GO BOBCATS! Scrimmage #1

Today was the first scrimmage for the Bobcats. PJ and I arrived right at 10 AM. The sun was already terribly hot and bright (we'll sorely miss that by the cold wet October Saturdays!) so we followed the example of a few other parents and sat in the bandstand under two large shade trees. Ahhhhh... we were right at the goal post too so it was fun to be right at the scene of all the action.

Confusion

The first hour was terribly confusing. Our guys were wearing yellow practice jerseys for some reason. The other team was in white and yellow. Then randomly, the coaches brought the blue jerseys on the field and the guys changed right there. "Must've finished up in the dryer, " a parent commented. I never saw Jared's #62. For awhile I thought he was wearing #82 but then I heard people yelling "GO SEAN!!!!" and realized #82 - who played very well - was not my son. Apparently my child was wearing a plain bright blue jersey. I'm sure he played extremely well...even if I never quite figured out which player was him!


So much yelling

Having never sat so close before, I never realized how much yelling goes on during a game! Players yelling at other players, coaches yelling at players, coaches yelling at coaches, refs and coaches yelling at each other, refs yelling at players... And then we saw a player PUNCH one of our guys. The mom behind me said "maybe it was a friendly teasing hit?" The dad said no, and I turned around to agree. And the refs did nothing! What the heck sort of sport did I sign my kid up for??


I think we won?

They didn't keep score on the score board and the plays seemed very random but I think we won? Maybe? We definitely scored a couple of touchdowns... The other team was HUGE though... corn fed farm boys (with anger management issues!) And I think they outnumbered our guys 3 to 1... another guy behind me mused that our guys seem to get smaller every year ...

GO BOBCATS

Here's to a great season! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!