Total Domination

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Rachel got up early to go for a run.  I got up a short time later to get Evan ready for his football game.  I got his uniform and got breakfast ready for him.  Just before Rachel got back from her run, Noah got up.  The plan was for Rachel to get showered and come to the game a bit later but I had to get Evan there early for warm-ups.  Noah wanted to come with Evan and me.

Two boys on the other team were on Evan's tee ball teams the last two years.  One of the boys is playing with Noah this fall.  Before the game, Evan was playing with one of them and he seemed happy to have friends there, even if they were on the other team.  Once they started playing, it was if a light switch turned on for Evan.  He pulled flags on each of the first three plays and then he dropped an interception on the fourth play.  The other team's coach actually just stopped running the ball to Evan's side because Evan was not missing the flag.  On another drive, a boy for the other team broke free on the opposite sideline for what looked like a sure touchdown.  Evan raced all the way across the field and pulled the boy's flag.  The other team's coach actually high-fived Evan.  He never gave up on the play.  By the end of the first half, he had pulled 5 flags and had dropped three potential interceptions.  In the second half, it was Evan's turn to be on offense.  He was supposed to play "wide receiver 1" this week which ends up being a decoy for most plays.  On one play they did hand off to Evan for an end-around and Evan got a first down.  So the coach switched Evan to running back.  They handed off to Evan again for another big run and a first down.  As they got closer to the goal line, they handed off to Evan and he ran to his left.  There was a boy there so Evan turned around and ran to his right.  I guess he was supposed to pass because as he was running to his right, he fired a perfect spiral into the end zone about 10 to 15 yards.  The boy on Evan's team dropped it but no one could believe the throw.  It shocked me because a) I didn't know he was going to throw and b) I didn't realize he could throw a football that far and that good while on the run.  Several parents came up to Evan to talk to him about that.  The coach made a point to come over and high five Evan.  They ended up getting a touchdown on that drive.  On the next drive, they handed off to Evan and he ran all the way to the left sideline and he couldn't turn it up so he turned around losing about 3 yards and all the way to the right sideline and decided he couldn't get up field there so he turned around again, losing another 3 yards and ran all the way to the left sideline again where he turned it up and ran for a touchdown.  It was the first play of the drive so it was at the "20 yard line".  I don't know how long the field is (it's not 100 yards) so I don't know how long he ran but it was essentially the entire field from where they start out their drives.  And if you add on running the width of the field more than twice, he ran a long way.  It was an impressive run.  Again, the coach of the other team came over and gave Evan a high five.  On the two-point conversion, they handed off to Evan who ran and thew a pass into the end zone that hit his teammate in the stomach but the boy couldn't bring it in.  Unfortunately that was the last play of the game and Evan's team lost but he had a great game.  He had so much fun today.

Rachel had to go tutor and so I took the boys home.  We stopped at Smoothie King on the way home.  Then I made lunch for the boys.

After lunch, I played Super Mario Bros. on the Wii with them and then went out and played baseball in the front yard.  I did some work while they played in the backyard and then upstairs.

For dinner, we went to Carino's and then we stopped at HEB on the way home.  It was a late night and Noah was kind of cranky.  They need to get some sleep for baseball tomorrow.

Until next time...