2010 end of football season

Well again I am trying to get updated on my blogging. I shouldn't of let it get this far behind. It's sad because football ended in Nov and we had our banquet the end of November and I am just getting to blogging about it now. Anyways, we had a great season this year. We were all sad to see it come to an end. We made it to the playoffs and beat East in triple overtime. It was a crazy game. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Our boys played their guts out and it was such an emotional game. It's so crazy how you can get so involved in the games. I can only imagine how it will be when he gets older. East came out ready to play and to take this win away from us. We played them in the regular season and it was an easy game to win. But this was a different team. They were ready and wanting the win. We were so proud of our kids for how they played as a team. That's what I LOVE about football and about our team is how unified they are. The friendships they have formed with each other are priceless. They are a brotherhood. That was their motto and saying throughout the season. Here are some great pics of our fight against East.


















For the championship game we played Hunter, which we had beat in the regular season. It's always hard to beat a team twice though. We started out really rough and had some penalties and mistakes. That really got us off on the wrong foot. Our boys were really out of sync. I think knowing they were in the championship game really got in their heads and they were all super nervous. Not to mention it was a freezing cold day that day! We were all wrapped in blankets, with gloves and hats and winter coats and the wind was just awful and freezing. Hunter came out really strong and scored on us quickly and really dominated the game in the first half. It looked really bad for us. I was so sad for our boys. In the 2nd half, they came out a little stronger and then the 4th quarter they switched up the offense and really started to play. Unfortunately we ran out of time. Hunter ended up winning and it was a heartbreak loss for us! I was so proud of our boys though. They came out in the end and really played strong and played like the team we knew they could be in the end. This experience will definitely help them in the playoffs and hopefully championship game next year!








After our regular season we entered into what they call Border Warz. It was a blast! We played 3 games, 2 being at Cottonwood High School and one at Real Tinto Stadium. All 3 games were at night and the boys played under the lights. It was so much fun for all of us parents. We just kicked back and watched the kids. The tournament didn't mean anything. It was great we won 2 out of the 3 games and ended the season on a high note. But most of all it was just a lot of fun for the boys, it wasn't stressful, they just went out and had a blast. Rio Tinto was awesome. I really hope we do this same tournament next year, we all really enjoyed it. Here are some pics of the 3 games we played.

















Our football banquet was great this year. We had the food catered from Francesco's Italian Restaurant and the boys had spaghetti and alfredo and breadsticks and cheese sticks and salad. Then we purchased a cake with their team picture on it for dessert. While we were eating we had video highlights of the season playing. We all really enjoyed watching it. After finishing eating each kid was called up by the coaches and given their trophies and the other items we were able to buy them. During the year we had a touch down bucket that we would pass around through the crowd to donate $ for the end of the year banquet. We had so many generous people and had a huge amount of $ to put together a really nice banquet for the boys. They each got a back pack with their number on it, and a beanie with their name embroidered and number. Also they received a plaque with their picture and their trophy and team pic and a autograph book with each of their pics that each of them signed for each other. It was great. This is Josh getting his stuff. Also each coach would talk about each kid and say all the great things about them. The kids loved it.



We honored these parents because at the beginning of the season they paid for all of us to have the games video taped which was a few thousand dollars to do that. It was so generous of them and we were all so greatful. The DVD's of each game are awesome and will be great for the kids to have as memories.


Our team! I love these kids and cannot wait till next season! 5 more months Yay!!