Hey Everybody,
Yes the football season has begun. This past RAINY Saturday - JV had their first game. In the words of Clint Eastwood in the movie Heartbreak Ridge, "It was a
ClusterFu..." - you know Clint.
Well the game was suppose to start at 10 am. If you remember it rained, it poured, and poured all day Friday. I was sure the field would be a mess - I know ours would have been. But
Dulaney has a fairly new stadium with a perfectly crowned field that has a well tended grass field, so that was not an issue. However Mr. Athletic Director - Don't schedule 2 football games in your stadium when you already have the opening All-State (about 20 schools) Cross Country competition the same morning - on the same campus. The lot was full of buses. Traffic was terrible.
On to our boys. They were suppose to be at
LRHS at 8 am, board the bus at 9 am. Whoops, No BUS! The boys finally arrived more than an hour late. They came dressed in their uniforms minus their pads, jerseys and
helmets. This is a practice the Varsity coach uses - he transports the rest of the equipment in his open pickup truck. Pete said because of the extra players they have this year there is not enough room on the bus. I think they could make room. Anyway the truck with the equipment arrived at least a half hour after the kids. All the equipment was already wet from rain. The 30 minutes they had before the game they exercised and
stretched but did not have any footballs to warm up with. The truck with the equipment was late because he couldn't get through the traffic because of the cross country event!
Well needless to say the first quarter was really bad and that is when we lost the game. They scored 3 touchdowns in the first 4 minutes, all on turnovers. We fumbled three times in our own 15-30 yard area. But the boys did not lose heart. They played on. The final score was a sad 32-0. There was no scoring in the 2
nd half of the game. Did our team improve/
warmup or was it
Dulaney's 2
nd and 3rd string teams that made the difference. Keep in mind
Dulaney was practicing for at least 2 hours before the game.
Our team looked confused at times. We have a lot more Freshman and first time players than 2
nd year
sophomores. I am sure they will get better with practice. I will get Pete's recap of the game tonight or tomorrow. I think he had 2 tackles, 1 forced fumble, and 1 fumble recovery.
I hope to post the video of Pete's fumble recovery, He caught the ball behind him and fell on his back. Kids piled on but Pete held on to the ball.
Joe's sister Audrey sent this cartoon. I thought it was very fitting. Thanks
Aud.
Fundraising ....
As some of you may know. Peter is using his 2009 Football season to raise funds for The
Menkes Foundation and Ed Reed's Eye of the Hurricane Foundation. I think we may have made it too confusing. To simplify things - we want people to sponsor him $$ per play. This week he had a slow game, only 4 big plays. If you were to sponsor him for just 50 cents per play - then you would have donated $2.00 so far. We have not had much of a confirmed response. If you are able to sponsor Pete for any amount, please email us. He will be playing 9 games total.
Just email us ...
kalmd@comcast.net - I will donate $______ per play.
Thanks and I will send another update soon!
