Exciting Game and Still Undefeated

Zach's Tiger team ended their season Saturday with a 13-13 tie against the Mason Comets. It was an exciting game, and a bit disappointing, since Mason scored on a 4th down and 25, with 40 seconds left on a trick play from about 40 yards. But the kids played a whale of a game and had a terrific season.

Cole's season ended earlier than we originally though, as they didn't play this weekend. So their win last week was a nice finish to his season.

Both kids had a great year, had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and no one got hurt. Thanks to all of the family that came and watched games. That always gets the kids excited.

(Only 4 1/2 months until baseball starts.)

A Terrific Football Weekend

This past weekend was the perfect football weekend for our family, as our teams went 4 for 4.

Zach's team started things off right Saturday afternoon, as they cruised to a 20-6 win over the Lakota Tomahawks. Zach only got to play about 5 snaps on defense, but made the most of it, with 2 tackles from his D-end position. He also did a great job on the O-line. He made another nice block as a pulling guard that sprung his tailback for a 50 yard run that was just 2 yards short of the endzone.

Cole's team then played a great game later Saturday afternoon, beating Little Miami 14-0. Cole got to play a bunch of D-line and grabbed a fumble recovery. Then in the 4th Quarter when they were up by 2 scores, he got to play some tight end on offense for the first time this year. Cole said it was his best game of the year.

Then the Buckeyes finished off the MSU Spartans right after we got home from Cole's game. And to round out our Saturday, even though it doesn't have anything to do with football, we got treated to dinner at the Montgomery Inn by Pam's parents to celebrate her birthday on Monday.

And to cap off our football weekend, the boys in stripes actually won a game, as they pulled off a nice come from behind victory over the Jets 38-31. Yeah, the Jets stink, but we'll take whatever wins we can get right now.

Doubleheader Saturday

Just a quick football schedule update...We're going to have an afternoon football doubleheader this Saturday. Zach's team will square off against Lakota @ 1:45 Saturday afternoon, and Cole's team will face Little Miami @ 4:15. Both games are at the Loveland field (for a change.)

Another win/loss Weekend

First the bad news. Cole's Tigers lost their game today against the Mason Comets 26-13. It was tied during the 4th quarter at 13-13 briefly before Mason put together 2 quick scoring drives. Cole got to play quite a bit on the D-line, but he was disappointed in their loss.

The good news this weekend was for Zach's team. They won 12-0 against a previously undefeated team from Anderson. Zach made a nice block as a pulling guard to help his team score their first TD. Later in the game he got in on D-line and got in some nice plays, including a pressuring the Anderson QB as he threw an interception.

Grand Jane was in town to witness all of Zach's and the end of Cole's game. And Aunt Sarah and Uncle Dave were able to make it to Cole's game. So that was nice to have some extra family rooting them on.

Both boys' teams will have another game sometime next weekend, but we won't know when until middle of the week.

Childhood

I get the feeling that the passing of childhood is marked by many small and often unnoticed milestones. If that's the case, then this weekend we're having one of those moments at our house.

After 7 years of declining use by our not-so-little ones, we've decided to sell the backyard swingset. A year and a half ago when we had the backyard torn up, the swingset was in a disassembled heap in the back of the yard. We considered getting rid of it then, since the boys almost never used it. But, they begged us to not get rid of it and promised that they would use it more. So we paid to have it put back up again.

But after more than a year of similar non-use, we decided to ditch the expensive lawn ornament. I answered a swingset wanted add on Craigslist, and today those folks are coming to take it away. So we'll have to find someplace else for Cousin Ellie to play when she visits. But other than that, I expect it will hardly be missed.

Two Big Wins and One Anniversary

Well this weekend was full of celebrations in Loveland. Pam and I celebrated 12 years together on Sunday the 7th with a nice dinner out at Carlo & Johnny. And the boys' football teams both celebrated nice wins.

Zach's team continued their tear through the 2nd Grade youth football league, ending their regular season undefeated with a 26-6 drubbing of Lakota. The game was actually close up until the 3rd quarter, so Zach played O-Line (his starting position) more that he has recently. But he did get to play some D-Line and D-End and made a couple of tackles.

And then on Sunday Cole's team came up with a strong showing to beat Anderson 20-7. Cole got to start on defense (D-line), since he'd not gotten in last game. The Tigers got ahead 3 scores for a while and that meant Cole got to play all over the place- D-line, D-end, and even some O-line (which he's never done before). It was great to see the team get another win and to see the second teamers get a lot of playing time.

So other than the fact that it was 90 degrees in October, it was a great weekend for us.

Different Weekend, Same Results

Well another weekend of football has played out with much similarity to previous weeks. Zach's team won a fun one, 39-26 over the Sycamore Aviators. Zach told us he played "horrible", but he did make a tackle while he was playing defensive end. They also called one play for him to run the ball, but the QB and Zach had trouble with the exchange and it ended up with a fumble to the other team.

Cole's team lost a 7-0 squeaker to the Lakota Tomahawks. It was 0-0 into the 4th quarter and we thought we were going to overtime. The Tigers had a 4th and 4 at the Tomahawk 45 (the farthest penetration of the game) with about 5 minutes to go, but didn't make it. Then Lakota marched down the field, converted a 4th and 2 at the 4 yard line, and then punched the next one over the goal line. In addition to the loss, it was very disappointing that Cole didn't get into the game at all. Because of the close game, Coach Woehler kept the first string guys in the whole time, and about 5 of Cole's teammates didn't get in. The Coach claimed he'd make it up to those kids next game, so we'll see how that turns out.