Boys of Fall

Well, it is official...I am a football mom.  Today there was a Jamboree for all the leagues in the area.  Zack scrimmaged two teams, both who are from the Troutman association.  Zack is playing rookie football for MYA on team Storm. Maddie will be cheering for them on the same cheer team, but since this was a scrimmage, there were no cheerleaders today.  During both games, they play 20 minutes of offense and then 20 minutes of defense, no matter how many downs, touchdowns, etc, during that 20 minute time you keep playing the O or D that you are scheduled to play.  The first team Storm played our team did amazing!!  Zack played for a while on D.  Then on O, he got to carry the ball once, but had a loss of yardage.  Storm dominated!!  They didn't let the other team even gain 10 yards in their 20 min period.   I think we ended up scoring 3 TDs in 20 min.  

The second team Storm played was really good!!!  We struggled to move the ball.  Finally about 15 minutes in we threw a pass for a TD. Mike was out of town so I was texting updates when our team rushed it back to snap another play and of course that is play he got the ball. ( I filmed every play before that one.). I looked up and there he was with the ball.  He ended up running it for 10 yards before he was hit.  He went down hard though.  All the coaches ended up coming on the field to check on him. I had Maddie sobbing hard because she was worried about her brother. (Funny how she only cares if he gets hurt is when she isn't the one inflicting pain.)  I was uncharacteristicly calm.  I kept an eye on what I thought it was, talked Maddie down telling her that in football there will be some hard hits, and also kept texting Mike to keep him in the loop.  I didn't want to go running on the field because I'm trying to walk the line of being a concerned mom and an over protective mom.  He eventually got up and walked back to the bench where we watched 3 coaches tend to him for a while.  He didn't play D during this game because they never put him back in due to his injury.  After the game I went to get him and asked what happened.  He said that they hit him in the ear.  So, the reason for all the coaches on the field was for concussion protocol.  No worries, he's fine and all is well.  His first official game will be September 9th and every Saturday after that until mid November.