Falcons Football

Based on the title of this post, perhaps you were thinking that we'd finally given up on our beloved Houston Texans in search of a more successful NFL team??

Of course not! But the fall of 2016 did bring some major changes for us with football...just not the NFL kind. After 3 wonderful years of playing for the Texans in the Katy Youth Football league, we ended up parting ways with our former team in 2016 to join a brand new KYF team. We were now the KYF Falcons!

I wrote previously about the difficult transition away from our former KYF Texans team, and starting the new season as a Falcon was definitely tough for us. However, it wasn't long before the weekly grind of football activities kicked in, and we were soon all feeling at home with our new football family.

Here's a collection of my favorite photos from our varsity season of Falcons football.

Connor, #90, in the offensive huddle.

Our #90 goes low to tackle the runner.

Coach Jeff really enjoyed coaching the Falcons team.

The game against our former team was tough, but the Falcons pulled out an easy win.

The little siblings have a tough time keeping cool on game days. Snow cone and umbrellas help!

The Falcons lining up against our long-time foe, the mighty Dolphins. Connor is right there on the end.

Love this pic of Connor running through the post-game tunnel.

Connor makes another great tackle of a Broncos running back.

Falcon Strong!

The boys and dads enjoyed a game of kickball during practice one night. Love the smiles.

You know your team is serious about football when the coaches bring portable lights to keep practicing after dark!

Connor and Jayden played against their buddy, Jack, and enjoyed catching up after the game.

Courtright family photo at one of the games.

Connor was SO excited that his best buddy Jayden joined the team this year.

Half-time Gatorade break.

My little Falcon before the first game.

 

Kevin joined us for a couple of the games to see Connor play and get in some cuddles with Kaitlynn.

Coach Janna rounded up a few of her former cheerleaders for a reunion photo. Love these girls!

Kaitlynn's favorite part of every sport is snacktime!

Coach Jeff gives Connor a few pointers during a game.

Official photo of the 2016 KYF Varsity Falcons

2016 KYF Varsity Falcon photo

I loved this shot we took of the team for our end of season photo book. What a great group!

Although we didn't make it to the playoff game as hoped, the team had an incredible first year together and can't wait to come together again next year in hopes of taking home the trophy. We have one final year of recreation football left before the boys will go their separate ways with teams in junior high school. Sniff sniff!