Today was Connor's first official tackle football game. And of course, it was played in the first stages of Hurricane Irene's weather. It pelted a medium sized rain and blew some wind during most of the game. But unless there is lightning or the field is overly damaged, they play on. This ain't powder puff football.
The Bearcats were much bigger than our boys but the Devils played hard. According to Connor, he and his teammates were a little surprised and didn't quite know how to handle the trash-talking from the Bearcats. WHAT? Trashtalking at ages 8 - 9? Yeesh. We lost by one point and the boys took it kind of hard. The coach was great afterwards, though, and talked about how the sting of losing makes you concentrate more and play smarter next time. Good advice for many things in life.
Despite being a sub, Connor got lots of playing time today---and I was really glad about that. I don't want him to be bored standing on the sidelines too much. I know its his first season and don't expect him to be a star, but I want him to feel like a bit more than a bench-warmer...and he did. He had a good game. Nothing too exciting-one nice tackle. But no mistakes, either.
I'm enjoying this so far. He's taking it very seriously...something he doesn't normally do. Maybe he's just growing up. Or maybe its just football. Either way, its good to see him so committed to something. Go Devils!
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| Ryan on the left, Connor on the right--mid play. |
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| Tackle! |
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| The Blue Devils QB, Bruiser, in a great play. This boy has got game. |
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| Somber team meeting after the loss |
