Ekland helps Saints get bigger, stronger
Tom Ekland gets up about 5 o'clock every morning, Monday through Friday, and heads to Xavier High School to help supervise the weight room.
He's been doing this for 20 years, first at LaSalle High School and the past 16 years at Xavier since the school opened in 1998.
He loves working with the guys and has played an important role in Xavier's success on the football field - and other sports as well - but there have been times when he's wondered what in the world he's doing so early in the morning.
"There's many times, in the dead of winter, when it's minus 20, pitch dark, and I ask the very same question: Why I am doing this?'"
Ekland, 53, said those words early Tuesday morning in the Xavier weight room with a smile and a chuckle.
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