Football continues to consume our family. The school did a pep assembly recognizing the guys who show up every day and aren't yet part of the varsity team. These 7 guys are hard workers who have willingly taken a beating for the past month getting the varsity ready for each weeks championship game. The lessons learned in this month are huge and while it hasn't been fun I know Reed is growing tremendously in his understanding of the game.
Lia painting her own picture for Mark for the send off parade. I love you Mark I hope you Win it says.
I also made some signs for the kids to hold up as we watched the bus roll by.
They had a 4 hour bus ride right after practice I knew they would be hungry so I made about 20 burgers and distributed them as they loaded.
The next day Greg, Anna, Harold, my dad and I all loaded into Harold's pickup to attend the game. The other team seemed a worthy opponent. In the end, Vale ran over them the numbers showed complete dominance by Vale defense. I grew up hearing the phrase defense wins games, this year I have seen that to be true.
This picture of the defense moving as a strong tough unit is perfect. I would never want these guys coming after me.
Mark blocking for number 4 who carries the ball most often.
Talking with coach near the end.
This has been a long road of learning and leading. Mark works to keep the guys on the goal. In this game he broke up infighting between teammates and got them both calmed down. He encourages and works hard. He makes mistakes and had a big call of chop blocking called on him. It's high school and it's a game. I grumble if it's worth the time and effort? And I see that it is worth the sacrifice to gain the experience.
So we load up again tomorrow and go to watch our kid. It was so nice to spend time with my dad and older kids. Life is good and we are blessed.
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