Game 4 - Owings Mills

Hey Everyone - Sorry for the delay in posting this. I guess I was in no hurry.


To quote Peter's Facebook Page ... "Worst game of my life and nothing like this will ever happen again!"


They lost ... 40-0. Peter only had two tackles. I think this week in practice they are making some more adjustments to cover the injured players that are out. I also think we had the toughest part of our schedule first. Maybe the last 5 games will be a little bit easier.

Picture: After the game, ready for the long bus ride back to LR. To quote a girl from Owings Mills -"You guys lost to Owings Mills - I can't believe that".

Our Varsity played Owings Mills on Friday night. Owings Mills had not won a game in over 5 years, They were 0-56, until Friday Night. Owings Mills beat LRHS 12-0. Those kids looked like they won the Superbowl. They were so excited. Well in all fairness both teams deserved to win. They both fought hard games and were very determined. I hope our games start a winning streak for OM - until next year when we play them.


The bad news is I think Peter may have suffered a minor concussion. He had a bad headache during the game after a head to head collision with teammate, Terez. Peter hit his head and bumped his elbow. He was playing hurt the rest of the game. He still had the headache Friday and part of Saturday and Sunday. He never had any other symptoms and we kept a watchful eye. I kept him home from school on Friday and the coach had him sit out of practice on Monday. We had a discussion of the dangers of head injuries and the need to sit out when you are hurt - or maybe hurt. This is the tough part of football. I can deal with the boys' emotions of losing but seeing the kids get hurt is hard to deal with.

Well we were happy that in the 4th quarter the coach decided to play all the guys on the bench. So everybody got to play a down or two. Our good friend Tomas who plays on the O Line got to show us his stuff. He did well. He didn't let anyone bust through the line and the second play he knocked his guy down on the ground. Go Tomas! I feel bad that I didn't have my camera battery charged and it died just before halftime so I didn't get any video of Tomas. We'll get him next time! Everybody works so hard in practice it is nice to see the coach give everyone some play time. Next time I hope it is because we are winning 40-0!

Please keep all the football players, all ages and even the pros in your prayers. Pray that all players have a healthy season and no one is seriously injured.

The good news is Peter's fundraising total is now up to $575.00. He is now up to $10.25 per Big Play. At this rate if he reaches his goal of 55 Big Plays - he will raise almost $1,000.00. We are still looking to improve that total. Please email us if you are interested in sponsoring Peter. Thanks again for all your support.

Next game - this Thursday 4 pm - 10/08 - against Pikesville at Loch Raven High School Stadium. Hope you can come to the game.

PS - Thanks for coming out to the game - Aunt Nancy and Uncle Mike.

I hope to have lots of highlights and good news about the Pikesville game on Thursday night or Friday morning. Have a good week!

In the words of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh - TTFN - Tah Tah for Now!