As football winds down, wrestling takes off
Last weekend was Beckett's last game as they lost their playoff game. So he's moved onto wrestling practice 3x week (for now). Zane, however, won his playoff game so he's still doing the juggling thing with 3 football practices and 2 wrestling practices this week. He's busy! Quinn and Spencer are both doing wrestling practice every day.
Here are a couple of pictures from Zane's game last Saturday. I have really enjoyed watching him play this year. He's having a blast and you can tell by his performance every week. He's a beast on the line. Some of his football play reminds me SO much of Spencer. He has a ridiculously fast first step off the line and really excellent form in his stance. It's textbook form - low butt, flat back, face up. He's different than Spence was though because he knows the game so much better at 12 years old than Spencer did at this age. I credit hours and hours of Madden. It's also that he seems to just enjoy the whole thing more. He has FUN first - and knows when to switch into "job mode". Spencer was always so serious that I'm not sure he liked it as much as Zane does. Win or lose this weekend, I'm so grateful that he had this team this year to prep him for middle school football tryouts in the spring. It's weird to think that Saturday may be his last ever Midway football game. Oy - that just made my eyes water! 7 seasons in the blink of an eye. Couple of picture of Zane - one of him snatching up a fumble and one of him fighting through a double-team, which he did through that entire game without getting frustrated or backing down. I love his attitude!
Yesterday Quinn won his wrestle-off to earn a spot on the Varsity A team. Pretty excited about that! Last year he got bumped to JV, so I'm really proud of him for working to get back into a starter role this year. The high school team, which had about 30 total kids (maybe) when Spencer started 5 years ago is up to almost 70. It's crazy how fast that program has grown. Success makes everyone take notice and want to participate! I have a dining room full of team gear to prove it!
Tomorrow I'm grabbing Berber and Pappy and we are heading to Charleston to see Spencer. The Citadel is hosting an Open tournament which means all the wrestlers will get to wrestle - even the non-starters. I'm pretty excited that we will get to watch him in his first collegiate matches. Here's a picture of Spencer and the rest of the wrestling team in the wrestling room in their winter uniforms - they call them Salt and Peppers - after an inspection. He's the second from the right.
Have a great week everyone!
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