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Navy SEAL workout gets Libertyville Wildcats in shape

Players say tough workout helped them find strength for comeback victory.

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From left, Libertyville's Matsen Dziedzic, Jack Deichl, Justin Jost, Joey Nield log some serious work as part of their Navy SEALs training program.

Photo courtesy Mike Jones

Libertyville's football players band together while getting lessons in overcoming adversity in a mid-August visit from the Navy SEALs.

Photo courtesy Mike Jones

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They crawled through mud on their bellies. They pressed and pressed, arms shaking, through hundreds of military-style push-ups. They raced around the track in teams of six or seven, while balancing 250-pound logs above their shoulders. And that was all in just one practice for the Libertyville Wildcats, who adopted a Navy SEALs training program. “I think a lot of guys were questioning how they were going to make it through the day,” “said senior quarterback Jack Deichl.
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    • From left, Libertyville's Matsen Dziedzic, Jack Deichl, Justin Jost, Joey Nield log some serious work as part of their Navy SEALs training program.
    • Libertyville’s football players band together while getting lessons in overcoming adversity in a mid-August visit from the Navy SEALs.
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