Concord Football League

Quinn has been practicing with the Concord Football League (CFL) twice a week since the end of July. He is #66 on the Colts team and Saturday was their 2nd game of the season. Quinn enjoys playing but gets discouraged because he doesn't get the ball much. It's 4th, 5th and 6th graders together so we've told him he pretty much needs to put his time in and when he is a 6th grader he will be leading on the field and getting the ball. At this age they ALL want to be the glamorous quarterback and it's hard for them to see the importance of the other roles. The other night he practiced at quarterback for a couple of plays. This is what he told me... "I couldn't see a thing, all these big guys were rushing at me, I couldn't see who I was supposed to pass it to so I just threw the ball up in the general direction and hoped somone from our team would catch it." LUCKILY ONE of his passes was caught. OH BOY... think he needs to grow a foot and go to a few more practices. WHEW!

Michelle and Jade are back... which means that Archie deployed for Iraq again. : ( He is in Kuwait right now for a transitional period. It was 130 degrees when he got there! We are HAPPY to have Michelle and Jade with us again... but sad Archie had to leave.

Concord Junior High's Soccer Debut

Tonight was Madison's first soccer scrimmage as a member of the 7th/8th grade soccer team. We lost to the older girls 4-1 but it was a great experience. She had to guard Brittney most of the time... she knows her very well from softball and soccer seasons of the past. We caught them talking with a few smiles when the ball wasn't on their side of the field. This is the first full season of playing on the big high school field with 11 players, instead of 8. Lots of adjustments this year! It was fun to finally get the season started! Their first "real" game is next Tuesday. I'll try and do better at keeping you up to date on what's going on around here.