11-7-2009 Football Update – We are in the playoffs

We defeated the Belton team 12-6 and and finished district with a 4-2 record.  We’ll be in the playoffs next weekend.  We play sometime Saturday morning and if we win we play again that night.  I can’t believe we might have to play two games in a day.

Here are some Andrew highlights from the Belton game:

If you are REALLY bored and want to watch the entire game, here it is:

http://vimeo.com/7492885

10-31-2009 Football update

We beat the other McGregor team 20-0 to move to 3-2 for our district games.  It looks like we have a good shot at making the playoffs.  The other McGregor team was ahead of us, but it turns out they were playing with a 14-year-old (this is a league for 10- to 12-year-olds) and had to forfeit their wins.  He didn’t play today and we beat them soundly.  From what I understand, the head coach was banned for the season as well.

This really upsets me off for two reasons:

1) Safety.  It is always wrong to cheat, but to cheat like this in football is something else altogether.  When you have a 14-year-old out there hitting 10-year-olds that is a safety issue.

2) Reputation. Certain towns always have a reputation for bending the rules.  Back in my day it was always Marlin who was suspect.  I do NOT want to see McGregor get this reputation.  Once you get a reputation like that it is hard to shake.  It sounds like McGregor Youth Football needs to be cleaned up.   If certain individuals lack integrity, they have no business being involved with youth sports. I’m glad the people in charge took the right action, but next year they need to be more organized (like our youth baseball organization) and require birth certificates for everyone.  They need to double-check these things so it doesn’t happen again.

Having said that, I’m glad to be associated with our team’s coaches.  Props to Cedric McLeain and Mike Robinson.  They are great with the kids, they are teaching them a lot, and they act honorably.

10-24-2009 Football Update

Here is a highlight reel for Andrew from today’s game:

He had a kickoff return that got called back (boo!) and had two really nice receptions.  The second one was for about 60 yards and a touchdown!  He also had quite a few tackles.

Peewee football update. McGregor 16, Troy 0.

We beat the Troy Trojans 16-0 this weekend.  It really seems like our team is coming together.

Here are some highlights of Andrew’s play.  He had 2 interceptions and another nice catch on offense.  Sorry for the poor camera work.

If you are really bored, you can watch the entire game here:

http://vimeo.com/7127250

10-10-2009 Football update

We beat the Red Raiders 30-0 today.  Below is a catch that Andrew made.

9.26.2009 Football Highlights

Andrew had a nice highlight from Saturday’s game.  He’s #21 and does a good job returning the opening kickoff. Here it is:

Andrew’s football schedule

I’ve got Andrew’s football schedule posted. Just go to the Kids’ Sports Schedule tab above or click here to view it.

Baseball season wrap-up

After battling all the way through the losers’ bracket to get to the championship, we lost 3-2.  It was a tight game that we were capable of winning.  As a team we probably could’ve hit the ball better.  We had some really bad calls go against us too.  In one instance the  umpire behind the plate overruled a call by the man who was right on top of the action at second base.  That was disheartening and led to their two runs.  But hey–that is baseball.  Andrew had a blast playing with this team.  It really brought the level of his play up to play with players like this.  Andrew made friends with lots of the guys on the team, and the coach–Jimmy Ward–was a class act.  Andrew really enjoyed playing for him.  I’d love to see Drew get a chance to play with these guys again at some point.

Here are some pictures after the game of the kids getting their second place trophies.

Summer track / baseball update

In case you were wondering, we dropped out of summer track.  Drew was running REALLY well, but he got picked up by the first place baseball team for the playoffs.  I told him he could only do one so he chose baseball.  Considering he will be going right into football after baseball is over, I really didn’t want him doing track on top of it all.

Our first playoff game is tonight.  Stay tuned for news.

Baseball playoffs

Congratulations to Danny Taylor’s team.  After we tied with them for 2nd place during the regular season, they won the rubber match and are advancing to the playoffs along with the first place team from Moody.  They beat us 2 of 3 times this year and were the better team.  They played well and deserve to go to the playoffs.

On the bright side, Andrew and 2 of his teammates were picked up by the first place Moody team for the playoffs.  This is an outstanding team that I think has a shot at winning state.  It could be a fun ride for the next few weeks.