Hi Rookie Green:
You can start breathing again. What a nerve-racking finish.... I told the kids it doesn't matter if you win by 15, 5, 1 or half a point... a win is a win and they deserve to celebrate.
Congrats to the defense!!! What a great effort... they only gave up one big play (the first TD).. and with the game on the line.. they stopped Lake Washington when only 3- yards separated us from a win or a tie.
The offense made a few mistakes... but I was happy with some of the holes we created. I told the boys.. rather than try to run 50- yards for a td on every play... sometimes we take the first hole and cut for 5-8 yards. We'll work on that and some other things this week. It's also extremely difficult to overcome 2- long TD runs that are called back by penalties. In atleast one of those two cases... there was no reason to toss a flag.. the ball was just crossing the goal line when he called us on it... we really could have had that team down by 3- TD's if not for the penalties.. and the game would have been well in hand... Oh well.. that's sports.. especially when they're 8 and 9 years old.
So.. we're 3-1 through 4 games.. a very nice start to the season. Next week we play 5- Star Liberty. They have some talent... but so do we... I'm condfident our boys can hang with them.
Don't forget.. Monday night we practice up at Central Park in the Highlands. We're scimmaging Issaquah Gold and Issaquah Purple. It's the 2nd time we're taking on Issaquah Gold... they are very good and should help us get ready for the next game. Today Issaquah Gold beat an undefeated and very good Eastlake Black team 19-0... This is a good team to practice our inside runs against.. because they're very tough!!
Please have the kids there by 4:45 so we can get organized...
Take care and thanks for your continues support and spirit.
Coach Mike
