Football and Soccer

The fall means sports. Kody is doing 7th grade Football at Talmadge Middle School and Kaleb is playing soccer for Central Youth Sports. This is Kody's second year of football and Kaleb's first time to play soccer.

So far Kody has played almost every position on the field at one time or another except maybe offensive line. He has really taken off and seems to have figured out that if he hits the other guy harder that it hurts him less. In the past few games he has really gone after the ball carriers. He is also playing running back and had over 50 yards rushing on just 5 or 6 rushes in his second to last game.

Last game he played what would be the equivalent to midde linebacker and had a bunch of tackles. His best play though was one where he just got crushed but got back up and still made the tackle. I was really proud of him because he could have just laid there and thought about how he just got crushed but he didn't. Most of all he is having fun and seems to be enjoying it. He is walking around right now with a huge black eye that he got 3 games ago, but it is about the size of a softball on his left cheek/eye. Kind of a Badge of Courage I think. Mind you, Kody is only about 91 pounds so he isn't the biggest guy on the field, by far, but he makes up for it with effort.

Kaleb is also enjoying soccer. Mostly a social time but he also likes to run around on the field and try to kick the ball. He played goalie here last game and did really well. He knows alot of the kids on his team and practices turn into screw around sessions from what I can tell, but they try to mix some soccer in when they can.

I'm not sure my girls are going to be into sports but who knows, there is still lots of time. I really think Kennedy has the personality to play linebacker or something where you have to be mean. Ask Koda, she thrashes him every now and then.