Football Frenzy

Jake is currently just over half way through his first season playing tackle football. He was initially trying to get onto the Oak Canyon team, but there weren't enough sixth grade kids to make a team, so he was assigned to the Canyon View Falcons. He plays on both the kick off and receiving teams, and he also plays defense.



The coach likes to have the names on the jerseys, so there he is, #75. Jake has had a lot of fun playing. It's been tough and tiring at times, but he's doing well. He's met some kids that will be at Oak Canyon with him next year, so that's good as well. At least he'll know a couple of people when he gets to the Junior High environment. This is Jake with his friend, Calvin, right before the game started.

That's my boy, on defense, trying to keep his guy away from the ball. Way to go, Jake!!

Finally, this was after the kick off team had just kicked the ball, and Jake was going after the receiver. They got him down right before Jake got there, but he stayed with them the whole time!

So far, it's been an interesting season. They've lost most of their games, but went from scoring nothing in the first game, to two touchdowns in the second game. The third game was Jake's favorite--he played against a couple of kids from his school--one in his own class. His teacher came to watch, along with a good portion of his class. They won that game 32-13. He loved it. This last game, we put up a good fight. The other team was undefeated--and their kids had some really hard hits (they could probably hold their own against a high school team) think six of our kids got hurt enough to sit out for a little while at least! Anyway, we lost by two touchdowns, but we scored two--which was pretty impressive against this team!

This picture is actually one of my favorites--it's really hard to spot Jake because he's doing what he's supposed to: getting right into the thick of it and keeping his man in line, even when he's got two guys pushing on him!! Gotta love it! The last two games are in Heber--this week and next week--Can you believe I'm driving to Heber for sixth grade football? Oh, well--it's totally been worth it!