The Little Kid That Could

We are going to venture off from my football life and take a look at my little brother's. My younger brother is 11 and has played football for 4 years. His team, going into a game against South Summit, was 42-0 and had won 3 championships. This game wasn't any ordinary game, it ended up being a game that would change people's perspective on youth football.
The playoff game against the South Summit Wildcats started at 9:00 sharp. The first half was a complete blowout. Park City was beating them by multiple touchdowns. The third quarter was the same deal, Park City was shutting them out. The turn of the game happened at the start of the 4th quarter. The Park City coaches gathered the team up and explained to the kids the situation of the other team. The kids were informed that the other team had a kid with autism. The kids dream was to score a touchdown and everyone was willing to make it happen.
First play of the fourth quarter. The ball was snapped. The other team handed the ball to the autistic kid and he started running. The Park City boys were diving at him and trying to catch up, but they had no chance of catching up the kid was just too good. While running he stepped out of bounds a few times, but the refs kept it going. He was 20 yards from the end zone, 15, 10, 5. He had made it. With everyone's help and unselfishness they had helped a little kid achieve his dream. It was very heart warming. Little acts of kindness can end up meaning the world to someone. *note to self*
After the game parents and coaches sent their gratitude towards the Park City boys, coaches, and parents. They also said they were rooting for them to beat Granger in the Championship Game. They wanted to see Park City with a 4-peat.
The last and final game. The fourth championship game in a row. On Park City's home field. The boys started the game strong, but Granger was definitely bigger and stronger. The half ended with Park City up 7-6. The score stayed the same until the very last seconds. Granger was driving and was extremely close to the end zone. They had a run that made it inches from crossing the line, but there was a penalty. After explaining the penalty the ref informed the sidelines and teams that time had expired. Park City had won their fourth championship game in a row and went 44-0. You don't see many teams do that.

Coco, Kirby, and I after their championship win.

The End Of It All?

I experienced my last two football games of the season. Or maybe ever. We played Stansbury on the 14th and Juan Diego on the 23rd. These past couple of weeks have been hard, football has always been apart of my life and I didn't want it to end so soon. I really wanted to make the most of the last couple of days and kick ass in the games.

First game: Stansbury. We drove an hour after school and arrived. The guys took what seemed like an hour to get dressed, but after around twenty minutes we were all suited up on the field. We finished our dynamics and AJ got the team pumped up by doing his traditional speech in the huddle. We started the game and it was already off to a bad start. NO ONE could tackle, NOTHING was happening on offense, and special teams was TERRIBLE. Oh, and during the game this kid thought it would be funny if he helped me up (after I tackled him) and hit my butt. I thought it was hilarious *sarcasm*. I ended up getting a few tackles but not my desirable amount. The game ended a lot to a little (no need for the score, it was bad). 

Playing *posing* during the Stansbury game

Second game: Juan Diego. Rivals. We all knew we had to leave it all on the field because it was our last game of the season. It was a home game and we knew parents, friends, and family would be there watching. The game had begun.. and it was off to a good start. They scored, we scored, they scored, we scored. There were five seconds left in the first half and JD was up by a touchdown. They threw a pass and Tyler intercepted it and dove into the end zone to put six on the board. Now the second half is when it went down hill.. We couldn't make a stop on defense and we couldn't get anything started on offense. Unfortunately we ended up losing the game by eleven. I was not pleased with myself and you can never end on a bad note. I wouldn't be surprised if I end up playing football my sophomore year.

After our last football game as freshmen(woman)