04-18-2023, 06:38 PM
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In a rather large house within the suburbs of Quebec City, you can find a mailbox with 'Kove' written on it. Before you get there though, you'll probably be distracted by the amount of sheer amount of sporting equipment there is scattered around the yard. Everything from soccer balls to hockey sticks to footballs, even the odd ping pong paddle and golf club are in there somewhere. You'll probably also see some kids in the yard, playing some made up mash up of three different sports. It might sound like they all hate each other, but in reality you've just come across perhaps the most competitive family in North America.
The Koves are a large family which, if you keep up with simulation sports, particularly baseball, you've probably heard of. Many of them come from this home in Quebec City, but there are Kove cousins all over the world. As you might imagine, they are all very physically active, and many even to the point of being gifted, with some leaving home in the SHL, the PBE and eventually the SSL. For awhile though it seemed like football wasn't really a sport that they gravitated towards. That was, until Eldroh came along.
Eldroh Kove is the newest Kove we've heard of so far, having just graduated college, I'm getting ahead of myself though. Like many Koves before him, Eldroh was born in Quebec City and raised in this home in the suburbs. From a young age it seemed like he was different from his siblings and cousins, as he didn't have the hand-eye coordination that his hockey-loving family had and he wasn't as strong or have quite the same reflexes that the baseball players did, but the one thing Eldroh always did have over his family was speed.
In kindergarden, Eldroh's little legs carried him as far as they could in his school's annual Terry Fox Run, and he ran more kilometres and raised more money than all his classmates, as well as all the first and second graders. Of course this was a charity event and Eldroh's teachers tried to emphasize that this wasn't a competition, but to him everything was. When he got to grade 7, he broke his school's record for the event, then broke that record again the next year. It was clear that Eldroh was a gifted runner, but becoming a football player wasn't anywhere on his or his family's mind. He was short and slim for his age, so they all thought that if anything he would train to try to compete in track events in the Olympics one day.
When Eldroh got to high school, he didn't have many friends, but the best friend he did have wanted to try out for the school's football team, asking Eldroh if he would try out with him. Eldroh accepted, figuring it would be a fun couple of hours to waste after school and that was it. Much to his surprise though, when Eldroh checked the school's bulletin board a couple of days later, he saw that he was on the team, and not only that was the only freshman to make it. Eldroh's friend was disappointed to not make it, but a year or two later he was on the team too.
As Eldroh got older and better at the sport, his speed and talent started turning the heads of college recruiters towards him. When it came time to make a decision on post-secondary, he was torn on whether he wanted to pursue football full time. On one hand, he was always a bit of a homebody, and knew that if he wanted to make it in the ISFL one day that his best chance would be not only leaving Quebec but going south of the border. On the other hand, some of the offers from the schools that were reaching out to him were very enticing, and he knew that if he didn't like it he could always return home. Because of his size he didn't get offers from the most competitive NCAA universities, but nonetheless he was happy to accept the full ride sports scholarship from the University of North Dakota.
In the summer after high school ended, Eldroh had a growth spurt, shooting up to just over six feet tall, but still remaining pretty lean. When he got to North Dakota this change, along with the mental toll of being away from home, made him struggle a lot in both his academics and on the field during training camp, to the point where he almost had to leave the team and the school. He did manage to stay aboard however, in this case being on a less competitive team actually helped him, and when the season started and he was put on the field for the opening kickoff all his doubts disappeared. Eldroh cites this as the moment he really fell in love with the sport of football.
North Dakota was a struggling team when Eldroh joined them, but as he improved so did they, and they were able to use him to entice some other talented young players to join the team before Eldroh's second season. In his third and final season, North Dakota was looking a lot stronger than they had in a long time. Not favourites to win by any means, but not a team to be written off either. This was also Eldroh's best season by a long shot, and when the season was all said and done, his nearly 1900 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns in 12 games were enough to lead North Dakota to a championship.
Much like in high school, Eldroh's speed and skill turned the heads of many of the scouts in the DSFL. He ended up speaking with representatives from six of the eight teams in the league and felt good about his chances at being drafted, even thinking that maybe he could go as soon as the third round. Never did he expect for his name to be called seventh overall in the first round though, joining the Portland Pythons who are poised to make another run for a championship.
As Eldroh prepares for the regular season through his excitement to be playing for Portland, he is training hard to be able to hit the ground running with his new team. As always he is working on his speed, but to round out his game a little bit more another area that he's been focusing on is his ability to be a pass-catching running back as well.
Eldroh is the twelfth in the Kove family to be joining a team on the same level as the DSFL across simulation sports but the first to do so in football. He is ecstatic to be sporting Portland's green and black, he can't wait to get started and it will be interesting to see how his career plays out.
The Koves are a large family which, if you keep up with simulation sports, particularly baseball, you've probably heard of. Many of them come from this home in Quebec City, but there are Kove cousins all over the world. As you might imagine, they are all very physically active, and many even to the point of being gifted, with some leaving home in the SHL, the PBE and eventually the SSL. For awhile though it seemed like football wasn't really a sport that they gravitated towards. That was, until Eldroh came along.
Eldroh Kove is the newest Kove we've heard of so far, having just graduated college, I'm getting ahead of myself though. Like many Koves before him, Eldroh was born in Quebec City and raised in this home in the suburbs. From a young age it seemed like he was different from his siblings and cousins, as he didn't have the hand-eye coordination that his hockey-loving family had and he wasn't as strong or have quite the same reflexes that the baseball players did, but the one thing Eldroh always did have over his family was speed.
In kindergarden, Eldroh's little legs carried him as far as they could in his school's annual Terry Fox Run, and he ran more kilometres and raised more money than all his classmates, as well as all the first and second graders. Of course this was a charity event and Eldroh's teachers tried to emphasize that this wasn't a competition, but to him everything was. When he got to grade 7, he broke his school's record for the event, then broke that record again the next year. It was clear that Eldroh was a gifted runner, but becoming a football player wasn't anywhere on his or his family's mind. He was short and slim for his age, so they all thought that if anything he would train to try to compete in track events in the Olympics one day.
When Eldroh got to high school, he didn't have many friends, but the best friend he did have wanted to try out for the school's football team, asking Eldroh if he would try out with him. Eldroh accepted, figuring it would be a fun couple of hours to waste after school and that was it. Much to his surprise though, when Eldroh checked the school's bulletin board a couple of days later, he saw that he was on the team, and not only that was the only freshman to make it. Eldroh's friend was disappointed to not make it, but a year or two later he was on the team too.
As Eldroh got older and better at the sport, his speed and talent started turning the heads of college recruiters towards him. When it came time to make a decision on post-secondary, he was torn on whether he wanted to pursue football full time. On one hand, he was always a bit of a homebody, and knew that if he wanted to make it in the ISFL one day that his best chance would be not only leaving Quebec but going south of the border. On the other hand, some of the offers from the schools that were reaching out to him were very enticing, and he knew that if he didn't like it he could always return home. Because of his size he didn't get offers from the most competitive NCAA universities, but nonetheless he was happy to accept the full ride sports scholarship from the University of North Dakota.
In the summer after high school ended, Eldroh had a growth spurt, shooting up to just over six feet tall, but still remaining pretty lean. When he got to North Dakota this change, along with the mental toll of being away from home, made him struggle a lot in both his academics and on the field during training camp, to the point where he almost had to leave the team and the school. He did manage to stay aboard however, in this case being on a less competitive team actually helped him, and when the season started and he was put on the field for the opening kickoff all his doubts disappeared. Eldroh cites this as the moment he really fell in love with the sport of football.
North Dakota was a struggling team when Eldroh joined them, but as he improved so did they, and they were able to use him to entice some other talented young players to join the team before Eldroh's second season. In his third and final season, North Dakota was looking a lot stronger than they had in a long time. Not favourites to win by any means, but not a team to be written off either. This was also Eldroh's best season by a long shot, and when the season was all said and done, his nearly 1900 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns in 12 games were enough to lead North Dakota to a championship.
Much like in high school, Eldroh's speed and skill turned the heads of many of the scouts in the DSFL. He ended up speaking with representatives from six of the eight teams in the league and felt good about his chances at being drafted, even thinking that maybe he could go as soon as the third round. Never did he expect for his name to be called seventh overall in the first round though, joining the Portland Pythons who are poised to make another run for a championship.
As Eldroh prepares for the regular season through his excitement to be playing for Portland, he is training hard to be able to hit the ground running with his new team. As always he is working on his speed, but to round out his game a little bit more another area that he's been focusing on is his ability to be a pass-catching running back as well.
Eldroh is the twelfth in the Kove family to be joining a team on the same level as the DSFL across simulation sports but the first to do so in football. He is ecstatic to be sporting Portland's green and black, he can't wait to get started and it will be interesting to see how his career plays out.
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