I finally got my high school football player! Eli and Jake decided at the last minute in the summer they wanted to do freshman football! Eli loved it! He worked hard at all the HOT practices during the summer, football camp, practices after school, etc. He ate lunch all year with the football players, they were his friends now. He came home one day and told me to guess what "string" he was....he was 2nd string! He was so proud! He explained to me how they had 5th and 6th string kids so being 2nd string was really good! And for someone who has never played football before...he has a great point! He got decent playing time! We were so proud of him. I got to help with the freshman team dinners, worked in the snack shack a couple of times, we cheered him on every game and Jared made sure he always brought a bag of peanut m&ms with him to each game! One game there was a crazy kick return and Eli caught it and everyone cheered and then he got tackled right away and you could hear the disappointment in the crowd, but as the refs pulled all the players off him all of the sudden you see this cute little boy hold his arm up high in the air and he still had the football!! It was amazing!! At the end of the season Coach Ty Detmer sat down with each player and told them what they needed to work on for next year. I don't remember what he said to Eli, but I do remember that Eli said Coach Detmer was really excited to see what Eli would be able to do in the future because he knew that he hasn't hit puberty yet since he had no hair on his legs so he saw big things from him! (this ended up being Eli's only year on football because Coach Matt came over to ALA and did football year round but his sophomore year, Coach Detmer would always walk by Eli and say hi to him by name and try and convince him to come back to football!)
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