOR TO A YOUNG AGE PLAYING FOR FUN IN IN HIS IN HIS BACKYARD. IN HIS BACKYARD. "IT IN HIS BACKYARD. "IT WOULD PROBABLY PROBABLY JUST PROBABLY JUST BE PROBABLY JUST BE PROBABLY PROBABLY JUST BE PROBABLY JUST PLAYING PLAYING IN PLAYING IN THE PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD WITH WITH WITH THESE WITH THESE GUYS WITH THESE GUYS OUT WITH THESE GUYS OUT HERE WITH THESE GUYS OUT HERE AND WITH THESE GUYS OUT HERE AND A LITTLE LITTLE GUYS LITTLE GUYS LITTLE LITTLE GUYS LITTLE OLDER LITTLE GUYS LITTLE OLDER THAN ME ME AND ME AND JUST ME AND JUST JUST ME AND JUST JUST PLAYING ME AND JUST JUST PLAYING IN THE THE BACKYARD THE BACKYARD JUST THE BACKYARD JUST CREATING MEMORIES," MEMORIES," SAID MEMORIES," SAID REECE MEMORIES," SAID REECE VANDER ZEE. ZEE. THE ZEE. THE WIDE ZEE. THE WIDE RECEIVER ZEE. THE WIDE RECEIVER LEFT HIS HIS MARK HIS MARK ON HIS MARK ON THE HIS MARK ON THE FIELD HIS MARK ON THE FIELD LAST SEASON SEASON CATCHING SEASON CATCHING 32 SEASON CATCHING 32 PASSES SEASON CATCHING 32 PASSES FOR 768 768 YARDS 768 YARDS AND 768 YARDS AND 10 768 YARDS AND 10 TOUCHDOWNS. BUT BUT HIS BUT HIS TEAMMATES BUT HIS TEAMMATES SAY BUT HIS TEAMMATES SAY HIS LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP LEAVES LEADERSHIP LEAVES AN LEADERSHIP LEAVES AN EVEN BIGGER BIGGER IMPACT BIGGER IMPACT ON BIGGER IMPACT ON ALL BIGGER IMPACT ON ALL THOSE AROUND AROUND HIM. AROUND HIM. "HE'S AROUND HIM. "HE'S DRIVEN, AROUND HIM. "HE'S DRIVEN, HE CARES CARES ABOUT CARES ABOUT HIS CARES ABOUT HIS TEAMMATES, CARES ABOUT HIS TEAMMATES, AND HE HE PUTS HE PUTS OTHER HE PUTS OTHER PEOPLE HE PUTS OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE HIMSELF. HIMSELF. IT'S HIMSELF. IT'S NEAT, HIMSELF. IT'S NEAT, AND HIMSELF. IT'S NEAT, AND IT'S HIMSELF. IT'S NEAT, AND IT'S A THING THING THAT THING THAT EVERYBODY THING THAT EVERYBODY PICKS THING THAT EVERYBODY PICKS UP ON, ON, AND ON, AND YOU ON, AND YOU JUST ON, AND YOU JUST FEED ON, AND YOU JUST FEED OFF ON, AND YOU JUST FEED OFF THAT BECAUSE BECAUSE HE BECAUSE HE BRINGS BECAUSE HE BRINGS ENERGY BECAUSE HE BRINGS ENERGY THAT THAT THAT YOU THAT YOU CAN THAT YOU CAN JUST THAT YOU CAN JUST FEED THAT YOU CAN JUST FEED OFF OF," OF," SAID OF," SAID GRAHAM OF," SAID GRAHAM EBEN. OF," SAID GRAHAM EBEN. "REESE IS IS A IS A TALENTED IS A TALENTED KID, IS A TALENTED KID, OBVIOUSLY, IN IN ALL IN ALL FOUR IN ALL FOUR SPORTS IN ALL FOUR SPORTS THAT IN ALL FOUR SPORTS THAT HE THAT THAT HE THAT HE COMPETES THAT HE COMPETES IN, THAT HE COMPETES IN, AND THAT HE COMPETES IN, AND IT JUST JUST A JUST A KID JUST A KID THAT JUST A KID THAT COMES JUST A KID THAT COMES TO JUST A KID THAT COMES TO WORK EVERY EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, IT EVERY DAY, IT COMES EVERY DAY, IT COMES TO PRACTICE PRACTICE EVERY PRACTICE EVERY DAY PRACTICE EVERY DAY WITH PRACTICE EVERY DAY WITH A PRACTICE EVERY DAY WITH A WORK MENTALITY, MENTALITY, AND MENTALITY, AND REALLY MENTALITY, AND REALLY JUST MENTALITY, AND REALLY JUST AS INFLUENTIAL INFLUENTIAL WITHIN INFLUENTIAL WITHIN OUR INFLUENTIAL WITHIN OUR TEAM, BY BY THE BY THE WAY BY THE WAY HE BY THE WAY HE WORK," BY THE WAY HE WORK," SAID CURTIS CURTIS EBEN. CURTIS EBEN. SU: CURTIS EBEN. SU: REECE CURTIS EBEN. SU: REECE VANDER ZEE ZEE HAS ZEE HAS BEEN ZEE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ZEE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING HIS GAME GAME SINCE GAME SINCE HE GAME SINCE HE WAS GAME SINCE HE WAS A GAME SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE GAME SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE KID PLAYING PLAYING FOOTBALL PLAYING FOOTBALL IN PLAYING FOOTBALL IN HIS BACKYARD. BACKYARD. NOW BACKYARD. NOW HE'S BACKYARD. NOW HE'S SOAKING BACKYARD. NOW HE'S SOAKING UP EVERY EVERY LAST EVERY LAST MOMENT EVERY LAST MOMENT AS EVERY LAST MOMENT AS HE PREPARES PREPARES TO PREPARES TO TRADE PREPARES TO TRADE HIS PREPARES TO TRADE HIS PURPLE AND AND GOLD AND GOLD FOR AND GOLD FOR THE AND GOLD FOR THE IOWA AND GOLD FOR THE IOWA HAWKEYE BLACK BLACK AND BLACK AND GOLD. BLACK AND GOLD. "IT'S BLACK AND GOLD. "IT'S BEEN BLACK AND GOLD. "IT'S BEEN A GREAT GREAT JOURNEY GREAT JOURNEY FOR GREAT JOURNEY FOR ME GREAT JOURNEY FOR ME AND GREAT JOURNEY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. FAMILY. WE'VE FAMILY. WE'VE BEEN FAMILY. WE'VE BEEN IOWA FAMILY. WE'VE BEEN IOWA FANS OUR OUR WHOLE OUR WHOLE LIFE. OUR WHOLE LIFE. MY OUR WHOLE LIFE. MY DAD OUR WHOLE LIFE. MY DAD WENT OUR WHOLE LIFE. MY DAD WENT TO IOWA IOWA AND IOWA AND MY IOWA AND MY GRANDPA IOWA AND MY GRANDPA WENT IOWA AND MY GRANDPA WENT TO IOWA, IOWA, SO IOWA, SO JUST IOWA, SO JUST TO IOWA, SO JUST TO MAKE IOWA, SO JUST TO MAKE THOSE GUYS GUYS PROUD GUYS PROUD AND GUYS PROUD AND MAKE GUYS PROUD AND MAKE MY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PROUD COMMUNITY PROUD JUST COMMUNITY PROUD JUST TO COMMUNITY PROUD JUST TO HAVE COMMUNITY PROUD JUST TO HAVE A SMALL-TOWN SMALL-TOWN IOWA, SMALL-TOWN IOWA, TO SMALL-TOWN IOWA, TO HAVE SMALL-TOWN IOWA, TO HAVE THREE GUYS GUYS GOING GUYS GOING TO GUYS GOING TO IOWA GUYS GOING TO IOWA IS GUYS GOING TO IOWA IS REALLY SPECIAL," SPECIAL," SAID SPECIAL," SAID VANDER SPECIAL," SAID VANDER ZEE. "JUST "JUST FOR "JUST FOR OUR "JUST FOR OUR PROGRAM "JUST FOR OUR PROGRAM FOR "JUST FOR OUR PROGRAM FOR OUR TOWN TOWN FOR TOWN FOR OUR TOWN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, TOWN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE YOU YOU SAID, YOU SAID, FOR YOU SAID, FOR SOMEBODY YOU SAID, FOR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT THAT TO THAT TO GO THAT TO GO AND, THAT TO GO AND, YOU THAT TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, THAT TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, GO PLAY PLAY AT PLAY AT THE PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA, YOU IOWA, YOU KNOW, IOWA, YOU KNOW, ON IOWA, YOU KNOW, ON A IOWA, YOU KNOW, ON A BIG IOWA, YOU KNOW, ON A BIG STAGE LIKE LIKE THAT, LIKE THAT, AND, LIKE THAT, AND, YOU LIKE THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, BUT HE HE DESERVES HE DESERVES IT, HE DESERVES IT, YOU HE DESERVES IT, YOU KNOW, HE DESERVES IT, YOU KNOW, THE KID KID PUT KID PUT A KID PUT A TON KID PUT A TON OF KID PUT A TON OF WORK KID PUT A TON OF WORK IN KID PUT A TON OF WORK IN AND REESE REESE IS REESE IS A REESE IS A KID REESE IS A KID THAT, REESE IS A KID THAT, YOU REESE IS A KID THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'LL HE'LL EMBRACE HE'LL EMBRACE THAT HE'LL EMBRACE THAT NEXT LEVEL," LEVEL," SAID LEVEL," SAID CURTIS LEVEL," SAID CURTIS EBEN. LEVEL," SAID CURTIS EBEN. NOW AS AS HE AS HE TAKES AS HE TAKES THE AS HE TAKES THE FIELD AS HE TAKES THE FIELD AS AS HE TAKES THE FIELD AS A LION LION FOR LION FOR ONE LION FOR ONE LAST LION FOR ONE LAST SEASON, LION FOR ONE LAST SEASON, HE WANTS WANTS TO WANTS TO CHERRISH WANTS TO CHERRISH EVERY WANTS TO CHERRISH EVERY MOMENT WITH WITH HIS WITH HIS LIFELONG WITH HIS LIFELONG FRIENDS.