Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Connor's First Tackle Football Games

The KYF (Katy Youth Football) Texans football season has begun and is in full swing! Oh, what fun we are having in our first season of tackle football!

For the first game, our uniforms hadn't arrived yet. So Connor played in a navy blue practice jersey but didn't mind a bit.

Connor ready for his first game of tackle football.

Kaitlynn was ready, too, in her pink Texans shirt.

The first game was against the Dolphins, and they were definitely the mighty Dolphins. Although our team played well, the Dolphins beat the Texans 21-0. Although Connor had been doing GREAT in practice the week of the game, he seemed a little unsure during the game and didn't play his best. That is, until the very last play of the game when he made an incredible diving tackle to bring down the Dolphin running back. Awesome play!!!


Connor going up against a mighty Dolphin, who was a whole head taller!

One of the other parents took this pic of Connor's big tackle. This was right before he made the diving lunge to bring the runner down by his foot. Awesome!

Connor giving the other team a final "good game" greeting.

After the game, Kaitlynn was pretty in pink :-)

For our second game, I think the team was a lot more prepared for what they were going to face. They got their new "away" jerseys for the big game and they were SO cool! The letters are stitched on, just like the Pro jerseys. Our team was set to play the Broncos, and the outcome was much better this time. The Texans won 26-6, woohoo! Connor played great in the game this time. He is playing the left tackle position on both offense and defense, so he's getting a lot of playing time and loving it!
 

Connor in his "away" jersey, ready for Game 2.

Connor with his signature football pose.

The Texans run through their fancy banner before gametime. We're in the big leagues, ha!

Jeff has been taking stats during the games. You know it's football in Texas when you see cows in the background of the pic, LOL!

My favorite pic so far of my tiny Texan. Love his intensity!

Connor lined up as left tackle on defense.

At one point during the game, Connor was standing on the sidelines and yelled out to his teammates in a quiet moment, "Don't mess up!!" The coaches and parents got a kick out of that, ha!

After the game, Connor was filthy!!

We still have a long and exciting season of football ahead of us. Go TEXANS!!!

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