Easy to Love a Win

Mathias's mighty-mites got a win! This past Tuesday at practice they just played around. Just did fun football stuff. I think one of the other coaches suggested that maybe the kids just need to enjoy football to play better. We played a team of similar ranking. We were up 13 in the first quarter then they scored 7. It stayed that way through the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Our defense was great. They kept them from converting to first downs repeatedly however our offense wasn't accomplishing much. Late in the forth quarter, the other team scored and got the extra point! There was only 1:40 left in the game. Coach was positive and reminded the kids that the game wasn't over yet - he was actually smiling (rare given his intensity!) The next play was perfect - a completed pass (and we hadn't been completing too many at all!) just beyond the marker and he got out of bounds before the tackle to stop the clock - perfect! This was to the fast kid (prone to crying spells, doesn't like to hit or get hit) but he didn't have any spells today :) I think it was the next play, a huge long bomb that was caught and ran in for a TD. And the crowd went wild. Peanut, who caught the ball, has the loudest grandma!! She's so cute, you can hear her across the field, she never lets up. He caught two TD passes today. We had lots of "bounce off the numbers" frustrating incompletions today. Still a minute left and the Sting are driving down the field (we had held them better earlier in the game but not now) They go for the long bomb - the guy is open except for Mathias who's right on him. He caught the ball and Mathias flattened him. If Mathias hadn't been there it probably would have been a TD. Great game, fun to watch, the kids were pumped to win, coaches were positive in the huddle but of course "This is about life, this is why you don't quit."