Max's football team he signed up for dissolved- not enough players. I thought there were plenty of players! He would have gotten to participate constantly! Instead he was placed on a team that had played together for years and practiced about 25 minutes away. When you have almost every day practices this really stinks! Also they did a lot of Friday night lights and tailgating parties and other things to simulate high school football, but since we had a senior playing high school football we ignored all of those things. I was either at Sam's game or working so I only got to see 2 of his games. Poor Max. He understood, he said. He played a guard this year.
Joseph ran cross country after much harassing and arguments from us.
Our cross country team is 1st or 2nd in the state depending on the year, so he was never going to make varsity. Even the people on the JV team were running 18 minute 5K's, so he was on the C-team. A lot of people are on C-team. This is the land of the runner!
Samuel did his senior year on Football.
The team mom's made these for all the seniors. There was a hook on the back for hanging balloons on game day!
He started out on kick off and kick off return team
He ran this ball back for almost 60 yards!
and as an alternate receiver, but since his coach never ever ever changes players, he didn't play receiver very often. The coach kept trying him in various positions in practice. He told him that he was too athletic to be sitting on the side lines. He finally decided to put him in as a nose guard. Yep all 5'8 140 pounds of him pushing against 250 pounders.
They had specific plays they used him in. He was supposed to do specific things, which he usually accomplished despite the huge guy in his way, but usually got crushed in the end.
We eventually learned to sit away from the main crowd who were loud and rude and yelled a lot. Our team isn't the greatest. We have an amazing assortment of skill players! They always review us well, because of this. We also get 2 or 3 signed to college every year. Unfortunately, we have very few big guys for our line (hence using Sam.) So in the end, our season isn't very long. If we make play-off's we are out the first round. We didn't even make play-offs this year. We still got people signed to colleges, however. When we moved we found out where the main players families sit- like the quarterback's family. I always wondered if the mom could hear all those negative comments! Nope! She doesn't sit by the bench people and the B team families!
I got slightly more involved this year- only slightly. These women are a little over the top for me. But I did help with Homecoming. They did a great job!
This is Sam going to homecoming... by himself!
It took almost the rest of the year for me to forgive his friends who caused the rift with the girls that ended with no one going except Sam on his own. He did find friends there that he hung out for a little while.
So much for Fall sports.
Sam and I at the end of year banquet
Onward and upward!
