So last Thursday was the final football game for Speed. Hard to believe he’s even a freshman and that he’s gaining ground on becoming, maybe, a sophomore. Anyway, they played Rockwall Heath at home and won 28-13. With the time change, it was already too dark at kickoff for me to get any decent pictures with my camera, so I’ve only got a couple here.
On the sideline, at least 2 months since a haircut
In on this tackle
Pursuing
A pretty successful season. Only one loss and that to a combined freshman team. Speed got to play a ton, made many tackles, defended several passes, caused and recovered a fumble, and recovered an onside kick. He also had a great block on an interception return–see below.
As a final note on the season, here are a couple of better photos from the last away game against Rockwall.
A pass defended
Shepherding the interception return to the endzone
Celebrating the pick-6
So now that the season is over, normally he would be moving on to lacrosse. But he’s decided, much to my and mother’s chagrin, to not play lacrosse anymore. I think it is a mistake, but he’s gonna make bigger ones. He thought about playing baseball, but he really wants to focus on football, so he’s going to do offseason football all year long. He’s hoping to keep growing and add some weight to that frame. Good luck with that.
