We were lucky enough to draw the only Sunday game all year. So, today at 1230 Zeke officially played his first game of tackle football. He did really good. Of course it is Pee Wee ball and there is still a HUGE learning curve for most of the boys out there. There are, as usuall, a few standouts but no one is a star at this age. We managed to pull off a win 20-19. WHEW. That was a close one. Of course we had THREE Touchdowns called back for "questionable" penalties. The coaches sure were hot. Oh well. We still won and it was a great start of the season.
The worst part of the game was the HEAT. Thank Goodness for Russell being there. At half time I had him take Caden to the car and turn it on and sit in the air for about 15 minutes. He was just getting way tooo hot and there was NO SHADE at the field. I was glad for the 30 minute break we got to run home, use the bathroom, cool off, grab drinks and get Russell back for his game. Caden took a short nap during that time. I only wish he could have take it during Russell's game.
Russell's team played an awesome game and ended up loosing 6-0. The cool thing was hearing Russell's name called over the announcements over and over again. I tried not to let my head swell too much. LOL. Russell carried the ball about 10 times tonight and never for a loss. I think his longest carry was about 8 yards. Of course he is always the one to carry right up the middle, and they have a very inexperienced line who still doesn't quite know how to make a hole for him. He was also key to many plays as he was all over his tackling game tonight. He did recover a fumble with 30 seconds left in the game -- giving his team just one more chance to score. It was at least a chance -- unfortunately it didn't pan out. The team really got turned on when the coach finally figured out ( like most of his coaches have in the past ) that defensively Russell should be ON THE LINE. Once they put Russell on the line there was so much pressure on the other QB that they didn't get anywhere the rest of the night. Russell caused 2 fumbles and recovered a 3rd, and instead of waiting for the runner to get to the back field -- giving them yardage, and hoping to run him down -- Russell was stopping them on their side of the line of scrimmage every time ( with help -- of course ). It was a great game. I never have really cared if the boys won or lost their games -- I have always just enjoyed watching them play a good game. Unfortunately I only got the 1st quarter on tape so I missed most of the good stuff. Oh well, maybe Caden will sleep next time. NOT.
I can't wait to download some of my football clips and put them on the Blog. Maybe in the next couple of days.
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