Today was the Superbowl game for my sons Varsity Youth Football team. We were 6-1 for the season, and we had to face the only team to beat us this year for the title. Unfortunately we were defeated! :-) These boys put so much of their heart and soul into this game, and it wsa so heartbreaking to see them lose. They are 11 and 12 yr olds, and for 1o of our 8th graders, it was their last game EVER with the team. Emotions were so high, and these tough "not-so-little-anymore-boys" have been through a lot the last two weeks. My son usually plays the whole game, and last week was injured and not able to play football until the game today, to give his knee some rest. Our Quarterback broke his arm last week in that same playoff game, and didn't tell his coach (his dad) that it hurt until they won the game, because my son was out for the game with an injury, and he didn't want to disappoint the other team members by losing, so he stayed IN the game to win it. What a tough guy!
Here are our playoff game winners, our Varsity Oakwood Comets! My son is sitting in the front, with an injured leg. QB with broken arm is #12
Here they are winning 2nd place today.Andrew is #27.
Pictured above, their coaches tell them: "There is no smiling in Football!" They never said anything about
crying. And believe me..they were crying today. I felt so bad for them, I just wanted to hug them all!! For their efforts today and all their hard work all year!
Football is over for the year..now basketball starts on Monday!
3 comments:
Oh Linda. That stinks. At least they had a successful season and got to enjoy that. I hope you get some good pics. Be sure to scrap those moments, even though they are not so happy.
aww your post bought tears to my eyes. How sad that they lost. Be scrap these precious moments
I was so sorry to hear your son's team didn't win. It's so heart breaking to watch them play their hearts out and still lose. Hard lessons in life for kids and parents.
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