Ash-boy's First Game

Ash-boy’s first game of the season went well. They played Rudyard at Home (Newberry).

This is 5th and 6th grade Football.

Score board - First half 16 to 0. End of Game – 22 to 12.

Ash-boy plays 1st string Offensive Guard. 1st string Defensive Tackle. And Kickoff Return front line. (That's Ash-boy in the back row holding his helment up towards the Football Gods. #45.)

He did well all around. He made some nice tackles and opened some wide holes on offense. He did his assignments well and only let his guy threw a few times. Something to work on this week. He had a kid across from him the whole game that was just huge. (This kid was SO BIG… How BIG was he? He was shaving while he drove himself to the game. LOL. No really, I’m not joking, this was a big kid. I’m doubly proud of my boy’s play because he contained this behemoth on Offense and got by him consistently on D.

This is Ash-boy’s second year starting in those positions. He is very big for his age. He actually wears the same size shoes as me (size 10) and he is only 11. He is a monster for his age and is head and shoulders above his classmates. (OK, not head AND shoulders, but he is the tallest in his class. I’ll stop bragging up the boy now. He’s HUGE.)

They didn’t win any games last year and they only scored 1 TD all season. (Coaching issues.) Last year’s coach had his kid being the QB and that was all that mattered. This year’s coach has coached 6 total years at this age group, but took 2 years off because someone else wanted to coach. (Yea, the dude with the issues.) The new coach taught his own son at this young age and onward, who was All-state in High School and now is a Defensive Tackle in college ball at Michigan Tech. I’m not saying that we are going to keep winning, but the coaching is a lot better. This guy doesn’t even have a kid playing. He is doing it for the love of the game and to work with these kids. My hat’s off to the guy. OK, I’ll stop with the ass-kissing. There is a world of difference from the kids' skills last year and this year. They are already better in practice at their first game than they were at season’s end last year. The kids seem to be having a lot of fun and they show a strong sense of confidence.