The Legend of Big Buck Naumann
By Jack Farrar
Chieftain Staff
Throughout the history of Brother
Rice High School, there have been
countless athletic teams that have experienced triumph, ranging from Catholic
League to State Championships. With
this storied athletic success comes talk
of the greatest athletes to ever walk
the school. Some mention names such
as B.J. Armstrong, Mike Lodish, Jason
Alessi, etc.
What gets lost in translation during
conversation involving such a topic is
that, unbeknown to most, the greatest
athlete to ever stroll the halls of Brother
Rice is, in fact, Mr. Naumann. Even
though Mr. Naumann is not an alumnus
of the school, his sheer will and determination in the field of Big Buck Hunting cannot go unnoticed.
In what is known by many as the second hardest sport in the world only the
best of the best have a shot of winning
the World Cup in Big Buck Hunting.
A few reasons the sport is challenging
is that you have to train for numerous
years to develop the arm strength necessary to manage the pump action of a Big
Buck Hunter shotgun.
Mr. Naumann, a Big Buck Hunting
World Cup veteran, likes to say that
what many people don’t realize is that,
to compete with the elite players, you
need to enhance your calf muscles, as
well, in order to maintain the proper
stance throughout a full game. Mr.
Naumann spent a year in the wilderness, immersing himself in a world of
the same animals he would be facing in
the Big Buck Hunting World Championships.
During his year in the wild, Mr. Naumann studied the movements of wild
deer to prepare for “game situations.”
Once he had mastered every detail of
a deer’s daily lifestyle, he knew he was
ready to compete in the World Championships.
Mr. Naumann almost had the perfect
Cinderella run to the championship in
2012, as he upset the No. 2 and 4 seeds
Rocket Man
in the world. In the final showdown, he
faced the No. 1 seed and lost by only
two deer. He was devastated by the loss
and had trouble figuring out what to
do next. He decided to return to college because he was a “one-and-done”
college superstar and therefore hadn’t
yet obtained a degree. After college, he
became a tutor and worked his way to
his current position as a math teacher at
Brother Rice.
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